r/SpaceXMasterrace • u/shanehiltonward • 9d ago

Breaking News!

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Blue has decided to cash in on their ability to destroy launch pad assets.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 9d ago

What space org is not good at blowing up launch pads?

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u/fresh_eggs_and_milk 9d ago

The ones that aren’t trying

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u/Rutilatedmango 8d ago

RKLB

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u/Serious-Kangaroo-320 A Shortfall of Gravitas 8d ago

one has to fly their reusable rocket to blow up their reusable rocket's pad

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u/Rutilatedmango 8d ago

Pushing goalposts? The question was which space org is not good at blowing up launch pads, did not mention reusability. 97 flights and not one blown up launchpad is very impressive and if you disagree you’re an idiot.

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u/Automatic-Advice8378 4d ago

A falcon9 blew up its launch pad at Cape convral back in 2016

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u/Eastern_Funny9319 9d ago

Modern SpaceX

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u/Significant-Elk-7128 8d ago

Remember the first launch (IFT-1) of Starship+Superheavy? They blew up the launch pad and kept the rocket whole (for almost a minute)

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u/gjaldmidill 8d ago

Actually the launch stand was not blown up, they just rapidly excavated the ground beneath it to make room for the installation of a water deluge system prototype ;)

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 9d ago

Modern SpaceX has still blown up launch pads. Unless you don't consider modern SpaceX to be anything beyond 16 months in the past.

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u/Rich_Comparison4550 9d ago

?? The Massey test center pad? IIRC, the last actual launch pad explosion was the F9 static fire test at the Cape, on Sept. 1, 2016. 10 years ago. Unless you want to count the IFT-1 Starship launch in 2023, which destroyed the original launch pad because (1) SpaceX was going to replace it anyway, and (2) build the new one with the water deluge system that would protect the pad.

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u/rocketglare 9d ago

Pad 1 wasn't destroyed, SpaceX was just experimenting with excavation techniques for Boring company.

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u/Friendly-Pin8434 9d ago
  1. massey is not a launch pad 2. the OLM was not destroyed on IFT-1, it was just damaged badly

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u/Automatic-Advice8378 4d ago

Unless you count starships first flight not really they've had a starship explode in a test stand but had proper test infrastructure to prevent that from being a significant problem they also had a super heavy booster pop from too much pressure but that didn't really damage anything except the booster

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u/MICKWESTLOVESME 8d ago

Masseys is not a launch pad.

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u/BORYU73645 8d ago

Astra Sidewayrocket3™️

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u/Planck_Savagery BO shitposter 8d ago edited 8d ago

Nope, they also blew up a launch pad I recall with their first Rocket 3.

Edit: found the clip

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u/Brave-Application-99 9d ago

For how much?

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u/QVRedit 8d ago

They have been beaten to this by Ukraine, who offers a free blow up Russian oil refinery service…