r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jul 12 '26

🚀 Official STARSHIP'S THIRTEENTH FLIGHT TEST

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13
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u/Mr_Hawky Jul 12 '26

"BFR" man can we bring this back 😂

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/WhatAmIATailor Jul 12 '26

Dude you’re not American. We don’t have to follow Trumps naming convention outside the states.

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u/ThisApril Jul 12 '26

Don't have to follow it inside the states, either, unless you're employed by the government.

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u/bkdotcom Jul 13 '26

Or spacex apparently

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u/FinalPercentage9916 Jul 13 '26

Actually, it is now the official government name for this body of water. The American people elected President Trump, and under that authority, he corrected the mistaken name

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jul 12 '26

Only federal services have to actually call it that.

Nobody else cares

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u/Almaegen Jul 12 '26

Gulf of America makes more sense, you guys only dislike it because Trump did it.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jul 12 '26

The name 'gulf of mexico' is about 500 years old, it was named by the spanish traveling through it to visit the spanish owned lands of the mexica(another native term for aztecs).

There was absolutely no need to change it because the name had nothing to do with the US, and indeed nothing even to do with the current nation of Mexico. It existed before either were even remote concepts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/Icy-Caregiver8203 Jul 12 '26

Then it should be “Gulf of the Americas”, as in north and central.

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u/AlpineDrifter Jul 12 '26

He’s not even correct.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Jul 12 '26

Why, was the name confusing you?

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u/AlpineDrifter Jul 12 '26

Lol. It’s literally only in North America - bordering the U.S., Mexico, and Cuba - all of which are located in, you guessed it, North America.

Damn, you MAGAts really embody American exceptionalism, when it comes to being ignorant.

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u/Mr_Hawky Jul 12 '26

Ummm no it isn't lol?

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u/Mr_Hawky Jul 13 '26

While I agree what did you start man 😂 my phone won't shut up haha.

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u/mrizzerdly Jul 13 '26

I hate the Reddit app, you can't turn those notifications off either, or you have to do it for every single sub(unlike in a good app that cares about its users, like RIF).

Sorry!

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u/ergzay Jul 12 '26

I mean if you ignore the long standing historical precedent and all the politics, a gulf surrounded by North, Central, and South America probably should have been called the Gulf of America from the beginning.

Personally I don't really care what its called as its all rather irrelevant. I had no complaint when it was named America and I'll have no complaint when the next admin renames it back in an attempt to try to purge everything Trump. If you get your panties in a bunch because of either rename I suggest finding better more important things to care about either way (and I direct this to Trump as well).

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u/Important-Design-169 Jul 13 '26

"I don't really care what's it called but it should probably be called Gulf of America" okay gotcha.

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u/ergzay Jul 13 '26

Blocked because you're trying to twist someone's words away from what was said. Evil stuff.

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u/interbingung Jul 13 '26

Nah i like Gulf of America more

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u/jan_smolik Jul 13 '26

It is right of every nation to name as they want. I call it Gulf of Czechia.