Starship flights are becoming routine: second-ever flight, possible first double catch, barely news
tszzl · x · 2026-11-14
SpaceX confirmed Starship completed its ascent burn on a planned suborbital trajectory. tszzl argues that technological civilization's job is to make such miracles seem anodyne: this is possibly only the second Starship flight ever and maybe the first double catch, yet public attention has already moved on to air traffic troubles.
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