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That makes it look pretty clearly like one of the fuel vessels overpressured and ruptured.
by gcanyon 1y ago
That 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).