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posted by janrinok on Thursday September 01 2016, @01:55PM   Printer-friendly

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:29PM (#396393)

    Wonky, the jig is up. You logged into the wrong account to make your useless OCD nitpick. The tango account is now burned as known wonkey_monkey sockpuppet.

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