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US Rocket EXPLODES >Costs Billions >FACKBOOK Zuckerberg To Blame?
Billionaires at War: Elon Musk Sees His Fortune Drop $390m After His SpaceX Rocket Destroys 'Disappointed' > Zuckerberg's $200m Satellite
- SpaceX rocket due to launch on Saturday 's with Facebook's first satellite
- Exploded during a static fire test early at Cape Canaveral before launch, destroying the cargo
- Facebook's Amos-6 satellite would have widened Internet access. and has cost $200m to develop
- Was due to beam connectivity across Africa including 14 countries
- Facebook CEO is currently in Africa at a conference and would have been there to mark Saturday's launch
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the cause of the accident was still 'unkown'
- The CEO lost $390m of his personal fortune on Thursday as his shares in his other venutres Tesla and SolarCity took a hit
Daily Mail UK, 2 September 2016.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his 'deep disappointment' at the destruction of his revolutionary $200million satellite on Thursday when the SpaceX Falcon 9 owned by Elon Musk's company suffered a catastrophic explosion on the Cape Canaveral launch pad during a routine pre-launch check.
Zuckerberg is currently visiting several countries in Africa and likely would have marked the occasion of Facebook's Amos 6 satellite being launched into orbit on Saturday, had it not been destroyed around 9am in the massive blast. The satellite was to provide at least 14 countries on the continent and Middle East with free broadband.
'As I'm here in Africa, I'm deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX's launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many entrepreneurs and everyone else across the continent,' Zuckerberg wrote.
Detonation: A massive explosion erupted at a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned launch of a communications satellite
Disaster: The mishap dealt a severe blow to SpaceX, still scrambling to catch up with satellite deliveries following a launch accident last year. It's also a setback for NASA, which has been counting on the private company to keep the International Space Station stocked with supplies and, ultimately, astronauts
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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote about the explosion, confirming that the company's satellite was destroyed and said he was 'deeply disappointed'
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Shame that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg does not spend his time/$Millions in Africa, and NOT HELP the poor/sick in many regions of Africa,,,, to include basic supplies like food, water and MEDs..
What most members of Facebook and this site do not know, is that every time you post on Facebook & respond by your AUTO EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS... The US pays a percentage to Zuckerberg..
Ah well... 'Social Media Sites' are good.. right members?... 
Ladybbird.. 
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