[AR] Re: Falcon 9 flight today
- From: "Michael S. Kelly" <mskellyrlv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:55:42 -0400
There isn't. And it has to meet oxygen to burn at all.
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On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I find it difficult to believe that there's enough TEA aboard to blow up a
> stage.
>
> On 10/01/2013 09:09 AM, Ed Kelleher wrote:
>> TEA/TEB with plumbing for reignition.
>>
>> At 11:42 AM 10/01/2013, Rand Simberg wrote:
>>> SpaceX is denying it, claiming that initial tracking data is always a
>>> little flaky. And what could cause an explosion? It has no hypergolics on
>>> it, AFAIK.
>>>
>>> On 10/01/2013 07:41 AM, Henry Spencer wrote:
>>>> Another little fly in the ointment: <http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1595>
>>>> reports indications that the Falcon 9 second stage may have exploded in
>>>> orbit, although after payload separation. Which is not as bad as having
>>>> it happen with payloads still on board, but certainly isn't good news.
>
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