r/ThatsInsane 2d ago

Alternate view of German space rocket failures impact from Norway

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u/Lodju 2d ago

Was it a failure though, they wanted data and got it.

Didn't they say it will probably crash.

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u/masselass 1d ago

They said it might not even take off. So no failure, instead a great success!

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u/Losawin 8h ago

Funny, when you post the same thing about SpaceX tests it gets downvotes 🤔

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u/free__coffee 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes, it was a failure, TF? If I design a test car, and it blows up 200 feet off the starting line, it's a failure. Sure you can claim "I got some data, so maybe next time we'll actually be able to take it around the track!"

Learning from a failure does not change it into a success

Edit: this failure is even worse, because they just didn't put a self destruct device on this rocket, as a design decision. All the articles claim that tech from a Spanish company had this rocket crash safely, but it didn't: all the tech did was shut off the engine - the fact that it landed in the ocean rather than blowing up the launch pad was pure luck

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u/_Not_A_Lizard_ 1d ago

A rocket scientist amongst us

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u/maxtinion_lord 1d ago

ah yes, the redditor who knows everything about everything, pray tell me how you know the crash trajectory was 'pure luck' and not the planned result, like they keep fucking saying. no shit they put a fail safe to turn off the rocket, especially one they KNEW WAS GOING TO CRASH, like damn dude pick your head out your ass and accept that there's nuance in the world and the thing isn't bad because your chimp brain saw an explosion.

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u/Euphoric_Election785 1d ago

Just say you know nothing of the scientific method and research and development fam

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u/boba-milktea-fett 1d ago

why all the down votes? weird - ur totally right on this (no sarcasm intended)

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u/Emilia963 2d ago

Didn’t they think about the environmental impact of the explosion? That’s horrible

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u/Xalethesniper 2d ago

You’re kidding right

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u/TOHSNBN 2d ago edited 2d ago

You’re kidding right

Other submissions to reddit from this user "Emilia963" include:

I have rethought withdrawing from NATO. I think what we should do is make NATO more like a subscription-based business, for example: Every NATO member is going to pay us a lot of money in exchange for a security guarantee lasting about five years.

Edit: the downvotes are hilarious, the American people are tired of babysitting the rest of the world including your mom.

And one more

Tesla’s stock is currently going up, and the left is ven more angry

Another one

Trump needs to chill, he already got my vote.

Last one

It has been scientifically proven that liberals are more likely to have diagnosed/undiagnosed mental illnesses

Conclusion, do not waste your time trying to argue with this human garbage or ai driven russian propaganda bot.

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u/Oaker_at 2d ago edited 2d ago

Dont forget her saying denying the holocaust is an opinion that one is allowed to have.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/FDHcDW9C5J

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u/Shun-Pie 2d ago

Thanks for your effort! If we were in a different sub I'd gift you a !redditgalleon

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u/QarzImperiusrealLoL 2d ago

Lmao that NATO statement is such bullshit its crazy

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u/Cheeme 1d ago

The short term memory loss in America must be real, given that they are the only country to ever invoke article 5.

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u/QarzImperiusrealLoL 1d ago

In the 90s i assume?

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u/Cheeme 1d ago

No. In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with many of those countries later joining US efforts to fight back against terrorism in the middle east. All of which Trump, Vance etc seem to forget.

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u/QarzImperiusrealLoL 1d ago

Oh yeah, i forgot they called on aid to fight there

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u/CocoSplodies 2d ago

I hope you do this often as a hobby kind citizen. Youre great!

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u/GroenBloed 1d ago

Its so surprising that people with mental illness would support the party that cares about them being able to get treatment vs the party that thinks they should be locked in asylums or outright killed. Really hard to figure that one out honestly. (/s if it wasnt clear)

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u/suejaymostly 2d ago

🥇

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u/Affectionate-Mix6056 2d ago

Usually when people bring up someone's posting or comment history I reply "we don't do that here", not now though... That person sounds like an absolute shit human being. To even consider making NATO a subscription service...

Reminds me of the brazen bull, where it was tested on the inventor first. Don't mess around with friendship, extorting friends is not how you keep them when you need them.

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u/Oaker_at 2d ago

This guy has principles, sometimes

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u/Xalethesniper 1d ago

Yeah figured it was a bot, thanks for doing the homework. It’s funny, I’m sure they get a lot of engagement for something that probably took like an hour to setup and automate.

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u/Dracampy 2d ago

Lmao a conservative caring about the environment. Funniest shit I heard in a while.

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u/dreizehn1313 2d ago

Don’t worry, the rocket ship was towed outside the environment

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u/nlb53 2d ago

Its not in an environment, its beyond the environment. Theres nothing out there

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u/Nodsworthy 2d ago

Then the front fell off

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u/Lodju 2d ago edited 2d ago

Like you actually give a damn about environment.

I mean since you probably support Trump as you are US conservative and this administration decimated climate protections.

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u/CocoSplodies 2d ago

Isnt the exhaust from the fuel just water vapor?

Or am I mistaken?

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u/TheShredda 2d ago

Depends on the fuel used

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u/Oaker_at 2d ago edited 2d ago

Even if. The explosion isn’t just water vapor.

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u/silverclovd 2d ago

When you're soo goddamn awful on the Internet that others dunno whether to feel bad for people in your family or be afraid of that genetic material daring the society to try & multiply with it.

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u/DanGleeballs 2d ago

Do you care?

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u/iamkristo 1d ago

I can’t tell if you, as an American, are serious about this comment or you’re just kidding