What in the hell has happened to NASA? Another rocket goes down!

@TheHorse (225747)
Walnut Creek, California
March 7, 2025 8:54pm CST
I remember, as a child, when we landed on the moon. Everyone was excited. More recently, we lost a couple of Space Shuttles, and everyone was sad. But now we have rocket ships exploding, and air travel disrupted. How did this happen? How did our revered space program become one that has multiple failures and disrupts air traffic, especially in an era when air travel has become increasingly dangerous? Some of the commercial airplanes in this video were short on fuel, and unsure where and when they could land. It is fascinating (and disheartening) to hear the uncertainty in the pilots' voices. The video I'll link is actual communications between airplanes in the air and air traffic controllers. What the heck is happening?
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (122526)
• United States
8 Mar
no that was Elmo's SpaceX rocket test flight. It had nothing to do with NASA. Maybe he should spend more time dealing with that company rather than blowing up the federal government.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Are you saying that this explosion, that disrupted traffic, was conducted by an Elon Musk-controlled company? How could that happen?
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (122526)
• United States
8 Mar
@TheHorse Yup. It was the 8th test flight of the rocket and it had a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" yet again. The debris rained down over Florida and the FAA had to stop flights as a result. Good thing that Elmo is now controlling the FAA!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
@NJChicaa What makes you say that Musk is controlling the FAA? --blink--
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (73985)
• United States
8 Mar
Not NASA, privately-owned SpaceX.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49403)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Mar
@TheHorse Just how far is your tongue poking through your cheek?
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (47771)
• India
8 Mar
@TheHorse To honor Private Enterprise and have some of the Tax money coming from such private enterprises to the Governments !!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Well gosh and golly! Why would a private company, especially one that's not particularly competent, it seems, be allowed to send rockets up into space?
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (143604)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Mar
It was a SpaceX rocket that exploded.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
SpaceX?
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37774)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Mar
@TheHorse yes, Elon wants to go to Mars. I think he is nuts.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
@LeaPea2417 I have not read up on Musk's history. I went on a Trump reading binge during Covid.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (115022)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Mar
That was one of Elmo's.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (115022)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Mar
@TheHorse It should be a huge one
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Mar
@wolfgirl569 We will see. "It should be a huge one"
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Well Boy Howdy! I wonder how big a fine they'll have to pay for disrupting air traffic.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (351591)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar
I'm glad we're not planning to fly at the moment. A young guy over east (our east) managed to get onto a plane with a loaded rifle! They're checking their security.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
What did he want to do on a plane with a loaded rifle?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (351591)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Mar
@TheHorse Heaven knows. A shearer that was on the flight tackled him first and the crew stepped in to help.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (99079)
• United States
8 Mar
Did you smoke something? NASA had nothing to do with the rocket that exploded. That was Musk's private company's rocket.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Really?
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (99079)
• United States
8 Mar
@TheHorse Yes. Really.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
@porwest Hey, did you move your money around when Trump got elected? I did. But I still have some exposure to the Market.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49403)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Mar
Can you say SpaceX?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49403)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Mar
@TheHorse Oh, nothing... they make the laws now.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Heh. Yes I can. I wonder how much they'll have to pay in fines for disrupting air traffic in the US and elsewhere.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
@BarBaraPrz I follow some lawyers on YouTube, but I have no idea what The Law says about private companies interfering things like air travel. I am heading out to dinner with some friends this evening. The hostess is a lawyer. Perhaps I will ask her. If I remember.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (47771)
• India
8 Mar
I have not read too many such news but just seen glimpses of a few. I have not analyzed in depth, but here is my take: We, the Humans and especially those who state themselves as the Big Representatives of the whole world: G7/G8 / G10/G20 etc. have made a system of economies and trade that emphasizes on always doing more. So more production, more roads, more railway networks, more airports, planes, flights, Services. 24x7, 24x7x365. We expect Resources (historically : humans) to be efficient yet we do not want to invest adequately for their health, education, mental well being. We want them to operate and work day in and day out with the efficiency of a Robot and if they fail, just discard them, irrespective of what mental state they get in. So well, we expect things to go all smooth, all efficient and so on. Yet, everything has its limitations. Humans, even Robots but who listens? Who understands? In such a scenario, all such things are bound to happen!! By the way, I have a feeling that I thought I was working equal to 3.5 people in my Organization but my manager expected me to work for 6.5. Sorry for an out blown and mind boggling big post !! Have a nice day ahead !!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
You have a nice day too.
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ultraman cosmos
@id_peace (15379)
• Singapore
8 Mar
I suspect or speculate there is no quality control or insufficient or lack of any
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Mar
Could be.
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Greg
@xander6464 (45030)
• Wapello, Iowa
11 Mar
President Musk is to blame for all of this.
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Greg
@xander6464 (45030)
• Wapello, Iowa
14 Mar
@TheHorse That's why Tesler and Twitter are both failing.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Mar
@xander6464 Has Tesla really lost half of its value in the stock market?
The Horse
@TheHorse (225747)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Mar
I hear he is difficult to work for.
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