CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/space ... -1.3744151]Explosion destroys SpaceX rocket during test
EDIT: CBC video analysis has been incorporated into the main article.
TL;DR: A Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the test pad, taking the AMOS-6 communications satellite with it. (The launch was scheduled for this weekend.) No reports of injuries.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
EDIT: CBC video analysis has been incorporated into the main article.
TL;DR: A Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the test pad, taking the AMOS-6 communications satellite with it. (The launch was scheduled for this weekend.) No reports of injuries.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012