Having been picked by NASA, and funded by US taxpayers, to ship a cargo capsule to the Space Station, Elon Musk's SpaceX 9 Falcon Rocket has exploded shortly after takeoff due to what is being called an "anomaly."
Everything was going well for 20 seconds.
.@SpaceX [6] CRS-7 is on its way! pic.twitter.com/LlYyjDnLHz [7]
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) June 28, 2015 [8]
- *SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES CARGO CAPSULE TO SPACE STATION
- *SPACEX FALCON 9 LIFTS OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
Yay. Oh wait...
- *SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET EXPLODES DURING FLORIDA LAUNCH
- *SPACEX CONFIRMS `ANOMALY' DURING FALCON 9 LAUNCH
- *SPACEX: ANOMALY HAPPENED AFTER ROCKET REACHED `MAXIMUM STRESS'
Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown. Will provide more info as soon as we review the data.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2015 [9]
This does not look "normal"
Nasa's unmanned @SpaceX [6] rocket explodes at start of #ISScargo [10] supply mission pic.twitter.com/ZmJ6cNJE2Q [11]
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 28, 2015 [12]
#SpaceX [13] #Falcon9 [14] rocket explodes during takeoff. #NASA [15] says there was a "launch vehicle failure" #7News [16] pic.twitter.com/DNHjqdtLsX [17]
— Kris Anderson (@KrisAndersonTV) June 28, 2015 [18]
On the bright side, the failure to take-off makes the failure to land issue null-and-void, call it bilateral nettting or something - it always works, just as AIG.
One wonders if The Fed's rate "Lift-Off" will look the same?
