Looks to me like it's the same point of failure they had last year near the second stage oxygen tank. I wonder if a crew could have survived with the escape system.
Posted on 09/01/2016 7:10:20 AM PDT by NonValueAdded
His cars catch fire and his rockets explode... Looks like the shine of Elon Musk’s dreams, is starting to tarnish with each passing day. I think it’s just a matter of time before he’s exposed as being a fraudster and crook. He’ll likely be conveniently out of the country when the police come a knocking.
Maybe they already have it. They could be well off. It looks like they’re eating pretty well, from your photo!
” Thanks for the education. I am paranoid and ignorant, a terrible combination for a Freeper.”
LOL. You’re well along to curing what ails you - you know thyself. Few of us are that honest.
B. Metal/materials fatigue resulting from RE-USING a previously launched booster stage.
Mohamhead, did you close the valve? Yes? OK.
I bet Obama smiled.
My source says that the rocket didn’t fail, it was a consequence of a pad fire.
Scuttlebutt for now
Nothing to see here. Move along...
Yeah, no kidding...
Or unless it wasn't really made to provide internet service to Africa.
After all, who ya gonna believe - Zuckerberg? Lol!
What caused the fire? I wonder how many muslims work for NASA?
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B. Metal/materials fatigue resulting from RE-USING a previously launched booster stage.
That is exactly my sequence of presumption as to the cause of the explosion, with material failure being a distant second.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ
Odd to just blow up during fueling, I figured at least the engines were running. Goes up from the top down.
WRONG. This was a new rocket.
Watch the vid, it was just fueling up. No fatigue did that. It goes about a minute into the vid. No stress, a new rocket, very odd.
I guess the Rocket didn’t care much for the stench of the Fluckerberg payload. Suicide by explosion.
Yes, I had heard they weren't yet trying a launch with a used rocket yet.
I cannot help but feel this has everything to do with who the customer is.
Looks to me like it's the same point of failure they had last year near the second stage oxygen tank. I wonder if a crew could have survived with the escape system.
Just sayin'...
And it's the stupidest thing I've seen all day.
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