Elon Musk's Starship Rocket Explodes Just Minutes After Liftoff—And Twitter Brought The Jokes

\u201cLiftoff of Starship!\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681997634

\u201cElon Musk\u2019s Starship rocket experienced an explosion after successfully launching for the first time ever \n\n\u201d

— Dexerto (@Dexerto) 1681998097

\u201cWhen you are the one paying for it. #SpaceX #StarshipLaunch\u201d

— Jurian Ubachs (@Jurian Ubachs) 1681998141

\u201c\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udd27Never mistake trial for failure. As you say in #BocaChica, \u201cit\u2019s not an explosion, it\u2019s just rapid unscheduled disassembly.\u201d Congrats \ud83d\ude0e @SpaceX on this #Starship launch! #SpaceX\u201d

— Thomas Pesquet (@Thomas Pesquet) 1681999707

\u201cWatching @elonmusk Starship explode feels a lot like the creator journey. \n\nPour in time. Get zero 'results'. But you're getting valuable data in exchange. \n\nEarly on this is the trade. But eventually the data will lead to your breakthrough. \n\nWe're playing a long-term game.\u201d

— Nova Richards \ud83e\ude90| Slow Hustler (@Nova Richards \ud83e\ude90| Slow Hustler) 1681998630

\u201cAs if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201cTeams will continue to review data and work toward our next flight test\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201cWith a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today\u2019s test will help us improve Starship\u2019s reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multi-planetary\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201cCongratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting first integrated flight test of Starship!\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201cCongrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship!\n\nLearned a lot for next test launch in a few months.\u201d

— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1681999205

\u201c@SpaceX Do you mean it exploded?\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@RScowler @SpaceX Yep. But a helluva lot of fanboys are here to tell you it was a great success.\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@RScowler @SpaceX In a rapid and unscheduled fashion\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@SpaceX Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD); what a polite way of saying that the Starship has exploded. \n\n"There are two types of people in this world: those who have failed and those who will fail. It's a universal experience. But it's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you.\u2026\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@MonkeysArmy2023 @SpaceX If your were trying to blow it up then yes it was a success, if you were just trying to get it into space then probably not so much.\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@MonkeysArmy2023 @SpaceX no it's a failure\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@SpaceX \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14 Just say it malfunctioned & blew up.. Part of rocketry. Better luck next time..\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@SpaceX The fanciest word for explosion lol\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@SpaceX Yeah just like this app since Elon took over\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201c@SpaceX Just like twitter you mean?\u201d

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 1681998131

\u201cA Space X rocket goes\ud83d\udca5? Very on brand, Elon.\u201d

— Paul Leigh 'Some Rascal on the Internet' \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Paul Leigh 'Some Rascal on the Internet' \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1682000933