Posted on 04/20/2019 10:49:42 PM PDT by Monty22002
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule suffered an anomaly Saturday afternoon during a routine engine test firing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , company and 45th Space Wing officials confirmed.
"On April 20, 2019, an anomaly occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the Dragon 2 static test fire," wing spokesman Jim Williams told Florida Today. "The anomaly was contained and there were no injuries." Florida Today photographer Craig Bailey, who was covering an event in nearby Cocoa Beach, captured an image of orange plumes rising from SpaceX facilities at the cape at around 3:30 p.m.
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Use new ones for crew, reuse for cargo.
“BFRC”...Ha! I haven’t heard that term for a good long while. N2O4 is nasty stuff. The hydrazines will give you cancer if you even think about looking in their direction.
If you can smell, it’s too late. We used the term a lot during evac drill from 39 A/B. That’s what made me curious when I saw the pictures. Sure enough, MMH and N2O4.
Looks like they used it this one time. ;^)
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