I know most of y’all have fully abandoned Twitter, but good lord if he actually does this (which is not guaranteed mind you) a LOT of vulnerable people are going to get hurt.

  • sexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    IIRC that was the direct result of Elon demanding that they ignore certain safety procedures or something. Can’t remember the details though but I read it somewhere.

    • daisy [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      They wanted to see if they needed an active water-deluge system for fire/debris control when a Starship booster launches. Turns out they did. They installed one as part of the repairs to their Starship test pad, so that the next prototype Starship launch has a better chance.