Tragic. I didn't know about this.

Clicked to go this guys YT channel to see if there were other interesting vids and I'm pretty sure I now have ebola.

Tragically expensive, but no one was hurt or killed (that I know of).
It just happened last night, I think about 6:30 pm Virginia time (from the time stamp on the video).

Do you mean MY YT channel? I don't have one. That means you now certainly have ebolaids! (Hivbola?)

Umm .. no?
The YT channel that this video came from is what I meant.
I assumed it wasn't yours.

And yeah, not tragic loss of life but tragic waste and also those supplies aren't getting there when anticipated, tragically.

Ahhh...I see. Nevermind! :-)
OK, tragic waste, yep. Let's hope the late delivery won't be tragic though, just inconvenient.

Another angle


And another from a Cessna at 3000 ft.

What kind of shitty launch location is that? I have never seen one surrounded by so many buildings and structures so close-by.

Here's a video of the launch prep, when it was all still full of promise:



Did they really say the engines were running at 108% just before the failure?

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