Space X Flacon 9 Rocket Explosion

[lilonespaz]

Falcon*

So this morning during launch test the Space X rocket had an explosion of some sorts. The story is only about 45 minutes breaking..

Here are some pictures so far and ill link a news thread at the bottom.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37247077



It was supposed to carry Facebook's first satellite into orbit on Saturday no real word on how the satellite is yet.

 

[lilonespaz]

Here is a link to the video

http://realradio.iheart.com/onair/t...ch-video-of-spacex-rocket-explosion-15069169/

explosion happens around the 1 minute mark

 

[uglybastard]

saw people posting pics of this on imgur from the area,... i guess the ground was shaking from the explosion up to 2 miles out or something.

crazy. glad no one was hurt on that. maybe this is a sign that facebook shouldnt be launching satellites.

 

[lilonespaz]

haha yeah man the video is crazy hearing the booms and stuff. Im not to close a couple hundred miles away but still "in the back yard"