Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 The spaceX launch attempt resulted in a “rapidly unscheduled disassembly” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackwater 53393 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Translation: The $#!t blew up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I've seen "CRUD" used in aftermath reports by both SpaceX and Blue Horizons. "Catastrophic Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" That acronym rolls of the tongue a little better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 The Russians bombed their own city last night. Said it was "an emergency release of an air ordnance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 well at least , the DUMB A$$ , affects all nations must be something in the air CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Many years ago at IBM, I labeled a returned hardware part as "NFG." My boss spanked me for it, but I had an old copy of IBM published service guides that spelled out broken parts as "Not Functioning Good", so I was off the hook. But also told not to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Watch the video in this. https://www.newsweek.com/spacex-starship-launch-destruction-video-1795989?amp=1 That launch pad had some serious damage done to it. That might have had something to do with the engine failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Some years ago I heard that it's not the fall that kills you it's the sudden deceleration trauma that kills somebody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 3 hours ago, bgavin said: "Not Functioning Good" If they are not functioning how can they be good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 6 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Watch the video in this. https://www.newsweek.com/spacex-starship-launch-destruction-video-1795989?amp=1 That launch pad had some serious damage done to it. That might have had something to do with the engine failures. Not sure what they were thinking, but there was no flame trench or water injection under the rocket. Just bare concrete. Which, when exposed to that kind of localized heating was sure to fail. I'm surprised anything was left standing. I suspect that the rocket was damaged by debris before it cleared the pad. At lift off 3 engines had already failed and if you watch the last video in the below link not only do you see debris flying hundreds of yards beyond the pad and landing in the water; You can see the rockets plume behaving erratically within 30 seconds of lift off. First there is flame coming out the left side of the lower stage and then something fails and you see the explosion in the exhaust plume. Photos: Starship pad damage; Elon says 1-2 months until next flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Not sure what they were thinking, but there was no flame trench or water injection under the rocket. Just bare concrete. Which, when exposed to that kind of localized heating was sure to fail. I'm surprised anything was left standing. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/04/spacex-starship-blasted-hundreds-of-tons-of-dirt-and-concrete-space-spacex-starship.html#:~:text=The SpaceX Starship has twice,build a flame diverter/deflector. "SpaceX and Elon were thinking about the future launches from Mars and Moon and hoping they could get away without a flame diverter. This problem shows that when we go to Mars and Moon, we will need pad infrastructure. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Soooo this damage was unexpected? That seems odd. Of course the Flint lead in the water crisis was unexpected also. Except the 1950 study done by the Flint water department which concluded the water they used was unsuitable as it would be too corrosive after treatment. Which is why it was not used. Oh well. SpaceX learned and no humans were damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 27 minutes ago, Mister Badly said: Soooo this damage was unexpected? I think more of "maybe we can get away with it" wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 They just used the biggest rocket motor ever to dig the flame trench for free. Feature not a bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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