Re:SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
by MarkusQ on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:15PM
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The context free specificity of these articles is really annoying. Pick one instance from one company and drill down, ignoring the fact that such risks are the norm and already accounted for. It's like having a headline "Wendy's French Frys Increase Risk of Heart Disease."
To get some perspective:
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1805/about-how-far...
https://earthsky.org/spaceflight/chinese-rocket-disintegrate...
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/chinese-...
And it isn't something new; it's been this way all along:
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12959