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Comment by yoavm | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]yoavm · 2026-11-15 Sun 06:50 UTC · link
Is it weird that a private for-profit company wanting to explode something in public space needs to prove it does what it can to minimize the potential damages? Should everyone be allowed to throw bombs into the ocean? Or just Elon?
[−]literalAardvark · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:29 UTC · link
They didn't bomb the ocean. It was empty and just above the water line which means minimal shock in the water, minimal dispersion in the air.