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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by nocoiner on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:19AM (#36598724)
Would launching from a barge be totally impractical? Or hell, just go full Sea Dragon. Both seem preferable to destroying rare wetlands.

Also, love the binary outcome set of Hiroshima/not-Hiroshima.

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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by alexvoda on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:22AM (#36598747)
It has been done, but not with a rocket this big.
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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by inglor_cz on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:47AM (#36599000)
"love the binary outcome set of Hiroshima/not-Hiroshima."

I never introduced any such binary concept. I only said that the environment damage sustained was relatively trivial, because some of the reactions seem a bit hysterical to me.

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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by alexvoda on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:58AM (#36599120)
The reactions are deserved because it was UNNECESSARY damage. There is no reason it could not have been avoided.
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