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SpaceX Starship prototype just exploded rather spectacularly during a static fire test -- (link)

Posted by TWuG May 29 '20, 12:17

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https://youtu.be/7YaFsUWgN3s (youtu.be)

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"That's very Kerbal" -- nm - Beryllium May 29, 12:39
"That's new!" is probably not something you want to hear during a static fire test. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 12:25 12
- There's the wannabe engineer part of me that is "Well that shouldn't have happened but....interesting. Let's look at the data" -- nm - JD May 29, 12:42 4
  - "Let's just put it on the launch pad and see what happens." "WE CAN'T BLOW UP A ROCKET EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING, JD!" -- nm - Mop May 29, 12:44 3
    - That's what they are doing with Starship. The prototypes lack lots of stuff needed for actual flight - TWuG May 29, 12:51 1
      - "Let's blow shit up!" It's the American way! -- nm - Mop May 29, 12:53
    - I've seen The Right Stuff and from that I take away that's how our space program started even if it wasn't the intent -- (link) - JD May 29, 12:49 [youtube]
- "If it was methane, it'd be igniting in the flare, correct?" - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 12:26 6
  - the detonation is from under the ship, not at the flare - Reagen May 29, 12:30 5
    - You have to admire the timing of the commentary, if nothing else. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 29, 12:33 1
      - The frame by frame analysis by the commentators from 10-15 minutes ago is fun -- nm - JD May 29, 12:44
    - Maaaaybe. The camera view makes the flare stack look a lot closer than it is. The cloud may have taken some time to reach the stack - TWuG May 29, 12:32 2
      - It would be an *insane* engineering failure to have an active flare in proximity to a potential propellant leak. - Reagen May 29, 12:36 1
        
        It can't be too far away and still serve to offload the methane from the ship. Methane gas to be burned off, it can't be vented. -- (edited) - TWuG May 29, 12:49
Note: This is NOT related in any way to the Crew Dragon/Falcon 9 due to launch tomorrow -- nm - TWuG May 29, 12:17 1
- Still... Bob and Doug are like... -- (pic) - Mop May 29, 12:36 [Attachment]

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