Posted on 09/01/2016 3:32:38 PM PDT by Islander7
"Following initial build, the stage was shipped by road and security escort to the company’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, where it underwent a full duration acceptance static fire of about 1 minute on 5 August 2016.
Following the test fire, engineers confirmed the vehicle’s system and engine health before wrapping the stage in a protective shroud and transporting it between 20-21 August to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station."
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/09/falcon-9-explodes-amos-6-static-fire/
Hypergolic propellant on the satellite? Leaks tend to be messy.
Don’t worry if SpaceX’s insurer is still Carpinteria, Calif.-based Starr Aviation, a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co then maybe Starr Aviation Executive Vice President Charles Rudd can write his company’s customer a really big check for business interruption or whatever they call it when crap breaks or blows up.
FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WATCH THE TOP OF THE REPLAY FRAME BY FRAME ON A DVR JUST BEFORE THE EXPLOSION - YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING INTERESTING.
Oh well. At least it wasn't something important.
I see a bird going from right to left.
How convenient it was at 1:11 when whatever that was hit it. Do you know what that thing was that was so obviously launched at it to hit where it was precisely needed?
>> that’s what blew during the fueling test run
Test twice, launch once.
Now on Drudge
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