Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world, which generates thrust twice as powerful as the Saturn V rocket that flew the Apollo astronauts toward the moon.
SpaceX didn’t want to blow up its launchpad. It may have done just that.
Videos show a war-like barrage of shrapnel blasting away from the launch site into nearby beaches, wetlands and at least one car
Updated April 22, 2023 at 4:12 p.m. EDT|Published April 21, 2023 at 3:56 p.m. EDT