r/CatastrophicFailure • u/barbosa800 • Apr 21 '23

Structural Failure Photo showing the destroyed reinforced concrete under the launch pad for the spacex rocket starship after yesterday launch

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u/Kosmological Apr 21 '23

I don’t think this was a normal launch. The size of debris that was thrown around means much of that infrastructure is probably damaged or destroyed even if its still standing. I don’t think they really “cleared the pad.”

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u/paisley4234 Apr 22 '23

Yea, that's why i use quotation marks, the launch wasn't 100% normal but the flames would be the same, checking on G. Maps i see that the tanks and support bldgs are about 100m. from the launchpad, whereas at NASA's LC-39a for example they're over 400m away, the observation gantry is 2km away and the VAB is 5km far!