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IIRC the word "explosion" has a very specific meaning in this context. I remember reading that the SpaceX AMOS-6 failure was specifically NOT an explosion even
by Klathmon 7y ago
IIRC the word "explosion" has a very specific meaning in this context. I remember reading that the SpaceX AMOS-6 failure was specifically NOT an explosion even though it really looked like one to a layperson.
- mr_toad 7y agoEven SpaceX refers to that as an explosion. Technically it was a deflagration, not a detonation, but energetic deflagrations are a type of explosion.