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Definitely not an expert but to me it looked like initial, unexpected explosion/break-up then a second which could have been in response to the first.
by sambe 11y ago
Definitely not an expert but to me it looked like initial, unexpected explosion/break-up then a second which could have been in response to the first.
- 001sky 11y agoThe lack of fragmentation from the first event suggests event #2 would have been range control. 23:44 23:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw&t=23m38s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw&t=23m38s
- TrevorJ 11y agoThey said in the press conference that it wasn't a commanded event.
- 001sky 11y agoPress conference said that range safety didn't command the FTS (flight termination system) and there is no data (yet) that FTS enabled, but that's doesn't mean the on-board FTS didn't activate itself. It certainly looked like a controlled explosion... Comment from Reddit that may be useful. https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/3bejxp/spacex_crs7_has_blown_up_on_launch/cslga2o https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/3bejxp/spacex_crs7_h...