Who else is rooting for an unmanned Space X rocket failure?

[Pototan]

Now, please don't get me wrong. I don't want any manned flight to fail. I certainly wouldn't want any human causalities.

But an unmanned Space X launch or two ending up in flames on the launching pad wouldn't make me sad at all. Not one little bit.

[FarPoint]

1. I want Elon Musk to shut up....

get out of politics as he is grifting America..... I want him held accountable.

[Pototan]

4. Well, I'd like to hit the lottery, but that's not gonna happen

But an unmanned SpaceX rocket failure or two is quire possible.

[FarPoint]

9. That is just a waste of time....

We need real action steps to block his influence.... Your suggestion is only a trivial consequence and does not come close to impacting the offender we seek to stifle. He has committed crimes in my suspicions.... arresting him will help....

[Pototan]

12. I don't have arrest powers

and I doubt that Kash Patel will do anything.

[FarPoint]

13. Kash Patel is not an issue at this time....

I find your pushing destruction of property offensive.... We gave you hints on this but you continue the tone....

[Pototan]

24. I hope unmanned SpaceX rockets explode on the pads

OK. That's my feeling.

[Macrophylla]

27. Thats the best scenario.

Take out the infrastructure grinding everything to a halt for the foreseeable future.

[JustAnotherGen]

22. That will never happen

Anyone Magat party aligned doesn't have to pay the piper for their behavior.

Now shutting up - that's something else.

I hope he eats himself into a massive heart attack.

I wrote what I wrote and I meant it . . . the only way we will get rid of the Magats infesting America is by them dying off. If had a bird with bird flu I would let myself get infected to launch it into the Mar A Lago dining room.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I much rather see SpaceX sold to another American entity. n/t

[Pototan]

5. Please read my reply #4

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I still favor sale of SpaceX over rocket failures. n/t

[SheltieLover]

26. I'd love to see Joe Nationalize Space X & leave the scum penniless

But of course that won't happen.

It would be lovely if Joe did this and gave all the money from Space X to Zelenskyy for the defense of his country from pootin.

[Walleye]

3. Elon will just make up the shortfall with money from the US treasury. That's his plan.

[Pototan]

6. But a few crashes may take away a bit of his shine.

There's nothing like a few spectacular failures to take down an ego.

[MiHale]

7. I wish him a very bad batch of whatever drug he takes for fun...

Let it ruin him in public.

[hunter]

10. Musk might be remembered as the guy who trashed space.

The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect, collisional cascading, or ablation cascade), proposed by NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to space pollution is numerous enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions. In 2009, Kessler wrote that modeling results had concluded that the debris environment was already unstable, "such that any attempt to achieve a growth-free small debris environment by eliminating sources of past debris will likely fail because fragments from future collisions will be generated faster than atmospheric drag will remove them". One implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges difficult for many generations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

Otherwise, it seems likely to me that Musk will be one of the first billionaires purged once the Republican infighting starts.

The Republican tent isn't large enough to hold all those morbidly obese egos.

[Emrys]

33. And there you have it.

Musk will find immortality and infamy by crafting what will be known as the Musk Belt. His name will be cursed for generations.

There may be an analogy in there with what he wants to do with US governance, even the world if nothing stops him.

[BlueTsunami2018]

11. I'd much rather Elmo be on it.

That would be the best thing for everyone.

[Wonder Why]

18. My granddaughter loves Elmo. Everyone loves Elmo. Just tickle him and he laughs!

[Emile]

14. That's our tax dollars at work, enriching Musk.

[alarimer]

15. Me.

I am hoping for a disaster that discredits this company forever. But nearly blowing up that south Texas town and poisoning the desert there wasn't enough; it's probably going to take actual human deaths before that happens.

I'd settle for Musk shuffling off this mortal coil by any means.

[bif]

16. Have we been reduced to this?

Kinda sad.

[dumbcat]

23. It appears so

It also makes me sad to see this attitude here. I thought (hoped) we were a little more classy here.

[Xolodno]

29. This is how empires fail...

...when its own citizens wish or quietly cheer for failure of another group they oppose. Of course, its just now materializing with Democrats. However, Republicans have long since gone down that rabbit hole, remember when they cheered Chicago didn't get the Olympics all because of Obama?

My wife and I are both products of failed governments. To this day, she cannot visit the place where her family came from, despite possible still having relatives there.

As for myself, we were planning on taking a trip there before COVID hit. But shit hit the fan shortly after. I still can visit, although it will be more expensive. And despite knowing the language, heritage, likely getting a visa due to blood reasons, etc. I still won't even chance it. It floors me when people in the USA go there without all the advantages I have.

[BannonsLiver]

31. Been reduced to what?

Not cheering for a megalomaniac’s dumb rocket company so he can further enrich himself with our tax dollars, making him even more powerful as he oppresses Americans as co President?

I mean I’m all for fun and science and cool shit but I also have some red lines.

[edbermac]

17. Not me.

Been a fan of the space program since the moon landings. Much as I loath Leon, I hope I live long enough to see a return there.

[Sundance1220]

19. No desire to see my tax dollars

crash and burn like that just cuz musk is a disgusting pile of sewage.

[BannonsLiver]

20. Always.

[Polybius]

21. Definitely not me

I root for science.

[DavidDvorkin]

25. Not me.

[Sympthsical]

28. Pro-Science! (Unless we hate the guy in charge of the scientists)

Everything is so very situational these days it seems.

[EX500rider]

30. Ai google says "unlikely"

AI Overview

SpaceX has a high launch success rate, with the Falcon 9 Block 5 version of its rockets having a success rate of 99.72%:
Falcon 9: The Falcon 9 family of rockets has a success rate of 99.29% over 425 launches. The Falcon 9 Block 5 version has a success rate of 99.72% over 357 launches.
Falcon Heavy: The Falcon Heavy rocket first flew in 2018.
2024 launches: SpaceX had a 99.2% launch success rate in 2024, with 128 launches.
2023 launches: SpaceX had 96 successful launches in 2023, a new record.
First-stage boosters: The Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have landed successfully in 97% of attempts.
SpaceX also has a high rate of satellite deployment, with the capacity to build up to 45 satellites per week.

[harumph]

32. Not cheering for it, but might smile if it were to happen.