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Was just watching the rocket from my backyard and it looked like it exploded... wow, can't believe that.

• n_coats 11y ago
  I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.
  • danbruc 11y ago
    On the video it looked to me like a tank ruptured somewhere in the top half of the rocket, probably the second stage, and set free all the fuel. The rocket kept its course for some time until it suddenly disintegrated.
    • n_coats 11y ago
      maybe the rupture was the initial bit of smoke (it looked the larger of the two from my view).
    • phkahler 11y ago
      I was impressed with how long the first stage kept going with all that happening up above.
  • thearn4 11y ago
    It did looks like it was close to the point of stage separation. But we'll see soon what the SpaceX's engineering analysis is.
    • nanofortnight 11y ago
      Yes it was close to meco.
  • DavidSJ 11y ago
    There are no solid rocket boosters on Falcon 9.
    • Dylan16807 11y ago
      Falcon Heavy will have boosters, perhaps that's the confusion, unless 'booster' meant 'first stage'. Nobody said solid.
• tocs 11y ago
  Did you hear anything?