How long will it take to rebuild Blue Origin's launch pad? We asked some SpaceX vets

Key points

• A former NASA engineer named John Muratore sat on console as launch director in early September 2016 as propellant flowed onto a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida.
• Ahead of a planned launch two days later, SpaceX was preparing for a static fire test of the vehicle.
• Then, all of a sudden, the rocket exploded.
• “It came out of nowhere, and it was really violent,” Muratore said.
• This fireball resulted in the destruction of the rocket, much of its launch site, and the AMOS-6 satellite already attached to the vehicle.