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In response to
"
SpaceX Starship prototype just exploded rather spectacularly during a static fire test -- (link)
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by
TWuG
"That's new!" is probably not something you want to hear during a static fire test. -- nm
Posted by
znufrii, silly old man (aka znufrii)
May 29 '20, 12:25
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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
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JD
May 29, 12:42
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"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
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Mop
May 29, 12:44
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That's what they are doing with Starship. The prototypes lack lots of stuff needed for actual flight
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TWuG
May 29, 12:51
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"Let's blow shit up!" It's the American way! -- nm
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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)
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JD
May 29, 12:49
[youtube]
"If it was methane, it'd be igniting in the flare, correct?"
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znufrii, silly old man
May 29, 12:26
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the detonation is from under the ship, not at the flare
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Reagen
May 29, 12:30
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You have to admire the timing of the commentary, if nothing else. -- nm
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znufrii, silly old man
May 29, 12:33
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The frame by frame analysis by the commentators from 10-15 minutes ago is fun -- nm
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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
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TWuG
May 29, 12:32
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It would be an *insane* engineering failure to have an active flare in proximity to a potential propellant leak.
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Reagen
May 29, 12:36
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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)
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TWuG
May 29, 12:49
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