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Surprising me, Grady showed less about the technical details and talked more about the rain of concrete and how SpaceX supposedly harmed the locale. Meh.
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Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad?
The pad failed, didn’t it? Question answered.
Was it poor design? Unsatisfactory materials? Poor construction? Subject to unpredicted stresses? There are questions which need to be answered.
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Yes, if you pay much attention to his sponsor selections, it is pretty clear that he is a squishy leftist.
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Didn’t realize that. I’m curious about all things SpaceX, so watched it anyway.
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I watch his channel in spite of his leftism, because he seems to be a pretty good engineer.
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It is possible he “scripts in” leftist views to help monetize on corrupt Youtube/Google rank algorithm …
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Since Elon Musk’s other gig, Tesla is big on renewables why not apply this to the launchpad?
Why not turn the base into a steam generator?
How about a giant thermocouple? (I once had an energy systems professor who said he got a grant to use a car’s exhaust pipe with dissimilar metals to generate electricity, but it did not go so well!)
I say all these in jest, Because just the fact that Starship launched successfully April 20, 2023 is a stunning achievement.
God bless the dedicated individuals that made it happen.
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