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    From Davey@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 18 00:29:07 2025
    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.
    --
    Davey.

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com on Sat Jan 18 10:43:17 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:35:36 -0000 (UTC)
    Jethro_uk <jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that
    we call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily
    mean an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing
    science.

    Oh, I know. But I quoted the article verbatim, yes, it was The
    Telegraph, they were not my words, and I appreciate its actual specific meaning. It's the incongruity when expressed in a 'civilian' context.

    Article at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/17/us-grounds-spacexs-starship-after-mid-air-explosion/

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    Davey.

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  • From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Jan 18 10:35:36 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean
    an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 18 11:07:21 2025
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an
    explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean
    an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being
    shaken into pieces


    --
    "It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's" Joew Walsh

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com on Sat Jan 18 11:12:02 2025
    Jethro_uk <jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an
    explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean
    an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    There was a recent ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ of an RS-28 Sarmat MKBS[1] at Plesetsk, which didn’t do the silo or nearby buildings much
    good.

    “Although the missile entered service in 2023, all subsequent attempts to test-fire operationally-ready missiles have failed”.

    <https://mil.in.ua/en/news/satellite-images-show-damage-to-plesetsk-launch-pad-after-sarmat-blast/>

    [1] межконтинентальная баллистическая снаряд

    --
    Spike

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Davey on Sat Jan 18 10:49:39 2025
    Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an explosion.

    SpaceX always call them that, what I was surprised about is that very
    few of the youtube channels that hang on their coat-tails seemed to have
    a video of the stream available yesterday ... they're not usually shy of
    the mistakes

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Jan 18 11:18:23 2025
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an
    explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean
    an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being
    shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of ‘progressive unscheduled disassembly’?

    I think the term ‘disassembly’ is (deliberately?) misleading, as it is the reverse of a careful and organised process known as ‘assembly’, and which none of this type of event is.

    --
    Spike

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to Spike on Sat Jan 18 11:21:21 2025
    On 18/01/2025 11:18, Spike wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an
    explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we
    call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean >>> an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being
    shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of ‘progressive unscheduled disassembly’?

    I think the term ‘disassembly’ is (deliberately?) misleading, as it is the
    reverse of a careful and organised process known as ‘assembly’, and which none of this type of event is.

    Well that's a moot point. Its used in car crashes as well when things do
    tend to come apart, if the parts are stronger than the bolts...


    --
    “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

    —Soren Kierkegaard

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Jan 18 11:26:41 2025
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 11:18, Spike wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an >>>>> explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we >>>>> call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean >>>> an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being
    shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of ‘progressive unscheduled disassembly’?

    I think the term ‘disassembly’ is (deliberately?) misleading, as it is the
    reverse of a careful and organised process known as ‘assembly’, and which
    none of this type of event is.

    Well that's a moot point. Its used in car crashes as well when things do
    tend to come apart, if the parts are stronger than the bolts...

    I was thinking of that hackneyed phrase “Assembly is the reverse of disassembly”, but in these sorts of cases it certainly isn’t!

    --
    Spike

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  • From Graham.@21:1/5 to Spike on Sat Jan 18 11:44:45 2025
    On 18 Jan 2025 11:26:41 GMT, Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 11:18, Spike wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    rapid unscheduled disassembly, the companys euphemism for an
    explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we >>>>>> call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean >>>>> an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being
    shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of progressive unscheduled disassembly?

    I think the term disassembly is (deliberately?) misleading, as it is the >>> reverse of a careful and organised process known as assembly, and which >>> none of this type of event is.

    Well that's a moot point. Its used in car crashes as well when things do
    tend to come apart, if the parts are stronger than the bolts...

    I was thinking of that hackneyed phrase Assembly is the reverse of >disassembly, but in these sorts of cases it certainly isnt!


    https://gaminggibbon.co.uk/products/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-haynes-manual?srsltid=AfmBOopUFV2dDYMtg7thY3GCRycCDHR4YnRVSeuVTeX_-VTq_07CDuZ5


    --
    Graham.
    %Profound_observation%

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to Graham. on Sat Jan 18 12:03:45 2025
    Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
    On 18 Jan 2025 11:26:41 GMT, Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 11:18, Spike wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an >>>>>>> explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface", that we >>>>>>> call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not necessarily mean
    an explosion which is a specific word when you are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'. i.e.being >>>>> shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of ‘progressive unscheduled disassembly’?

    I think the term ‘disassembly’ is (deliberately?) misleading, as it is the
    reverse of a careful and organised process known as ‘assembly’, and which
    none of this type of event is.

    Well that's a moot point. Its used in car crashes as well when things do >>> tend to come apart, if the parts are stronger than the bolts...

    I was thinking of that hackneyed phrase “Assembly is the reverse of
    disassembly”, but in these sorts of cases it certainly isn’t!


    https://gaminggibbon.co.uk/products/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-haynes-manual?srsltid=AfmBOopUFV2dDYMtg7thY3GCRycCDHR4YnRVSeuVTeX_-VTq_07CDuZ5

    LOL

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    Spike

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  • From Davey@21:1/5 to Graham. on Sat Jan 18 12:17:31 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:44:45 +0000
    Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:

    On 18 Jan 2025 11:26:41 GMT, Spike <aero.spike@mail.com> wrote:

    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 11:18, Spike wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 18/01/2025 10:35, Jethro_uk wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:29:07 +0000, Davey wrote:

    “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, the company’s euphemism for an >>>>>> explosion.

    I love these twists of the language, disguised as jargon.

    It's like those "unexpected depressions in the road surface",
    that we call potholes.
    Ho-hum.

    I believe it's a standard aerospace term. And it may not
    necessarily mean an explosion which is a specific word when you
    are doing science.

    Indeed. Could be 'coming apart from aerodynamic overload'.
    i.e.being shaken into pieces

    That case might be one of ‘progressive unscheduled disassembly’?

    I think the term ‘disassembly’ is (deliberately?) misleading, as
    it is the reverse of a careful and organised process known as
    ‘assembly’, and which none of this type of event is.

    Well that's a moot point. Its used in car crashes as well when
    things do tend to come apart, if the parts are stronger than the
    bolts...

    I was thinking of that hackneyed phrase “Assembly is the reverse of >disassembly”, but in these sorts of cases it certainly isn’t!


    https://gaminggibbon.co.uk/products/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-haynes-manual?srsltid=AfmBOopUFV2dDYMtg7thY3GCRycCDHR4YnRVSeuVTeX_-VTq_07CDuZ5



    SOLD OUT! All purchased by Blue Horizon employees?

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    Davey.

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