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Kennedy Space Centre Explosion

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

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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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by cmdrklarg on Thursday September 01 2016, @06:18PM

    by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 01 2016, @06:18PM (#396300)
    The RUD is at about 1:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ/ [youtube.com] Looks like a refueling accident to me.
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  • (Score: 2) by fishybell on Thursday September 01 2016, @07:23PM

    by fishybell (3156) on Thursday September 01 2016, @07:23PM (#396327)

    In slow motion and/or frame by frame: http://rowvid.com/?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ [rowvid.com]