On: SpaceX SN9 Explodes on Landing

[Diederich]

Failure with one of the engines on re-light: https://twitter.com/MurkyWanders/status/1356703469986586626

"I bet they needed that."

As others have noted, SN10 is standing by. Somewhat uncomfortably close by: https://i.imgur.com/F9rsBbD.png

It's so exciting to be a spectator of these events.

[_Microft → Diederich]

SN10, wenplop?

The debris does not seem to come from next to the failing rocket engine but from the outer wall next to the engine that was not used in the landing attempt. It appears first shortly before the clock shows 6:21.

[Florin_Andrei → Diederich]

> SN10 is standing by. Somewhat uncomfortably close by

That was my immediate comment at the end. Pretty confident they are.

[2OEH8eoCRo0 → Florin_Andrei]

This was my thought even before launch. SN9 could explode on the pad.

[emteycz → 2OEH8eoCRo0]

I though they pump it with fuel shortly before start?

[nickik → emteycz]

Not sure why you got downvoted. When talking about 'explode on the pad' it usually refers a rocket blowing up right when the engines lights up before it lifts off.

Or alternatively during fuelling, SpaceX had that issue during Amos-6.

[emteycz → nickik]

Oh! I thought SN9 referred to the other rocket and imagined something like a chain explosion after the 'landing'... Thanks!

[caminocorner → Diederich]

They're definitely going to need to inspect it for damage, but it does seem odd not to be THAT close