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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by Me1000 on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:36PM (#38259229)
Because the rocket isn’t a really an explosive like a bomb, it’s a pressurized fuel tank. If the rocket fails during launch and there’s what we’d colloquially call an “explosion” it’s not going to extend too far past the rockets current position, it’s just going to cause a massive fire ball. But the keep out zone is far enough away that there’s absolutely no risk of that fireball reaching you.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by vultour on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:47AM (#38259925)
Well the FTS failed on the first launch, so if there was a guidance malfunction it could have probably hit something outside of the designated safe area. Fixing it was a prerequisite for the second launch so I assume it's not going to happen again.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by ethbr1 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:06PM (#38267047)
Guidance failure is my perspective.

There's a practical argument to be made that acceleration + range control = rocket detonated before it leaves bounds.

But from a physics worst-case perspective, if something can move itself to orbit it can move itself plenty far terrestrially.