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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] llamacoffee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It blew up about 3000 km/hr short of orbit, so thankfully all of it has burned up in Earth's atmosphere already :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t believe that’s true, some of the debris more than likely made it back to the ground over the ocean. There are weather radars that picked up the debris and they don’t scan super high up into the atmosphere.

[–] llamacoffee 11 points 1 year ago

You're right, that's my bad. I just meant to say the debris hasn't gone into orbit.