Posted on 09/04/2016 7:39:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The space rocket which exploded before takeoff yesterday (1 September) was carrying a satellite Facebook intended to use to connect sub-Saharan Africa to the Internet.
Whilst many critics have had doubts about the plan of founder Mark Zuckerberg to provide web access to the developing world, the destruction of the SpaceX rocket and its cargo will set the plan back many months, if not years.
The explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket on the launchpad at NASA’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida also saw the destruction of its AMOS-6 satellite, manufactured by an Israeli firm, but leased to Facebook through a French company. …
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God works in the real world.
Zuckerberg is an agent of Satan.
Saved from a million more “Nigerian Prince” email scams!
“I chop your money!”
Frankly, I see this as a victory by some Sarah Connor surrogate over SkyNet myself. The Societal Terminator 3000 Zuckerberg was defeated in this one-of-many tactical battles.
Are they going to post what they don’t have to eat on Facebook?
Pics of dry landscape with nary a drop of water in sight. Sounds like a good place to relocate the u.n.
a lot of infrastructure in Africa can’t actually be built because people will dig it up and sell it as scrap.
it is instructive that such infrastructure is safe in Africa only when it is in freaking outer space.
being a science guy I was sad about the explosion until I read what the satellite was for ;-)
Damn, now where are Africans going to get their porn?!
On the flip side, this will probably reduce the number of Internet scams we’ll see over the next years.
Yep, didn’t want that piece of junk floating around up there. My friends keep asking me why I’m not on Facebook. I say “Really?” - I am on FreeRepublic, go there if you want to keep up with me.
Elon Musk blows up Zuckerberg’s satellite?
Because we’re obviously not getting enough Nigerian 419 emails...
Elon Musk hates black people.
That can be the only logical explanation.
“Zuckerberg is an agent of Satan.”
And may he continue to be the object of the Good Lord’s Wrath.....
Couldn’t have happened to a more appropriate anus..May his efforts continue to perish....
Would we be giving means and aid to our enemies? I imagine great internet connection would help ISIS et al an awful lot.
The main stream media will report that it was a plot by the racist Donald Trump.
You almost think that the old space shuttle should be put back into service, huh?
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