Rocket Man

I’m starting to think Putin hired Musk to oversee the Russian Air Forces.

One of Putin's elite fighter jets burst into flames in mid-flight, nose-diving onto Russian territory. It comes six days after a Russian warplane dropped a bomb in Belgorod,  Russia. CNN's Erin Burnett reports. (source)

You may recall Old Eloi’s radical fuck up from just one week ago when his SpaceX Starship blew up just two minutes after leaving the launchpad.

“So you never know exactly what's going to happen, but as we promised, excitement is guaranteed! Starship gave us a rather spectacular end to what was truly an incredible test.” (source)

It’s all about excitement for Space Karen and what could be more thrilling than a the largest and most powerful rocket ever built exploding right over your head? This is fourth of July fireworks for the rich and environmentally oblivious. By the by, the Federal Aviation Administration has now grounded the SpaceX Starship program. Looks like Rocket Man’s gonna have to clean up his extensive fucking mess before he can make another one.

Besides grounding the Starship program, the FAA has activated its mishap response plan. It requires SpaceX to work with state and federal agencies to remove the debris and survey the damage. In a statement, the agency says it will make sure SpaceX complies with environmental regulations. (source)

AND speaking of Russian fuck ups, did you know, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster happened 37 years ago on April 25 and 26 of 1986.
It was a horror show for the 116,000 humans who had to be evacuated and relocated but for the wildlife population it was, apparently, a boon.

After the 1986 fire and explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant released 400 times more radioactive fallout than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, most everyone left the area. Authorities created a 18.6-mile (30 kilometers) "exclusion zone" in which people were (and still are) prohibited from living. But apparently, the animals didn't get the memo. (source)

Wildlife is thriving there and, from all reports, not glowing in the dark, transforming into werewolves, weredeer, were boars or whatever. Is the exclusion zone ultimately safe for them?

Studies in other animals—mostly smaller ones like birds, rodents, and insects—show that Chernobyl radiation can cause mutations and ill health effects, says Tim Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina...work done in creatures such as barn swallows and voles suggests these mutations may be transferred to the next generation, he says. These smaller animals also have the potential to spread radioactive contaminants to the environment through their movements, Mousseau notes. (source)

So, 37 years down the road from the worst nuclear power fuck up and we still don’t know how fully banjaxed the planet is. ‘SOK, MusKKK is building rockets (which explode) and planning a city on Mars. WHY do I have the suspicion that Space Boy’s plans are for an all wealthy white male dominant society (which will ultimately fail but it'll be EXCITING!)?

I only mention it but I’d think it would be smarter, easier and not so ginormously expensive to clean up this world versus building transport ships and enclosed habitable cities on Mars. Also, given his ‘success’ rate with rockets, cars and social media sites, I’d be hard pressed to trust him to get me to Stop&Shop in one piece, let alone Mars.