This clock isn't clocking..
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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There was nothing wrong with the rocket or anything else, this was just how the new clock designed by Elon functions
If the clock was actually designed by Enron, it would take 93 years to launch, as his clock is obviously stuck at 1933.
If I'm not mistaken Friday is their last authorized launch date(correct me if wrong) so there are 3 possible conclusions :
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Rocket explodes doing major pr damage as they are pushing their ipo.
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Rocket doesn't launch and is delayed until after ipo, not good for Elon but maybe salvagable.
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Launch is successful and everything goes great. This is what Elon is hoping for but unlikely with this many retires required.
Reading their ipo release they want to claim it's based on Ai but they want to run their Ai from space(for unknown reasons). To do so they need a delivery method which would be the starship. If it's not reliable on 1 flight would you trust it to launch your 100 billion dollar Ai data center to space?
Rocket explodes doing major pr damage as they are pushing their ipo.
dude don't give me a dream
It's 530 am here, if you haven't had your dreams it's probably too late, start getting ready for work
Early falcons had similar issues. I fully expect the starship to work since they are not reinventing the wheel, but trying to get the with old technology.
Just might need some more tries.
Also, the business case for putting data centers in space is dubious at best. But there are very good reasons star ship may still be worth the effort.
True, from a technical perspective but most expensive rocket exploding and or not working while pushing for most expensive ipo in history can't exactly be called good for Elon...
Isn't the IPO sometime in June? Could they not get get a new launch license for tue-fri next week? Usually it seems they are able to get FAA approval.
The retries were about a stuck pin in the ground support equipment.
There's also definitely a range between "blows up" and "100% success".
And they won't be flying customer payloads soon, just internal ones for refuelling experiments and their Starlink and Starlink based "data center" satellites.
We got blue balled
