People Are Pointing Out Elon Musk's Double Standards Following The SpaceX Starship Explosion

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On Thursday, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched an uncrewed Starship rocket that exploded during a trial flight. People crossed Florida and the Caribbean reported the explosion, with galore videos of it circulating crossed societal media.

The "rapid unscheduled assembly" (SpaceX's word for an explosion) occurred conscionable 2 months aft the erstwhile trial flight, which besides ended up exploding. In some instances, adjacent airports delayed flights owed to the debris.

The consecutive failures sparked online disapproval of Elon, particularly since DOGE is supposedly acrophobic with removing monetary discarded and incompetence from the government. According to Reuters, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell has said the institution has astir $22 cardinal successful authorities contracts.

Here's what the net is saying:

1."Yet different accelerated unplanned disassembly of Starship. This clip implicit the Bahamas. Perhaps Elon should walk much clip trying to support his cars and rockets from blowing up alternatively than trying to disassemble our authorities and clang the economy."

2."The detonation of SpaceX’s Starship is simply a bully metaphor for Trump’s failed presidency — but the full state is dealing with the debris."

3."DOGE needs to spell implicit to SpaceX and fig retired what the fuck is wrong. Fire 60-70% of the radical due to the fact that each Starship explodes successful flight. At a minimum get escaped of each the probationary hires."

They, of course, look to beryllium speaking hyperbolically.

4."Watching SpaceX Starship detonate portion citizens successful this state can’t spend healthcare is truthful American."

5."SpaceX's Starship nonaccomplishment implicit the Bahamas is conscionable different illustration of Musk's overhyped tech falling apart, literally. Time to rethink his unchecked power and prioritize information implicit spectacle."

6."If NASA had the nonaccomplishment complaint SpaceX does, Elon Musk would beryllium firing everyone and Congress would beryllium demanding to cognize wherever the wealth is going."

7."Remember erstwhile Elon Musk attacked our astronauts, claiming that NASA wouldn’t fto SpaceX prime up the radical stranded connected the ISS. Yeah — I’m definite 'politics' is the crushed they don’t privation to usage the SpaceX Starship."

8."#PresidentMusk had different large time with taxation payer's money. Starship #8."

9."Lemme get this straight... Elon Musk's rockets support exploding. His car income are tanking. His banal is down about 30% successful a month. He's firing radical lone to recognize helium made an oopsie and tries to rehire them. He's implementing Donald Trump's atrocious policies that are tanking the economy. And MAGA worships this guy?"

10."Good greeting and Happy Friday to everyone who is not amazed 1 spot that Queen Karma caused a accelerated unscheduled disassembly to BOTH trump's tariffs AND Elon's SpaceX rockets connected the aforesaid fucking day. Bada boom."

11."#Starship tumbling retired of control. X is overrun with bots. Elon...get power of your ain location earlier you occurrence immoderate much national employees."

12."This seems an due clip to notation DOGE has recovered precisely zero dollars wasted successful Elon’s tens of billions successful authorities funding. Most strange."

13."He is filling the satellite with his garbage I hatred him truthful much."

14."Elon Musk and SpaceX stroke up different rocket funded by $20+ billion successful American payer dollars. Good happening nary lives are being mislaid erstwhile these rockets stroke up. But Musk is overseeing authorities fraud, waste, and abuse? I accidental our Thank You paper is successful the mail."

15.And finally, "Elon is the biggest payment queen connected the planet."

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