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[midnightAI]

Blue Origin explodes during a test at Cape Canaveral, no one was hurt but one hell of an explosion

 

[HRK69]

Damn, insane footage

 

[deriks]

And holy shit, how distant is this camera to only hear the explosion after seeing for a long time?

 

[midnightAI]

And holy shit, how distant is this camera to only hear the explosion after seeing for a long time?

Approx 6-7 miles if it takes around 30ish seconds (can't say exactly as I'm not sure if the footage starts right at the explosion but looks like that may have already happened)

 

[Bojji]

Looks insane.

 

[Zathalus]

Damn. Guess my package is getting delayed.

 

[calico]

 

[Bojji]

Damn. Guess my package is getting delayed.

 

[Oberstein]

 

[winjer]

 

[Ikutachi]

Zuckerberg?

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Glad no one was injured.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Now you see why Bezos opts to stay on the ground and spray champagne around instead.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Looks straight out of a movie. The second footage was insane.

Blew Origins lol

 

[Trilobit]

What caused it?

 

[Bojji]

What caused it?

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Damn lit up the sky like the firework from malcom in the middle.

 

[bitbydeath]

What caused it?

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Michael Bay approves.

 

[Billbofet]

 

[LyricalShrike]

Now you see why Bezos opts to stay on the ground and spray champagne around instead.

Shatner flew on Blue Origin's second crewed flight. Jeff Bezos flew on the first crewed flight.

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

 

[AJUMP23]

Rockets are tough. Easier to build a global shipping empire

 

[sono]

This doesn't just delay THIS mission. This delays ALL missions.

The pad itself is now destroyed in a fireball during a ground test. There is no backup pad. There is no Plan B.

I think Amazon's answer to Starlink depends on New Glenn to launch its satellites..

 

[Shadowplay1979]

 

[P:axMagellanic]

 

[ClanOfNone]

Holy shit, yeah that launchpad is obliterated. Kinda amazing no injuries but I guess they clear out quite a perimeter for these things. I wonder how far some of that debris got.

 

[AJUMP23]

Amazing

 

[nbcjr]

testing a new weapon in disguise?

 

[EviLore]

testing a new weapon in disguise?

Rockets have a lot of rocket fuel in them. Or maybe fairy dust, who can say

 

[The Cockatrice]

>Hey thats a very nice sunset.
>Wait what the fuck

 

[jason10mm]

I wonder how much liability amazon has for folks who saw this and thought WW3 had just started then went and did something dumb.

I'm assuming they heavily publicize launches ahead of time? Or folks living around there are used to this stuff to some degree?

 

[JimmyRustler]

Someone's having a bad day.

 

[roosnam1980]

Amazing

pizza delivery guy be like..................

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Rockets are essentially controlled explosions.

Keyword there 'controlled'.

 

[sono]

this stuff is hard. Glad everyone was ok.

Emphasises the everyday miracle of SpaceX regular Falcon launches. Another one hours after that explosion

let alone https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1pKkOykQRgNKj

 

[Major Insano]

Damn shame!

Do you know if it was supposed to take off, or was just an ignition test?

 

[lughnasadh123]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

 

[crumbs]

I wonder how much liability amazon has for folks who saw this and thought WW3 had just started then went and did something dumb.

I'm assuming they heavily publicize launches ahead of time? Or folks living around there are used to this stuff to some degree?

This was using a USSF pad in Cape Canaveral, so I assume people in the area are aware and used to launches, although maybe not spectacular explosions like this.

 

[Bojji]

Amazing

Remind me of this explosion from Oblivion (2013) - can't find the video of it:

 

[IntentionalPun]

I wonder how much liability amazon has for folks who saw this and thought WW3 had just started then went and did something dumb.

I'm assuming they heavily publicize launches ahead of time? Or folks living around there are used to this stuff to some degree?

Amazon has nothing to do with Blue Origin.

 

[GateofD]

damn @ the distance footage and it goes to night. thought it was still daytime.

There's only one option left.

 

[[Sigma]]

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[Buggy Loop]

 

[Uberman77]

The smoke is still obscuring the shot at the end - was the rocket OK?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Aftermath

 

[Diddy X]

 

[Tams]

One news programme here in the UK announced this with glee and how China might beat the US to the Moon because their recent rocket launched successfully. I'm fucking sick of it.

Yeah, the US helped stymy our own rocket programme decades ago, but I just hate the pettiness and loathing.

The US are operating in space while the UK does piss all. The same people will happily talk about 'us' when it goes well though like with Artemis.