[HN Gopher] Anonymous sources: Starship needs a major rebuild af...
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       Anonymous sources: Starship needs a major rebuild after 2
       consecutive failures
        
       Author : jethronethro
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2025-03-19 19:22 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | exabrial wrote:
       | This is hilarious. 15 years ago, every company blew up their
       | rockets after one launch. Apparently reusability is so common
       | now, we expect the opposite.
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       | But also, I don't think this is unexpected. It hasn't flown any
       | real missions or delivered any commercial payloads. It look them
       | quite awhile to reuse a Falcon9.
        
         | kristianp wrote:
         | This isn't a problem with reuse. Each starship tested is a new
         | build at this stage.
        
           | boppo1 wrote:
           | So, by "rebuild", they mean redesign?
        
         | wmf wrote:
         | A failed launch isn't the same thing as a successful expendable
         | launch.
        
       | itishappy wrote:
       | No surprises here. Consecutive apparently identical failures
       | should obviously be throwing up red flags, but moving fast and
       | breaking things was always about iterating. Admittedly, the line
       | between moving fast and breaking things and throwing money into a
       | flame trench is rather thin, but it's only a problem if they
       | ignore their data. Data sure seems to indicate a new design is
       | needed.
        
       | throwaway4220 wrote:
       | " The one saving grace is that FAA red tape is clearly no longer
       | an additional obstacle. "
       | 
       | This is wrong - remember starship tests in 2022 were not FAA
       | limited. This is just hard problem
        
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