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How about a "spontaneous self-initiated partial disassembly event"? I watched the video and don't see why a burst of flames and debris would not be described a

by parfe 14y ago

How about a "spontaneous self-initiated partial disassembly event"? I watched the video and don't see why a burst of flames and debris would not be described as an explosion, other than marketing.

jlgreco 14y ago
Ah yes, you have got to love rocket scientist terminology. The wikipedia page for the Vanguard rocket used to have an image of one of them exploding captioned with " Vanguard rocket undergoing rapid unplanned disassembly shortly after launch at Cape Canaveral".
- DannoHung 14y ago
  Already corrected.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    Sadly yeah. Somebody changed it a few days ago; it was like that for a long while previously though.
stcredzero 14y ago
Yes, but the point is that the engine didn't explode. The fairing flew apart, not the engine. That's a big difference.