SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death
mywacaday
36 points
25 comments
May 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
blendergeek
https://archive.ph/z7xCk
Ajedi32
Headline is misleading. The launch is happening tomorrow weather permitting, and the delays that already happened are most likely unrelated to the accident that killed the worker. There's also no evidence that accident rates at Starbase are higher than at any other US construction site.
NetMageSCW
Sad to see what Scientific American has become.
ChrisArchitect
Related: Starship's Twelfth Flight Test https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214558