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    • IRJ
      IRJ last edited by IRJ

      This is right in my backyard. I work and live only a few miles from Kennedy Space Center.

      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/01/spacex-explosion-launch-site-florida

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      • travisdh1
        travisdh1 @IRJ last edited by

        @IRJ Did you feel the pressure wave?

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        • IRJ
          IRJ @travisdh1 last edited by

          @travisdh1 said in Explosions rock SpaceX launch site in Florida during testing:

          @IRJ Did you feel the pressure wave?

          I didn't personally. I am about 4 miles away and I was in the server room at the time.

          I did see a couple friends post about it feeling it on facebook. One friend almost fell off his kayak from it.

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          • momurda
            momurda last edited by

            I used to drive out to New Smyrna Beach when i lived in Orlando a couple times a week. Got to see quite a few rocket launches. One Shuttle launch, but i was in Orlando for that. Still i could hear it(60 miles) and it lit up the daylight sky like a sparkler at night.
            Im sure spacex will get the problem fixed. Too bad it was an internet.org satellite though.

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            • travisdh1
              travisdh1 @momurda last edited by

              @momurda internet.org, is that a Facebook company? I ask because the news show has been reporting it as a Facebook satellite that blew up on the pad.

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              • DustinB3403
                DustinB3403 @travisdh1 last edited by

                @travisdh1 said in Explosions rock SpaceX launch site in Florida during testing:

                @momurda internet.org, is that a Facebook company? I ask because the news show has been reporting it as a Facebook satellite that blew up on the pad.

                It was a facebook satellite, I didn't know facebook produced shows..

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 said in Explosions rock SpaceX launch site in Florida during testing:

                  @travisdh1 said in Explosions rock SpaceX launch site in Florida during testing:

                  @momurda internet.org, is that a Facebook company? I ask because the news show has been reporting it as a Facebook satellite that blew up on the pad.

                  It was a facebook satellite, I didn't know facebook produced shows..

                  CDN

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                  • DustinB3403
                    DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller Ah.

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                    • scottalanmiller
                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                      Facebook does a LOT of stuff. Access into other countries is a big thing.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller last edited by

                        Don't have any idea what this sat was for. But FB is so big that they could have simple needs like wanting a dedicated line with zero third party costs or leaks that can move tremendous data between two countries internally without hitting an ISP.

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