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Kennedy Space Centre Explosion

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

isostatic writes:

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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• NPRNPR (Score: 2) by julian on Thursday September 01 2016, @03:40PM

  by julian (6003) on Thursday September 01 2016, @03:40PM (#396212)

  SpaceX says "an anomaly on the pad" caused the explosion.

  Frog or bat this time?

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• Re:NPR(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:02PM

  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:02PM (#396226)

  Probably a pelican, or two.

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• Re:NPR(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:09PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:09PM (#396231)

  So Bevis and Butthead are responsible then. NASA must have hired Anderson.

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• Re:NPR(Score: 2) by tibman on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:36PM

  by tibman (134) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:36PM (#396281)

  Curious if insurance will payout since the payload was destroyed on the pad prior to launch. The BBC clip was actually pretty good, imo. Though they didn't say what the anomaly was : /

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• Re:NPR(Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday September 01 2016, @06:49PM

  by RamiK (1813) on Thursday September 01 2016, @06:49PM (#396312)

  A newt!

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