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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Can't find any reference to anyone dying or getting injured, but in terms of pad damage it definitely takes the cake.

The first Starship may have put a hole in the pad, but the N1 obliterated it.