Well, that was an unexpected and uncontrolled structural disintegration. e: On the upside, happy birthday Elon, I hope you enjoyed your really awesome fireworks!
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SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure
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#42Awkwards silence on the livestream... RIP Falcon 9. Still happy birthday Elon, I guess ?
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#43Happy birthday Elon! We know you'll do it eventually.
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#44Oh. Crap.
Space really is hard.
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#45I was wondering what happened. This was my first time watching the live stream so I wasn't sure if that was normal or not.
Edit: They just called it, they had an "anomaly."
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#46"Non nominal flight"
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#47Well, that was an unexpected and uncontrolled structural disintegration. e: On the upside, happy birthday Elon, I hope you enjoyed your really awesome fireworks!
That has to be the most awkward sign-off of the webcast ever.
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#48End of the live broadcast
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#49Was just watching the rocket from my backyard and it looked like it exploded... wow, can't believe that.
I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.
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#50As the ship exploded, the words on the screen were something to the tune of "At this point, the ship is under the highest aerodynamic pressure".