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Could it be sharp oxygen crystals penetrating the carbon fiber resin layer - just like what happens when freezing living cells?
by endymi0n 10y ago
Could it be sharp oxygen crystals penetrating the carbon fiber resin layer - just like what happens when freezing living cells?
- phkahler 10y ago>> Could it be sharp oxygen crystals penetrating the carbon fiber resin layer Why would one keep just a layer of hardened resin between all that oxygen and carbon? Seems like an accident waiting to happen.
- ethbro 10y agoI'm guessing the reason you don't do a lot of "Plan B" mitigation in rocketry: weight and added complexity.
- dogma1138 10y agoThe carbon fiber and resin are the shell (AKA a straight jacket) over usually a thin titanium vessel. Carbon fiber alone won't be enough to keep liquid helium at least from precipitating through it, the darn thing can leak through solid glass when it's cold enough. Not sure about liquid oxygen, but still there is no carbon fiber on the inside of the tank, if nothing else than to ensure that no particulate matter ever gets into the fuel system.