SpaceX explosion: Falcon 9 rocket blows up in flames, destroys Facebook satellite - TomoNews
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg must be pissed with his SpaceX counterpart Elon Musk after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite that FB was planning to use exploded on the launch pad. The blast occurred as the rocket was being fueled on Thursday, but the cause of the explosion was not immediately known, Reuters reported. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is designed to transport satellites and spacecraft into space. It has nine first-stage engines, which can sustain two engine shutdowns during flight without compromising the mission, according to SpaceX. The second stage delivers the payload into orbit. Its single engine can be reignited several times to send multiple payloads into space. The first stage of the rocket is designed to return to Earth so it can be reused. Rocket burns decelerate the Falcon 9 before four landing legs deploy. The Falcon 9 that exploded on Thursday was carrying an Amos-6 satellite, which Facebook planned to use to boost internet connectivity in Africa. The $62 million Falcon 9 rocket was due to launch on Saturday. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook that he was ‘deeply disappointed’ by the mission’s failure. And, Elon Musk aside, he definitely won’t be the only one. Facebook is a customer of Israeli company Spacecom, which owns the Amos-6 satellite. It remains to be seen if the blast will scupper Spacecom’s $285 million sale to a Chinese company, which was announced last week, according to Reuters. Conditions attached to the deal said the satellite had to be launched successfully and complete in-orbit tests. Whoops! ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus
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Why do I get the feeling most would mention Illuminati preventing Africa from getting better access on facebook? Only one way to find out on the comment sections..
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I bet there was an american or israeli virus., which destroyed the rocket
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weapons of mass destruction
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Good.
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I WISH ZUCKERFUCKER WAS ON THAT ROCKET ,, I HAVE NEVER USED HIS LITTLE SPY NETWORK AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS WELL,, HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHA FUCK YOU ZUCKERFUCKER
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wut was that black thing that was going really fast
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YAAASSSSSS
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Everyone out there, I think it is being shot down by UFO. Yeah, it sounds silly, right? Well, check the video again for yourself with the speed of 0.5 frame/second and you will see a high flying unidentified object flew by before the rocket explosed.
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And Obama has been letting terrorist in
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Bad wiring in the second stage. Electrostatic discharge of some sort. The explosion happened in the second stage rocket area. What you're circling are a bunch of birds in this video. You should probably go back to high school to educate yourself on what birds look like.
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At the top
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It did not blow up it was attack pay attention to the black orb that hit the rocket as soon a it blew up.
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this is what happens when elon partys with amber heard instead of looking out for his company
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Has ANYONE seen any pictures of this $200 million Face Book satellite? Let's ask SpaceXtortion, maybe they saw it?
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because birds fly faster than the speed of sound right? and they
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Hot comment from China: This rocket has recycled and reused 9 times and got very discontented about the others only need work once, so
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But how come the tower didn't melt ? like 9/11?
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made in israel..
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That was embarrassing.
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What do you expect they hire people from fast food restaurants. They don't want experienced mechanics
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