Lift-off looked normal, seemed like things were going fine. Personally, I noticed a darker piece of material fly off the rocket, and then disintegration. Will be interesting to hear the reason/root cause.
SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure
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#82As 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".
From the timeline, and from remembering past launches, I'm pretty sure it was well past Max-Q.
same feeling here. anyway, you could see the cap going off before rocket was self destructed. dunno if was part of the sequence.
the engine exhaust plume expansion reminded of that time they lost a nozzle due to high pressure, but again hard to tell if it was cause or effect from the armchair
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#83To quote xkcd: "You will not go to space today"
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#84Has anyone got a video recording?
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#85So what's going to happen to the astronauts aboard the ISS - this was a resupply mission. How much longer can they stay up there with their current supplies?
Russians can lift anything in matter of days if need be.
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#86So what's going to happen to the astronauts aboard the ISS - this was a resupply mission. How much longer can they stay up there with their current supplies?
Yes - they have not seemed to have a good record of getting supplies lately.
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#87So what's going to happen to the astronauts aboard the ISS - this was a resupply mission. How much longer can they stay up there with their current supplies?
I believe until October. (IIRC from the pre-launch conference)
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#88Was 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.
It did looks like it was close to the point of stage separation. But we'll see soon what the SpaceX's engineering analysis is.
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#89First time i watch SpaceX launch. Rocket explodes. Disappointed.
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#90I think (of course just an uneducated guess) things were going poorly from the beginning. It just looked slower than usual. Also, it looked like some of the engine exhaust was in places it should not have been several seconds before the "anomaly". I hope they get everything figured out and get back on track soon. Best wished.
I noticed that too, seemed slow clearing the tower, I thought it was mo imagination, or the camera angle.