coming in right here to cnn news, central. what a morning. this has been things you almost never see the huge starship from space x the rocket it did successfully lift off from the launch pad off the coast of texas. that part went well, not so much after that. what was going on in space, it seemed the rocket could not separate from its booster. the spaceship could not separate from its booster and right there. it just exploded. after a few minutes in the air. cnn s ed lavandera is on south padre island in texas, where the launch took place. the good part took place the bad part ed miles above you explain what happened. well as you can see, the launch pad of smoke from the launch has finally been blown back inland, but that launched cleared the launch pad and this area erupted in cheers as the rocket ship cleared the launch pad and we saw it go straight up for several minutes. and so that was a spectacular sight, and it was about that three minute mark where we started anticip
coming in right here to cnn news, central. what a morning. this has been things you almost never see the huge starship from space x the rocket it did successfully lift off from the launch pad off the coast of texas. that part went well, not so much after that. what was going on in space, it seemed the rocket could not separate from its booster. the spaceship could not separate from its booster and right there. it just exploded. after a few minutes in the air. cnn s ed lavandera is on south padre island in texas, where the launch took place. the good part
just absolutely stunning sight to see and just to kind of give people a sense of what it was like to be here. on the ground john, seconds after the rocket ship cleared. the top of the launch pad is when you could feel and start to begin hearing the rumbling of these 33 engines, and you could feel yourself shaking vibrating from the from the thrust of all of that, and that was everybody i ve talked to here this morning felt that same experience, which is simply just stunning. i can understand the excitement. i can understand why they were so happy with the liftoff itself. my hunches. it s always better when things don t explode, but they will learn from this for next time. lavandera in south padre island in texas thank you very much. alright. joining us now. dr mitchell kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the city university of new york, and cnn aerospace analyst. miles o brien is back with us. dr cocoa, i do want to ask you about people see this explosion