The midair explosion of the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy launch resulted in debris spread over an area more than twice as big as Disneyland, some 385 acres, and may have been responsible for a fire that spanned 3.5 acres, according to a study from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
The launchpad for the rocket was almost completely obliterated, which resulted in “numerous large concrete chunks, stainless steel sheets, metal, and other objects hurled thousands of feet away,” the agency said. Additionally, “a plume cloud of pulverized concrete” deposited materials up to 6.5 miles from the pad’s site.
