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SpaceX’s Starship breaks up mid-flight, forcing airlines to avoid debris (www.aljazeera.com)

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“Normal operations have resumed,” a spokesperson added.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Imagine dying to a "plane crash" because some rocket debris hit your plane. 🙄

[–] Diplomjodler3 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There were procedures in place to prevent exactly this and they worked just fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was one of them that it wasn't made out of cardboard or cardboard derivatives?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, cardboard and cardboard derivatives would have safely burned to ash and been scattered in the upper atmosphere. There's have been no reason to close the airspace if that were the case

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