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SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral...blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite
www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 1st September 2016, 3:11 pm | By GUY BIRCHALL

Posted on 09/01/2016 12:50:35 PM PDT by Red Badger

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ROCKET BLAST SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite

A ROCKET has exploded at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150million internet satellite.

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its pioneering unmanned rocket when disaster struck.

A series of explosions sent smoke and flames shooting through the sky and shook buildings miles away.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


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To: Red Badger

It’s still not clear that the satellite had been loaded prior to this test firing.


41 posted on 09/01/2016 1:38:52 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: DesertRhino
Like, where’s my “like” button?

I was trying to find a screen grab from The Right Stuff, of that pensive old engineer with his hand poised over the launch button. Would be a perfect "Like" button for this.

42 posted on 09/01/2016 1:39:46 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Red Badger

Yep, that’s the one. Thank you, Sir!


43 posted on 09/01/2016 1:40:15 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: VanShuyten
It’s still not clear that the satellite had been loaded prior to this test firing.

And the Wet Blanket Award goes to...

44 posted on 09/01/2016 1:41:10 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Red Badger

Africa is saved!


45 posted on 09/01/2016 1:42:00 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Steely Tom

Uncontrolled thermal overload...................


46 posted on 09/01/2016 1:51:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Globalists do not want Africans to start reading truth about life in the rest of the world. They are RACISTS!................


47 posted on 09/01/2016 1:53:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Wolfie
Damn That there done blowed up real good.


48 posted on 09/01/2016 1:58:26 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Red Badger

(with an) unplanned disassembly


49 posted on 09/01/2016 2:02:56 PM PDT by orlop9
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To: Wolfie

Was this a liberal launch company?


50 posted on 09/01/2016 2:06:20 PM PDT by stockpirate (BEST F'ING ELECTION EVER)
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To: orlop9

Unapproved Vehicle Deconstruction................


51 posted on 09/01/2016 2:19:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: stockpirate

Elon Musk’s baby................


52 posted on 09/01/2016 2:19:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

It was just an “anomaly”, nothing “series”.


53 posted on 09/01/2016 2:36:25 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

After a successful launch: Some kid in the sub Sahara posts on Facebook.
I do not have enough water and have no food........ Please contribute to my Kickstarter campaign. Hurry.


54 posted on 09/01/2016 3:03:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Red Badger

As if Facebook is a blessing for anyone.


55 posted on 09/01/2016 3:25:14 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Jeff Chandler

Hehehehe...I knew someone would find that. Love Mel Brooks.


56 posted on 09/01/2016 5:21:33 PM PDT by dsf (I'm not a newby, in another life at FR, I was grammymoon)
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To: Red Badger

Well Zuckerberg can afford it.... ho hum.


57 posted on 09/01/2016 5:23:19 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Red Badger

More than likely it’s insured..... but anyway Zuckerberg won’t even notice the cost if he has to pay.


58 posted on 09/01/2016 5:24:55 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Tijeras_Slim

It blowed up real good!


59 posted on 09/01/2016 5:36:00 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: Red Badger

Facebook Faceplant


60 posted on 09/01/2016 6:18:39 PM PDT by MCH
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