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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] 22 points 11 months 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] 17 points 11 months ago

Also to make it clear, it was never planned to even make it to LEO. SpaceX has made it very clear that they wanted to get close to the energy experienced during an actual reentry without actually making it to orbit.