Posted on 05/28/2026 6:10:49 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida
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I agree with you on that. The first stage didn’t look like it was having a healthy start to begin with. I looked at it several times and it does appear that the second stage had either an early ignition or an explosion on its own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O90WZJALYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ava7iJUkduk&t=45s&pp=0gcJCQ0LAYcqIYzv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUksx-DRsLA
Isn’t there some kind of air-pollution fine after that???
One of the space ‘tubers came up with ‘next year’. Perhaps we’re going to see some pitching in, at Jared’s request, like an old-fashioned barn raising.
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