Elon Musk: Sheffield couple on Caribbean holiday find exploded SpaceX rocket debris on beach
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Chris Caroe, of Totley, was out for a run when he found burnt pieces of Elon Musk’s rocket, which exploded shortly after take off in Texas.
The items, which appear to be a mix of metal and ceramic material, were black and white, with a large hexagonal tile the only intact piece.
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Kate Caroe, said on her Facebook page: “Chris Caroe went for a run this morning and found SpaceX debris all over the beach. I hope Musk is going to foot the clean up bill for the Turks and Caicos Islands.”
SpaceX's giant Starship rocket exploded during a test flight. The upper stage dramatically broke up and disintegrated over the Caribbean after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights to alter course to avoid falling debris.


Footage shows a dazzling stream of multi-coloured stars blazing across the sky.
Kate said: “It was amazing! We stopped the car and watched it go over. Though it was more amazing when I thought it was a meteor!
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Hide Ad“At first we thought it was an amazing slow-moving silent firework, then we thought it was a meteorite. But it turns out to have been Space X's exploding rocket!”
The incident occurred just eight and a half minutes into the flight, after the spacecraft's six engines began shutting down during ascent.
The new and upgraded model was carrying 10 dummy satellites and was meant to complete a near loop around the world, similar to previous test flights.
SpaceX managed to catch the returning booster using the launch tower's giant mechanical arms.
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Hide AdSpaceX described the incident as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
The last data received showed the spacecraft at an altitude of 90 miles, travelling at 13,245mph.
Elon Musk's company has been told to carry out a "mishap" investigation by the regulator, which will review the findings before deciding if Starship can return to flight.
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Hide AdIn a post on his social media platform X, Musk said "preliminary indications" were that the problem was linked to an "oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall".
SpaceX earlier posted: “Liftoff of Starship's seventh flight test. The Super Heavy booster utilized flight proven hardware for the first time, reusing a Raptor engine from the fifth flight test.”
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