Watch Elon Musk’s $3b Starship Rocket Destroy Its Surroundings, Including A Dodge Caravan

Watch Elon Musk’s $3b massive rocket ‘Starship’ destroy its surroundings, including a Dodge Caravan fitted with cameras.

Dodge Caravan, owned by NASA Spaceflight, parked a quarter of a mile away from launch site to film the rocket during takeoff.

In addition, blast produced by the 17 million pounds of thrust from the 33-engined rocket destroyed the launch site. 

Though the launch was successful, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship exploded into million pieces mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico.

Last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched the Starship, with the world’s most powerful rocket climbing for about four minutes until it exploded into a million pieces mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico.

But before the 390-foot-tall (120-meter) rocket exploded, the Starship did cause quite a bit of destruction to its surroundings, including the launch pad and a Dodge Grand Caravan parked nearby.

Owned by NASA Spaceflight, the Dodge Grand Caravan fitted with three cameras was parked a quarter of a mile away from the launch site to film the powerful rocket during takeoff.

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Footage shared shows the back of the van being struck by flying chunks of concrete and twisted metals sent by the 17 million pounds of thrust generated by the 33-engined rocket.

The flying debris from 1100 feet away destroyed the van’s D-Pillar – the back roof pillar – and the liftgate, undoubtedly rendering the Dodge Caravan totaled.

The $3 billion Starship was designed to take humans to Mars. Despite its failure to complete the full 90-minute flight test on its historic maiden voyage, Elon Musk declared the launch a success.

He said :

“Congrats SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship!” Musk tweeted.

“Learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months.”

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