Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes During Test Flight
etcanada.comElon Musk’s SpaceX Starship went up in flames on Thursday morning. The Twitter CEO’s huge rocket blew up just minutes after launching in southern Texas, with the explosion being seen in a clip shared by TMZ.
The publication stated it wasn’t carrying any people or satellites at the time, thankfully. It had set off for an around-the-world trip on its first launch when it exploded, with mission control suggesting it had been intentionally blown up. READ MORE: Elon Musk Bonds With His And Grimes’ 2-Year-Old-Son In Rare Pics They said, “That appears like the automated flight termination system has been activated.” The rocket was due to go up to space on Monday, but TMZ claimed the launch had been called off due to a valve getting stuck during fuelling. READ MORE: Elon Musk Trolls CBC With ’69 Per Cent Government-Funded’ Twitter Tag Despite the explosion, Musk didn’t mention it and instead congratulated the team on Twitter.
He posted, “Congrats SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.”
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