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Schrödinger's rocket.
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I will say there was a shit ton of fire when the smoke started to clear. There's been a lot of fire before, so maybe that means nothing, but you hope that doesn't indicate it was on the verge of blowing up. :)
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It's definitely there, definitely stationary, and definitely upright, so it's just a matter of whether it 1) caught fire badly enough to fail or 2) fell over for some reason.
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Vehicle lost, apparently
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Aww...landing go boom. :sulk:
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Stage 1 lost
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Damn, lost it.
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I bet they just didn't want to have to figure out where to put another one. :)
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They are really nailing the videos. That Stage 1 separation was glorious.
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Official word:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ascent phase & satellites look good, but booster rocket had a RUD on droneship</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743096769001578498">June 15, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like thrust was low on 1 of 3 landing engines. High g landings v sensitive to all engines operating at max.</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/743097337782763521">June 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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