Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral...blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite
www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 1st September 2016, 3:11 pm | By GUY BIRCHALL

Posted on 09/01/2016 12:50:35 PM PDT by Red Badger

Full Title:

ROCKET BLAST SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite

A ROCKET has exploded at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150million internet satellite.

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its pioneering unmanned rocket when disaster struck.

A series of explosions sent smoke and flames shooting through the sky and shook buildings miles away.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061 next last
To: Red Badger

I feel bad for SpaceX. Facebook, on the other hand... who has the Nelson Muntz graphic?


21 posted on 09/01/2016 1:05:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wolfie

AWesoME!......................


22 posted on 09/01/2016 1:05:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Face Crap? Oh too bad.


23 posted on 09/01/2016 1:05:35 PM PDT by Lent
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Suckerberg is an idiot ...


24 posted on 09/01/2016 1:05:53 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (FU Klintoons)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wolfie

Some “anomaly!”


25 posted on 09/01/2016 1:06:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Elon Musk.....Mr Clean Green.....what a crock ego.


26 posted on 09/01/2016 1:09:30 PM PDT by wardamneagle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Wolfie; Tijeras_Slim

Powered by Tesla................


27 posted on 09/01/2016 1:11:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: VRWC For Truth

[Suckerberg is an idiot ...]

ISIS is upset they didn’t get their satellite.


28 posted on 09/01/2016 1:11:07 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: VRWC For Truth

It brings me happiness whenever Zuckerberg is unhappy.

Shaden-Frood?


29 posted on 09/01/2016 1:11:17 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: All

FarceBook’s misery is my joy!


30 posted on 09/01/2016 1:11:38 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Moonman62

From this vidcap, the mains weren’t even lit. I doubt they were loading LOX or propellant during a live-fire test. So I don’t think this has anything to do with the engines or the spacecraft itself. It’s most likely something in the fuel/oxidizer delivery system.


31 posted on 09/01/2016 1:11:59 PM PDT by IronJack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

That’s NASA-Speak for OMG-WTF.....................


32 posted on 09/01/2016 1:12:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Charles Martel

33 posted on 09/01/2016 1:14:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: wardamneagle

His cars and his rockets have the same problem.....................


34 posted on 09/01/2016 1:14:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
"...and shook buildings miles away."

It's exactly for this kind of reason that the only buildings around ARE miles away.

35 posted on 09/01/2016 1:15:03 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
His cars and his rockets have the same problem.....................

Unexpected rapid overheating.

36 posted on 09/01/2016 1:20:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I have some good news and I have some bad news.


37 posted on 09/01/2016 1:22:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (~Putin made me post this!~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Well, what do you know, it IS ROCKET SCIENCE! And ... failure is an option!


38 posted on 09/01/2016 1:24:47 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

That’s all... Just $180 million...


39 posted on 09/01/2016 1:26:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Like, where’s my “like” button? A facebook satellite, blown up on a Musk operation?

I must be living right.


40 posted on 09/01/2016 1:32:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson