A Blue Origin rocket explodes during static test
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It definitely Blue.
Where is the EPA?
Had to be one heck of a shock wave.
That's about the most obvious example of a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" I've ever seen.
Space flight isn't easy by any means.
Space flight isn't easy by any means.
It blue real good!
Prime memberships are going to get more expensive.
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Dang it, right as they take over the NASCAR broadcast. The people on Nextdoor here are freaking out because they already hate the noise from SpaceX shots from Vandenberg SFB (I love them) and are scared one will pop off like this.
It wasn't pointy enough.
In 1961 we lived in Cocoa Beach. We were playing out on the street one evening and one blew up on the pad just as it was getting dark. The fireworks are still emblazoned in my memory. This one sounds much more impressive.
The next year we moved to Santa Maria. Watching missile launches from Vandenberg was almost routine, including watching them explode. It was never scary.
The next year we moved to Santa Maria. Watching missile launches from Vandenberg was almost routine, including watching them explode. It was never scary.
MolaKule
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The BE-4 first stage engines use Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Methane as propellant.
Rumor has it there were problems with the turbopumps.
https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-a-turbopump-the-heart-of-a-rocket-engine/
Turbopump Design
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/16-512-...f6e25184cb98de9c147c9b4aabbd63_lecture_26.pdf
The BE-3 second stage engines use Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen as propellant.
So there was plenty of combustible fuel components if anything goes wrong.
Rumor has it there were problems with the turbopumps.
https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-a-turbopump-the-heart-of-a-rocket-engine/
Turbopump Design
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/16-512-...f6e25184cb98de9c147c9b4aabbd63_lecture_26.pdf
The BE-3 second stage engines use Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen as propellant.
So there was plenty of combustible fuel components if anything goes wrong.
MolaKule
Staff member
Telemetry data up to the last second should show any anamolies.