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High quality, slow motion video: https://x.com/dwisecinema/status/1935552171912655045 https://x.com/dwisecinema/status/1935552171912655045
by jlmorton 1y ago
High quality, slow motion video: https://x.com/dwisecinema/status/1935552171912655045 https://x.com/dwisecinema/status/1935552171912655045
- irjustin 1y agoThanks for this! here's the live stream from the team: https://youtu.be/WKwWclAKYa0?t=6989 https://youtu.be/WKwWclAKYa0?t=6989
- gcanyon 1y agoThat makes it look pretty clearly like one of the fuel vessels overpressured and ruptured.
- imglorp 1y agoScott Manley observes the breach was in the cargo section, and not at the PEZ dispenser door. It appeared to split longitudinally. There are header tank downcomer lines that might fit that bill. https://youtu.be/0C_L-qgHsE0?t=299 https://youtu.be/0C_L-qgHsE0?t=299
- consumer451 1y agoThe part that I found interesting was ~"Anyone can build a bridge, but it takes an engineer to just barely build a bridge. That's what Starship V2 is, a mass and complexity reduction. Maybe they took away too much."
- gcanyon 1y agoI'll defer to Scott Manley any day -- this seems like a refinement of what I said.
- 93po 1y agoid be curious what causes the ignition of all the fuel in a breach like this.
- Robotbeat 1y agoIt was one of the COPVs (nitrogen, I think).
- csours 1y agoPro-tip: On YouTube the [.] and [,] keys step individual frames on paused video.