now an experimental rocket belonging to
elon musk's spacex company has exploded
while attempting to land back on the
ground
the 16-story high starship rocket was
being tested
as part of the company's plans to
eventually carry humans and cargo
to the moon and mars no one was on board
tania dendrinos reports
it looks like a scene from a hollywood
blockbuster
but this fiery spectacle wasn't planned
it's the crash landing of the latest
prototype of the spacex starship
two one zero codenamed
sn8 it was the craft's first attempt of
a high-altitude flight test
early on it was smooth sailing for the
uncrewed mission
it lifted off from the bokochika
facility in texas
on a brief flight to just over 40
thousand
feet achieving much of what it set out
to do
including horizontal descent
but after a flip back into the vertical
position for touchdown
things went a little awry it mightn't
look like it
but according to spacex ceo elon musk
the flight was a success congratulating
his team
saying we got all the data we needed his
sights
firmly set tweeting mars here we come
tania dandrinos bbc news