[Libloather]

Pics & video @ the link.

[Yo-Yo]

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/spacex-starship-explosion-likely-caused-by-propellant-leak-elon-musk-says

"Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity."

[Jonty30]

Win some and lose some.

[MMusson]

The largest conventional firework ever detonated. Wow

[Da Coyote]

Still, that second rocket parallel parking job was even neater than the first one. And it sounds as if they’re already onto the cause of the second stage loss.

[Blennos]

A clarification. The fully stacked ship, including the booster, is 400 ft. The starship itself, essentially the 2nd stage, which exploded, is approximately 170 ft in height.

[mjp]

wishing -> wanting -> planning -> doing -> failure -> feedback -> goto wanting

[Yo-Yo]

Here are some ground views of the explosion, and ATC audio of the resulting disruptions to to air traffic in the Caribbean caused by falling debris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hIXB62bUE

[central_va]

He needs to import more indentured H-1B visa foreigners to work for Space-X. That's the ticket.

[montag813]

I don’t like this chopsticks method. I certainly wouldn’t want to bet my life on it if I were landing in a starship.

[Vaduz]

Not always successfully but always entertaining.
Elon Musk

[jerod]

Those are some pretty big hunks of debris... Good thing it was over the ocean.

[Rappini]

Correction, it soared across the Gulf of America.

[mewzilla]

Great video and analysis by Scott Manley on YouTube...

https://youtu.be/vfVm4DTv6lM?feature=shared

[DemiurgeIV]

The folks at Bluesky are having great sport celebrating Elon’s explosion. They seem to do best at enjoying the failures of others.