1 posted on
05/31/2019 4:45:25 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Northrop Grumman claims that the test was still successful, despite “an observation noted at the very end of test,” involving the nozzle.
‘That’ll buff right out’ observed one engineer...
2 posted on
05/31/2019 4:48:57 PM PDT by
null and void
(The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like it farted. Probably too much gas.
4 posted on
05/31/2019 5:03:51 PM PDT by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: BenLurkin
And that’s ... why ... we ... WHAT? ... test ...
5 posted on
05/31/2019 5:04:33 PM PDT by
_Jim
(Save babies)
To: BenLurkin
6 posted on
05/31/2019 5:22:37 PM PDT by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
To: BenLurkin
Either overthrust or Chinese steel or both...
8 posted on
05/31/2019 5:42:49 PM PDT by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
To: BenLurkin
It was a hold muh beer moment.
9 posted on
05/31/2019 5:44:21 PM PDT by
bgill
(when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
To: BenLurkin
Wait no, was that a shutdown burp that flexed the motor ring beyond capacity? The protective wall (separating the nozzle from the propellant tanks) that makes the circle around the nozzles disintegrated, particularly from 12 oclock to 5 oclock. Note the debris is white.
10 posted on
05/31/2019 5:47:59 PM PDT by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
To: BenLurkin
Big test, small explosion.
11 posted on
05/31/2019 6:51:00 PM PDT by
Daffy
To: BenLurkin
I haven’t been able to find... What is the fuel for this rocket?
12 posted on
05/31/2019 8:53:57 PM PDT by
Rio
To: BenLurkin
Thanks BenLurkin.
It was the first test of a new Castor 600 rocket engine which is supposed to power the first stage of the OmegA rocket. During a static fire test the exhaust nozzle disintegrated towards the end of the test. According to the post flight press conference the test was considered successful despite the 'observation'. | Northrop Grumman's OmegA Rocket Fails During Static Fire Test | Scott Manley | Published on May 31, 2019
14 posted on
06/01/2019 9:22:03 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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