Spectators watch as SpaceX Starship rocket explodes after launch

SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight from the southern tip of Texas. Thousands of spectators watched from several miles away in South Padre Island. (AP Video/Cody Jackson)

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[GOVAUS]

Spectators cheerfully watch as SpaceX largest ever rocket flies over its maxQ and provides close to 5 minutes of telemetry during its maiden test flight.

[BravoCheesecake]

Try a different headline "Spectators watch as Starship successfully lifts off the pad". They're not there to watch an explosion, they're there to witness the most powerful rocket in history launch.

[saladbreath]

The explosion was triggered by the onboard auto destruct mechanism.

[noigelskram]

People who can't even drive stick shift are criticising a rocket launch.

[stokesseegers]

All the "news reporters" were on the beach LOL all the space flight reporters were up on the hotel.

[John_Gillman]

the craziest part is how even when travelling through the atmosphere at like 600 m/s and turning uncontrollably it still held together and didn´t split into 2

[oljobo]

Love the ending of this video‼️
"….clear the pad, and get ready to go again!" 😃

[Quad]

We get it, it self destructed therefor “failure” It was the first flight of the largest rocket ever and they have the next rockets already built and ready to go for the next test launch. Its like a car crash test and being like “AHAH! The car was damaged! The test failed!”

[mhxxd]

They could still see it 4 mins after launch?

[MasterMuppster]

Plan B: Booster anomaly, immediately, automatically separate from booster and recover the rest of the Starship? Why not? At least could have recovered the rest of the system intact from the ocean.

[aternias]

I love the future looking attitudes of everyone, we will get to mars by 2050, guaranteed.

[HC-cbyp]

We MUST get to space so that we can... do the... stuff that... you can only... get?... in... space?

[rachelle_hdz]

I hate elon musk. He punched me in the face.

[Mr]

40 million of their fellow American do not have a home . They sleep on the side walks, under the bridges or in the cars. And they are thinking of walking on the Mars one day as they walked on the Moon ( Area 51 or 52) in 60s.

[Mick-tnhr]

Too many engines, thats what blew up the Soviet moon rocket. I was hoping musk had researched and developed a new propulsion. Chemical rockets are 80 years old and getting nowhere near the stars.

[jenum]

All these people still believe we went to the moon and sent a Rover to Mars.

[dieSpinnt]

This is not only a great day for space travel, but also for scientific research in psychology.
Never has one been able to study mass delusions as well as here.

[fredguntern.e.]

Silly humans cheering on the thought that technology can save humans from their destructive ways.The truth is more like the end of this video and the movie Don't Look Up; it all goes up in smoke.

[jaliaskilo]

It hit the Firmament… As expected. Space travel is not possible. ✅💯😎

[stephaniesass]

The other inhabitants of the universe see how violent earthlings are and how the earth is being destroyed. They are saying stay your azzez on EARTH!!!😅😅😅