I think we should just launch Elon Musk into space at this point
He does such idiotic things that you can’t make it up and is something you would be see done by a villain on Captain Planet
now, to clarify, having read the article, what happened was the explosion blew a large hole in the ionosphere, y'know, the one vital for gps and radio and other things. granted, the hole closed in something like 40 minutes, but uh. still not a good look. worth noting that it did provide scientists with a lot of data on what happens when you put a hole in the ionosphere. not worth it but y'know. its there.
lets fire musk into the ionosphere
god i hate how sensationalist tumblr is
i hate elon musk, but this is slightly inaccurate
this happened on ITF-2 (integrated flight test). [1] the explosion happened because the flight computer detected an engine shutdown that was caused by a fluid leak. the flight computer then activated the flight termination system, which blows up the rocket as a safety precaution [2]
a hole in the atmosphere is a bit inaccurate, it deionized a part of the atmosphere. this is a known effect of rocket launches. [1] i assume that the effect was much larger in this case because the entire rocket blew up in one go instead of a controlled engine burn. therefore i would also assume that the effect would be much smaller on actually successful flights. it’s also important to realize that volcanos cause similar and more intense effects. [1]
i hate how this website overblows spacex failures because they hate musk. i hate the guy too. but blindly hating spacex without knowing the facts is stupid
