

- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
SpaceX Blows Up Another One
At 5:37 pm Wednesday, a SpaceX prototype rocket blew its top at Boca Chica Spaceport. The linked video is very impressive. At :11 to :21 seconds the 30-foot diameter pressure vessel bulkhead disappear above 1,000 feet. It appears to crash on the nearby State Wildlife Refuge. Why is this accident relevant to Camden County taxpayers? In 2014, the FAA granted SpaceX a Record of Decision, allowing them to build and test rockets from a launch site that is too close to Boca Chica,