16-01-2015 12:44 via feeds.theguardian.com

This is what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' looks like

Elon Musk’s released pictures of his Falcon 9 rocket’s failed landing - and used a wonderful euphemism for it Private spaceflight company SpaceX has released new pictures of its Falcon 9 rocket attempting to land on a floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico before undergoing what its chief executive, Elon Musk, euphemistically referred to as “RUD” – that’s “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”.In other words, it blew up.@ID_AA_Carmack Before impact, fins lose power and go hardover. Eng
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