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SUDD = Sudden Unscheduled Dynamic Disassembly

A close contender with "lithobraking" as a mechanism for reducing overall rocket service life.

(It was on the test stand, not the launch pad. And this is why they test these things about 7 miles away.)

The good news is they've got three or four of these spaceships in backup already and they're making one every I think it's every 3 weeks now. And that was the last of the prior generation of those spaceships so it's going to move us more quickly to the newest generation of spaceships on the next launch. But I guess it'll delay stuff by a while

Unfortunate and yes I think it's reasonable to wonder if it's not sabotage. But remember also they're dealing with a whole lot of cutting edge technology with very powerful fuels that they concentrate beyond even the norm so it's not completely unheard of that what looks like the huge tank in the top of that rocket fractured and exploded

Looks like the tower exploded to me...