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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by ant6n on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:55AM (#35761101)
I thought the issue with throwing up a bunch of dust is that the planet this rocket was starting from is inhabited.
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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by krisoft on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:02AM (#35761139)
Not quite. It is speculated that the rocket engines were damaged by chunks of the pad hitting them. That is a danger to the launch itself even if the dust wouldn’t bother anyone else.
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