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if its hypergolic fuel you can be almost certain it was less than a few hundred pounds. "tonnes" of hypergolic fuel would be enough to level the hillside and s
by nimbius 3y ago
if its hypergolic fuel you can be almost certain it was less than a few hundred pounds. "tonnes" of hypergolic fuel would be enough to level the hillside and send the iphone through your cranium.
most people cannot appreciate just how powerful hypergolic fuels really are. theres just no comparison, even when you see them IRL.
- perihelions 3y agoAn example is the 2013 failure of a Proton-M at Baikonur, nearly full of propellant shortly after launch, carrying several hundred tons of hypergolics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfuXUr-_Rns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfuXUr-_Rns ("Proton M Rocket Explosion 02/07/2013") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRVAcZC5R4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRVAcZC5R4 ("More Videos Of The Russian Proton M Launch Failure And Explosion With Three GLONASS Satellites") (There's lots of different camera angles on YouTube; not sure which one to post).
- throwawaymaths 3y agoUh for the long march 3b boosters udmh / n2o2 is the primary propellant. That entire booster was full of it, so yes, it's liable to be a tonne or so left over (full propellant mass in the stage is double digit tonnes) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_3B https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_3B