SpaceX experienced its third consecutive failure during its ninth test launch of its Starship vehicle Tuesday evening. The rocket spun out of control as it tumbled through space, causing it to make an uncontrolled descent in the Indian Ocean. Naturally, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who had previously vowed he was done with politics after chaotically plundering the federal government's budget, was optimistic. During an interview with Ars Technica's Eric Berger, which was published mere minutes before the launch of Tuesday's test flight, Musk was adamant that "we've got about an 80 percent chance of having solved" issues related to the […]
While I weep for the wasted tax dollars, I celebrate the failure of Musk; Bittersweet.
In fiscal year 2024, SpaceX secured at least $3.8 billion in U.S. government contracts, with a total of $3.8 billion in contracts awarded across 344 different contracts. This represents a significant increase from 2013 when the company received nearly $600 million in contracts.
Is it failing if you keep getting new work? As usual, Musk only ever fails upwards, regardless of how many of his projects explode.
I agree this doesn’t affect him much directly. It’s more about it just nice seeing something embarrassing for him.
It was not his failure, it was another sniper.
Starbase is full of them