The explosion might have been intentional deorbiting gone wrong. We need more technical details before jumping to conclusions about SpaceX’s engineering quality.
Regardless of the cause, this event demonstrates why we need international standards for satellite operations and debris mitigation. The Wild West approach to LEO needs to end.
I work in aerospace and I can tell you that a failure rate below 1% is genuinely excellent. This thread seems to be making a mountain out of a molehill.
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