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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by sangnoir on Thursday September 01, 2016 @06:58PM (#12409476)
Speaking of insurance: the type of insurance policy that was taken on this unfortunate payload would only kick in at launch (ignition). Test firing was not covered.

1. https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/771409983074426881

Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by jsprogrammer on Thursday September 01, 2016 @07:12PM (#12409533)
Look at the later response: https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/771410879770456064

Pre-launch was covered by a different policy.