What I'm reading now,
which is semi-informed geek gossip, suggests there was some sort of test in progress while the area was vapour rich. Different geeks suggest there was a mechanical test which triggered the explosion, others suggest it was a falling hand tool that caused a spark.
Whatever the cause, it's obviously quite a fundamental safety issue. I'd love to be a SpaceX union rep right now.
The debris/shrapnel is thought to be mostly wood, the black smoke is thought to be rubber or plastic from one of the nearby support vehicles. All just speculation still.
Raptors are designed to survive reentry, but that's a very different dynamic profile to an explosion at ground level. I'd be surprised if they were all good to go.
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