Another SpaceX launch...

 

We watched as the countdown got to 4 minutes until launch.  Are they really going to launch in the fog this morning?  T minus 1, all go for launch.

We stepped out onto our deck, where we can usually see the rocket after it clears the houses across the canal from us.  Five seconds after liftoff, we could hear and feel the rumble of the rocket engines.  The view...

 You can feel the rumble in your belly as the three rocket engines lifted SN11 up to the determined altitude.  Since we couldn't see anything from our deck, this is how we watched...

Hoping to get a view as we looked into the fog.  At the determined elevation, the engines shut down and the rocket began its freefall... only SpaceX's onboard camera had a view.  As the rocket reached the time to fire-up again and right itself, there was another rumble, a brief pop, and then nothing.  Obviously some kind of failure as the report came of debris falling.  Apparently, SN11 came apart 1km above the pad and "came down hard."

During the climb, while Joan and I were outside, trying to see something, Rufus was at the door howling... he didn't know what was going on, but he knew he wanted to be out there with us.  I opened the door and he came out onto the deck, under the table.  Shortly after, the three of us quietly went back inside.

No doubt, SpaceX officials will spin this as "further learning," but this didn't seem to go as planned, from a casual observer who couldn't see anything.

Rest in pieces, SN11.

Screen captures after...

Debris fall above, the launch pad view below...

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After the SpaceX launch this morning, I got a bicycle ride in, then settled in to work on another Mark & Jim music video.  Cindy did an outstanding job with Mark's video clips, giving me good stuff to work with for editing.  I dived into it, and when I looked up next, Joan was just finishing up cooking us chicken/bacon/ranch sandwiches that rival Chick-fil-A in tasty goodness.  Then, back to the video editing.  When in "the zone," it seems the edits and cuts just come together.

I heard from Mark late this afternoon, after I sent him a text, with a request for a couple more specific angles on some video clips, and I will wrap this up.  We both have lives, so it isn't a fast process as we work back and forth.  We had a basic premise in mind before starting this project, but I made an executive (producer) decision.  It is coming together nicely.