Uhhh
https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1649046900132429825?s=46&t=XGja5BtSraUljl_WWUrIUg
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It blew up in the air so it didn’t damage anything, not an ideal result but it happened the best place possible for it to happen.
I mean, it launched successfully.
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Into a million pieces
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Is this a metaphor
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The range safety guy probably initiated the flight termination system* when it started to tumble so it’s not like it randomly blew up.
*In STS, the SRMs had linear shaped charges attached. (Which did not use C4!) Not necessarily the case here.
“Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unplanned disassembly,” an official said on the broadcast.
Lol
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Not sure about that…
https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1649063296908029954?s=46&t=qACSKE6IZtzYRktMah8p6A
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Hardcore!
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Let’s not muddle the conversation with particulates
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I think it was originally scheduled for last week but got delayed.
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Still much better for the ~10 million pounds of propellant to explode over the Gulf of Mexico than on the launchpad at Boca Chica.
Looks like the debris falling was from the rocket obliterating the launch pad
https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/1649062784167030785
That bottom area was paved.
Sorry if I’m late, but must the biggest fatty e’er lit on 4/20, well played Space Karen!!
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They launched at exactly 9:30 AM when the market was opening. Both the rocket and Tesla stock dropped hard.
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