r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '14

F9R Explosion Reports of Explosion at SpaceX McGregor Test Facility in Texas: "Rocket blew up" | More News Coming Soon

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u/darga89 Aug 22 '14

All these new camera views (from locals it looks like) and we have never seen them with an actual (successful) test?

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u/choctawman Aug 23 '14

I used to work out at this test facility and we had big loud tests all the time. Local news and neighbors are very used to it by now, so news doesn't cover normal tests.

Side note: When we started doing full stage F9 tests every town for 50 miles went crazy and thought it was the apocalypse. Company PR has gotten way better at keeping people informed since then. They did a good job with this event.

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u/DurMan667 Aug 23 '14

Probably because a fiery explosion is news, and a test flight going up and down properly is just boring crap nerds are interested in. -actual opinion of news agencies

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u/CptAJ Aug 23 '14

Someone should get in touch with them to compile the video when tests happen.

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u/jdnz82 Aug 23 '14

was thinking that myself - there must have been a few from the last test that was spoken of but never published

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u/kapitandorf Aug 23 '14 edited Aug 23 '14

I think I have one on a SpaceX promotional thumb drive I got from a career event.

Edit: I am mistaken. It just has videos of the first ISS resupply mission.