Does Elon Musk think he is a law unto himself?
It seems that way. And maybe he is.
The Federal Aviation Authority grounded commercial aircraft flights across Florida as a second successive SpaceX rocket post-launch explosion sent flaming debris to the ground.
The rocket had what was laughably described as "a rapid unscheduled disassembly" as a stop was placed on flights to and from several Florida airports.
The rocket blasted off from Starbase, outside Brownsville in Texas, but it broke up within minutes, travel news portal Travel Mole reported.
The US FAA issued a "ground stop" at Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach International and Orlando airports due to the potential hazard of falling "space launch debris".
I wonder if an ordinary Joe would be allowed to cause such chaos with repeated failures.
It was the second straight explosion of a SpaceX rocket.
Earlier this year, debris rained down on the Turks and Caicos with wreckage still being collected weeks later.
Early evening departures were delayed at the airports while some incoming flights had to be diverted.
SpaceX issued a statement saying: "During Starship’s ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began co-ordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses.”
No comments:
Post a Comment