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This NASA article on COPV failure is enlightening. https://www.nasa.gov/offices/nesc/home/Feature_COPVs_Jan-2012.html https://www.nasa.gov/offices/nesc/home/Fea
by throwawasiudy 10y ago
This NASA article on COPV failure is enlightening.
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/nesc/home/Feature_COPVs_Jan-2012.html https://www.nasa.gov/offices/nesc/home/Feature_COPVs_Jan-201...
Turns out COPV's have a tendency to explode semi randomly, with failure modes that are not fully understood
- manicdee 10y agoThe failure modes are slightly better understood now, as are the boundaries between success and failure!