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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:37:48 JST Ars Technica

   SpaceX can celebrate three big wins after second Starship test flight

   Starship reached a speed of 15,000 mph, then self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico.

   https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/spacex-can-celebrate-three-big-wins-after-second-starship-test-flight/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Dizzy (bubblegumyeti@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:47:38 JST Dizzy

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     @arstechnica Wins? Lol?

   • Scott Burton (scottburton@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:52:20 JST Scott Burton

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     @arstechnica when i go to Mars i will definitely blow up over a classier body of water

   • Sir_Osis_of_Liver (sir_osis_of_liver@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:02:05 JST Sir_Osis_of_Liver

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     @arstechnica

     I dunno, man.
     When we commission a new power plant, they very rarely explode.
     Maybe we're doing it wrong.

   • Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:13:22 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     @arstechnica At least one newspaper, The Independent, is headlining the vehicle reached orbit before it self-destructed. That's wrong. It didn't reach orbit. This test flight wasn't intended to be orbital.

     There's going to be a lot spillover from folks who, deservedly, loathe the owner of SpaceX, saying silly uninformed things about this flight.

   • ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ (spacemagick@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:40:24 JST ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ

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     @arstechnica
     Gosh, that's twice the speed of Thunderbird 1.
     #rockets

   • bouriquet (bouriquet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 10:43:16 JST bouriquet

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     @arstechnica We already did this in the 1950s and learned from it. Why again, just to cut corners?

   • CastBackTees (castbacktees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 14:56:36 JST CastBackTees

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     @arstechnica

     Media: Elon Musk builds perpetual motion machine on his unicorn ranch.

     Musksuckers: GENIUS!