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At least this issue seems to be with the lander and not the rocket, which had never launched before. Almost twenty years since the creation of ULA to the point
by rileyphone 3y ago
At least this issue seems to be with the lander and not the rocket, which had never launched before. Almost twenty years since the creation of ULA to the point of launching their own design means it would have been a heck of a letdown to see it fail.
Aside that, it was cool to see two launches at the Cape yesterday less than 9 hours apart. Recommend to anyone who gets the opportunity to go out there and see one at some point (though the chances that any given launch gets scrubbed is never low).
- capitainenemo 3y ago... well... unless it was some issue with the rocket's delivery that impacted the lander, like damaging a portion of it on release, or shocks on takeoff?
- Rebelgecko 3y agoThey should have the measurements to know if the rocket had any forces that went out of spec during launch
- dylan604 3y agoessentially, Apollo 13
- T-A 3y agoApollo 13's emergency was caused by the spacecraft's service module, not Saturn V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13#Investigation_and_response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13#Investigation_and_re...
- basementcat 3y agoApollo 13 (and previous flights) did experience "pogo oscillation" from the Saturn vehicle which caused one of the first stage engines to shut down early. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_oscillation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_oscillation
- bewaretheirs 3y agoThe damage to the Apollo 13 service module that caused oxygen tank 2 to rupture almost certainly happened well before launch during ground testing. See https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ap13acc.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ap13acc.html
- tekla 3y agoSo? It was irrelevant to the issue. The issue was traced back to manufacturing.
- c-linkage 3y agoFun fact (for me, anyway): I live 35 miles from the launch complex, and the ground-shaking launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket woke me up at 2:19 this morning. I can't imagine how intense it was for people much nearer to Cape Canaveral. That is one hell of a rocket!
- consumer451 3y agoOnce Starship is up and running, I am really curious how the noise will affect the surrounding areas. For example, the HLS version of Starship, for Artemis III, will require something like 16 Starship launches in short order. I am a huge SpaceX fan, but if SpaceX's vision of many Starship launches per day becomes reality, then that will certainly be interesting for anyone within 50 miles of the pad.
- euroderf 3y agoAre launches permitted when prevailing winds would send liftoff exhaust over populated areas ?
- consumer451 3y agoUp to this point, that's not been a factor considered by anyone in a position of authority. Starship uses Methane-Oxygen, which burns way cleaner than Kerosene-Oxygen, which is used by Falcon 9. The thing people should be concerned about are solid rocket boosters, which SpaceX does not use. Solid boosters have polluted every "untouched" alpine lake on the planet. Those have been used by the new Vulcan, Space Shuttle, and a lot of other rockets. Tim Dodd has an excellent video and write-up on this topic: https://everydayastronaut.com/rocket-pollution/ https://everydayastronaut.com/rocket-pollution/
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- senectus1 3y agoprovided it burns yes. any accident that results in the releasing of that amount of methane unburnt would be horribly damaging. luckily, rockets rarely DONT go bang and burn when things go wrong.