The BBC are reporting an explosion at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where SpaceX company was readying a rocket for launch.
The cause of the blast is not clear and it is not known if anyone was hurt. Nasa said SpaceX was test-firing a rocket which was due to take a satellite into space this weekend.
Pictures from the scene show a huge plume of smoke rising above the Cape Canaveral complex.
The force of the blast shook buildings several miles away.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @02:06PM
This was sabotage.
I'd slide my tinfoil hat on, but I have it stapled in place.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @03:33PM
One does wonder. Upset establishment aerospace probs a dangerous proposition
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:44PM
It was Russian hackers. Already confirmed by the Democrats, Republicans, FBI, NSA, CMT, CNN, and NBC. The Russians deny it; that's how you know they did it.
Support your congressperson on their next bill to put reasonable limits on free speech, gun control, encryption, and dubstep to prevent this from happening, or next time it could be your children!