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Elon Musk Asks Twitter For Help In Finding Cause of SpaceX Explosion (gizmodo.com)
On September 1, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and destroyed the AMOS-6 satellite that belonged to Facebook, which was going to be used to beam internet to developing parts of the world. Since the cause for the explosion has yet to be solved, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is asking for help via Twitter. Slashdot reader Thelasko writes: Elon Musk stated on Twitter last night, "Still working on the Falcon fireball investigation. Turning out to be the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years." He went on to say, "Important to note that this happened during a routine filling operation. Engines were not on and there was no apparent heat source." Other Tweets mention a "bang" sound before the fire, and that SpaceX "have not ruled out" the possibility that something struck the rocket.
And the explanation was that Elon Musk is a show off and "these problems" had been solved long before he was born? What the hell...
Thunderf00t is just another Musk hater with no real explanation as to why the explosion happened. Even a dumb moron can easily say that "hey, something went wrong with the fuel pumping" that is OBVIOUS. Musk is really pissing a lot of people of by just taking part in space exploration through his own company. Clearly that is something that hurts the feelings of a lot people. I guess it was their dream also. So they handle him just like they handled Gates, Zuckerberg and all the rest who got somewhere and did something.