SpaceX Starship loses control and explodes

SpaceX Starship 8 loses control and explodes after launch. A witness recounts what he saw.

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00:00Hey guys, get back to the cockpit.

00:05Starship appeared right where it was supposed to be, kind of rising up, and then it maybe

00:10got about 20 degrees above the horizon and, you know, turned into a huge ball of fire.

00:17Some of the heavier big pieces that had fallen lower, seemingly, and then you can see some

00:22of the lighter ones that kind of were yellow-orange, you can see blue light in there, and kind

00:28of a firework display like we had never seen it before.

00:31The only two that we've ever seen blow up are the last two, so Starship 7 and Starship

00:378.

00:38Fingers crossed that they fix it this time and that the next flight goes smoothly.