SpaceX Crowd-Sources Clues to Rocket Blast as Missions Stack Up
- Musk’s company grounded as cause of launch pad blaze sought
- More than 30 planned missions through end of 2017 in limbo
What We Know About the SpaceX Explosion
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SpaceX asked witnesses to share video, photos and audio of a launchpad blaze that destroyed a satellite-bearing rocket last week, a mystery that billionaire founder Elon Musk called the most “difficult and complex failure” in the company’s 14 years.
The ignition source for the fireball wasn’t readily apparent and the spacecraft was idle at the time of the incident, Musk wrote in a tweet Friday. He also asked for any recordings of the event to be e-mailed to the Hawthorne, California-based rocket maker.