SpaceX is scheduled to attempt another Starship launch again tomorrow morning (Saturday) at 8am EDT from their facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Here are my thoughts and predictions.
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The first launch attempt occured on 4/20 of this year, and resulted in massive damage to their launchpad, as well as the ultimate destruction of the rocket itself.
For tomorrow, much has changed from the first attempt.
For one, a steel plate with a water deluge system has been installed underneath the pad, and the entire mission profile of the rocket flight has been adjusted to increase the likelihood of success.
My parents are both in the 80s, and I am only now just realizing this morning how they are being regularly victimized by low-level scams targeted at older folks.
There are entire industries solely designed to target seniors and extract small/medium amounts of money from them...
...in seemingly legitimate ways.
They go right up to the line of legality and often cross it quite frequently.
In the last year, my folks have been scammed by software providers, attorneys, garage door repair people, etc.
It's fucking endless.
They're slowly being...
...drained in little ways, as if they're engulfed in a giant cloud of mosquitoes.
I blame myself for not paying close enough attention to what was going on.
If you have older parents, please pay attention to these smaller scams they are constantly being bombarded with.