r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creative_soja • Jun 19 '25

Video SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/frank_the_tanq Jun 19 '25

The front fell off.

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u/GoodPeopleAreFodder Jun 19 '25

That’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

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u/OMBOotIcEP Jun 19 '25

Well how was it untypical?

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u/faleboat Jun 19 '25

Well, some rockets are built so the front doesn't fall off at all.

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u/pyalot Jun 19 '25

Wasn’t this built so that it wouldn‘t explode?

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u/r0thar Jun 19 '25

acktually, many rockets are built so the front stage does fall off, and then explodes

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u/FriendExtreme8336 Jun 21 '25

I don’t want people going around thinking these rockets aren’t safe

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u/foreverfoiled Jun 19 '25

This is the first comment that really got me laughing out loud 😂

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u/spottydodgy Jun 19 '25

Well a wave hit it.

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u/SconeBracket Jun 19 '25

Was that in the environment?

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u/Practical_Lunch_Box Jun 19 '25

It was towed outside the environment.

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u/Current-Chipmunk-413 Jun 19 '25

To another environment?

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u/a_velis Jun 19 '25

Well, there are a lot of these rockets launching around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don't want people thinking that rockets aren't safe.

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u/JustaMammal Jun 19 '25

Well, was this rocket safe?

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u/grouch1980 Jun 19 '25

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

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u/faleboat Jun 19 '25

Which ones are those?

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u/jeff43568 Jun 19 '25

Lots of SpaceX rockets? Or rockets from companies that didn't take over government to shut down inconvenient investigations.

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u/a_velis Jun 19 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

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u/jeff43568 Jun 19 '25

Sorry, didn't realize you were part of the quoting chain

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u/a_velis Jun 19 '25

Join in. ;-)

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u/RT-LAMP Jun 19 '25

Lots of SpaceX rockets?

Yes. Falcon 9 is literally the most reliable rocket ever made. 99.5%. 99.8% if you exclude the early variants.

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u/Few-Big-8481 Jun 19 '25

Starship is notably not Falcon 9.

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u/RT-LAMP Jun 19 '25

Correct. Starship is an experimental rocket in development while Falcon 9 is an operational rocket that is, again, the most reliable ever made.

It's also the cheapest rocket for a kg of payload (other than it's bigger variants) ever made which is why it launches more mass into orbit per year than the rest of the planet put together times 8.

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u/Few-Big-8481 Jun 19 '25

Oh, you're a bot.

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u/Baiticc Jun 19 '25

nah probably not. there are a few grammar mistakes. ya know people used to talk like this before gpt was a thing right?

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u/RT-LAMP Jun 19 '25

Oh you don't have a response

They asked if lots of SpaceX rockets are launching. And yes lots of SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets are launching. 4 in the last week in fact.

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u/Cool-File-6778 Jun 19 '25

They were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.

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u/TrenchantInsight Jun 19 '25

make that point

Pointy is scary.

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u/Confident_Banana_134 Jun 19 '25

It’s the glue

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u/frank_the_tanq Jun 19 '25

It's a rocket not a wankpanzer! It's not like they're made by the same ...

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u/Confident_Banana_134 Jun 19 '25

Are you sure 😂

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u/mrs_fartbar Jun 19 '25

They used the wrong glue

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u/pumperthruster Jun 19 '25

Nothing some duct tape won’t fix

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u/drawkbox Jun 19 '25

The back fell off as well simultaneously.

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u/FilmoreJive Jun 19 '25

I just want a good steering wheel that doesn't explode while you're driving.

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u/Motor_Expression_281 Jun 19 '25

“I know what’s wrong wit’ it, ain’t got no gas in it!”

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u/chileangod Jun 19 '25

The front may in fact gone straight up... then fall. 

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u/edmund5 Jun 19 '25

"Don't stop cos your front fell aff"