SpaceX to test in flight abort and intentionally destroy rocket

NASA & NASASpaceflight live feeds 15 sec off.

Wow. Well done spaceX.

So who/what is filming the "Low Res" right side camera?
Convenient blur out at splashdown (like every other fakex video) then switch to ocean view.

Giggly soyboy on the NASASpaceflight feed says it set off his car alarm.

Hilarious. What a joke.

Falcon 9 blow up was amazing!

Meet the two nasa astronauts who are climb aboard that thing next time and ride it to ISS.

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I bet they were watching today like holy shit I hope we never have to hit that button. Lol.

Caught some nice footage of the fireball. If you look closely in the slow motion footage at the end you can see the dragon accelerating away right before the fireball comes into view.

Now that you are mentioning it... yes, weird.

So how did this go? Did it land as expected?

Wrong. They did the same test for the Apollo capsule. In fact the booster came apart unexpectedly before the abort was supposed to be triggered, really proving how rigorous the abort system was.

Yes, it landed fine.

Thanks. You are an asset. I would not have even known about this without your post, this did not even make Drudge.

For the first time, having a launch failure does not mean astronaut death and THAT is a MILESTONE.