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Aborting after ignition is only possible with liquid engines. The F9 in particular is designed to light and stabilize all nine engines before removing the restr
by bdonlan 13y ago
Aborting after ignition is only possible with liquid engines. The F9 in particular is designed to light and stabilize all nine engines before removing the restraints holding the rocket down - this gives them very robust abort capabilities. And since the engines are designed for multiple lights, they can even retry it without needing refurbishment.
- Crito 13y agoAn interesting case is Mercury-Redstone 1 which aborted right after takeoff. This wasn't on purpose of course.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4V7JfeTSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4V7JfeTSU The wiki page is a pretty interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1#Test_background_and_launch_failure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1#Test_backgro...