Starship Mega Rocket Explodes After Liftoff

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Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed! That's how SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reacted to his Starship Mega Rocket exploding shortly after liftoff.

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00:00Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed.

00:04That's how SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reacted to his Starship mega rocket exploding shortly after liftoff Thursday.

00:13Falling debris from the destroyed Starship delayed airline traffic out of Miami

00:18and forced several flights in the Caribbean to reroute.

00:21SpaceX says Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn.

00:29Video posted to social media showed the spectacular explosion above the Turks and Caicos Islands.

00:36On a positive note, SpaceX's mechanical chopsticks-like arms they call Mechazilla did catch the first-stage rocket booster.

00:45This was Starship's seventh unmanned test flight.

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