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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by flyinghorse on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:46PM (#12407842)
From the live thread at reddit:

>Elon Musk has stated that because the rocket didn't intentionally ignite for launch, the loss of payload is not covered by launch insurance.

Very sad. I wonder how this will affect future launches from SpaceX.

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by mathattack on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:49PM (#12407868)
Wow! So who picks up the bill in this case? I'm sure it was in the contract somewhere.
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