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A first for the Falcon Heavy.

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At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars

Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed.

By MARISA TAYLOR
Filed Nov. 10, 2023, 11 a.m. GMT

One windy night at Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realized they had a problem.

They needed to transport foam insulation to the rocket company’s main hangar but had no straps to secure the cargo. LeBlanc, a relatively new employee, offered a solution to hold down the load: He sat on it.

After the truck drove away, a gust blew LeBlanc and the insulation off the trailer, slamming him headfirst into the pavement. LeBlanc, 38, had retired nine months earlier from the U.S. Marine Corps. He was pronounced dead from head trauma at the scene.

Federal inspectors with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) later determined that SpaceX had failed to protect LeBlanc from a clear hazard, noting the gravity and severity of the violation. LeBlanc’s co-workers told OSHA that SpaceX had no convenient access to tie-downs and no process or oversight for handling such loads. SpaceX acknowledged the problems, and the agency instructed the company to make seven specific safety improvements, including more training and equipment, according to the inspection report.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/sp ... sk-safety/

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At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars

Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed.

Elon Musk is crazy if you ask me. I dislike him more and more with each passing month. He has made my life harder and less enjoyable so far with changes introduced by him. Hasn't helped me in the slightest. I was so freaking naïve in the past about literally everything, including Elon Musk and SpaceX.

Adam Something has pretty good videos on YouTube about Musk's craziness.

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So, maybe it's this Friday.

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Launch attempt on Friday is officially a go.

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What an image.

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SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches space but is intentionally destroyed mid-flight

Source: CNBC

Published Sat, Nov 18 2023 7:07 AM EST Updated 11 Min Ago

SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with the company pushing development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones. Liftoff came a few minutes after 8 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. Starship flew for more than seven minutes, successfully separating from its booster, before the rocket’s onboard system intentionally destroyed the vehicle mid-flight. No people were on board the test flight.

“We have lost the data from the second stage ... what we do believe right now is that the Automated Flight Termination System on the second stage appears to have triggered very late in the burn,” John Insprucker, SpaceX principal integration engineer, said on the company’s webcast.

The flight termination system is a standard safety feature in rockets, as it destroys the vehicle in the event a problem arises or it flies off course. After reaching space, Starship was planned to fly most of the way around the Earth before re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down off the coast of Kauai.

“An incredibly successful day, even though we did have a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ both of the Super Heavy booster and the ship,” SpaceX quality engineering manager Kate Tice said on the webcast. The Federal Aviation Administration cleared SpaceX for a second launch attempt earlier this week.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/18/spacex- ... aunch.html

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