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To: Jack Hydrazine
Elon tweeted this: “There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause.”

Looks like my early wild guess of a LOX tank rupture was about right. My other guess was that it was due to a failed relief valve but then that seems pretty intuitive so I may be all wet.

BTW - You have an absolutely great screen name for this thread!

128 posted on 06/28/2015 10:28:41 AM PDT by Jeff F
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To: Jeff F

Good call! Might be a gaseous helium pressurization tank problem.


129 posted on 06/28/2015 10:30:28 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jeff F

What is it with Falcon 9 Helium problems?
http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/268rse/what_is_it_with_falcon_9_helium_problems/

Why do pressure-fed systems have to be pressurized with helium or nitrogen?
http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9311/why-do-pressure-fed-systems-have-to-be-pressurized-with-helium-or-nitrogen


131 posted on 06/28/2015 10:35:16 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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