Chris Hadfield on SpaceX rocket exploding: It was 'enormously successful'

Canadian retired astronaut Chris Hadfield explains why SpaceX will learn so much from their giant rocket exploding after liftoff.

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[Agnemons]

What impressed me was the fact that despite the massive corkscrewing going on in the latter stages it still held together structurally.

[JohnyCanuck]

Thank you Chris for setting the record straight

[michaelsteffeck]

Great coverage. Everyone else is painting the explosion as bad; probably for click bait.
The Falcon 9 exploded multiple times, and it's now the most reliable rocket in history

[Gdsm]

Chris Hadfield is such a rockstar. I'm glad he spoke up about this. There has been so much in the way of negative commentary and he is categorically setting the record straight. Love it.

[ILoveCrepes]

The fact a 40 story building was doing cartwheels with propulsion and didn’t seem to effect the structure is mind boggling. Also was travelling over 2000km and still managed all the pressure

[patrickstar]

I've watched a 50+ videos today on this and Chris is by far the best on Starship

[matti]

Most powerful rocket ever built. These guys are raising the bar.

[thedarkside]

The fact that it didn't break apart while tumbling is huge achievement.

[funkydozer]

A rocket so tough it kept flying with multiple engine failures, stayed in one piece while corkscrewing at over 1000 mph, and totally obliterated it’s own launch site

[robertpayne]

"You have it COMPLETELY wrong Todd!" 😂😂😂
Love me some Chris Hedfield!

[whattha_huh]

Elon Musk: I bet it blows up
Everybody who wasn't paying attention: omg it blew up

[NickOld]

Very refreshing to have Chris Hadfield clear the air on this. I think the biggest issue discovered today (or at least potentially the most time consuming) is the damage to stage 0. We all knew that concrete was in for a bad morning one way or another though lol. Hopefully water deluge helps but I wouldn't be shocked to see them go more in depth than that after seeing the crater under the olm.

[SamFigueroa]

Finally some intellectual honesty. Thank you for bringing an actual expert on to get critical insight on the flight test.

[sld]

I love how Hadfield told him straight that he was completely wrong!

[fatboyrowing]

As an engineer, this discussion did not go in the direction I expected. Made me smile.

[putz]

launch went better than they had hoped, anything after leaving the launch pad was considered a success

[TheCeaserG]

I live in Brownsville so as soon as it went up the whole city shook. What an amazing time to be alive!

[romanieo]

Chris, you're worth your weight in gold. Thank you for being a voice of engineering reason.

[shou]

Everyone laughed at SpaceX when they were initially trying to land the falcon 9. Now they have landed 189 times so far.

[SilentKnight]

As a kid who grew up reading Tom Swift novels - yesterday's launch was awe-inspiring and I felt as though I was watching the real-life Tom Swift in action. Nice hearing Chris's analysis today.