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Well, that was an unexpected and uncontrolled structural disintegration.

e: On the upside, happy birthday Elon, I hope you enjoyed your really awesome fireworks!



"Confirmed we have had a non-nominal flight"


"Lock the doors"


Maybe people didn't realize you were referencing the Columbia Shuttle disaster.


That has to be the most awkward sign-off of the webcast ever.


I almost felt like I heard that tension in the announcer's voice.


The SpaceX "announcer" is John Insprucker. He is a senior engineer and Falcon 9 Product Director.


Tension? Or upset-ness?


Silence on the coms.


Yeah, that was one expensive fireworks display. But I guess, happy birthday Elon.


I am willing to bet that he's far from happy right now.


According to gossip over at /r/spacex, he's screaming at the engineers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/3beu7w/rspacex_crs7...




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