Elon Musk asks for everyone's help to solve Falcon explosion mystery
 

Elon Musk asks for everyone's help to solve Falcon explosion mystery
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On Sept. 1, at 9:07 a.m. ET, SpaceX's uncrewed Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad. While there were ** injuries, the rocket and the Amos-6 satellite it was carrying were destroyed, and the launch pad was severely damaged.*

SpaceX has launched an investigation into the cause of what happened. The company's CEO Elon Musk was largely silent about the incident until early Friday, when he posted a ****** of tweets, saying it had been "most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years."

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According to Musk, the explosion happened during a "routine filling operation" in which the "engines were **t on and there was ** apparent heat source."* Read more...

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