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2019-11-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by 3dc 2019-11-20 17:37|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Not as complete as the Dragon escape thruster explosion a while back.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-20 18:51|| 2019-11-20 18:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember the movie The Right Stuff(1983)? Looks like SpaceX needs to move on to Plan B, then Plan C, then...?

Posted by magpie 2019-11-20 18:58|| 2019-11-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Welds in the cryogenic bulkhead failed. Not clear if it was actual LOX or something like liquid nitrogen in the LOX tank. Bulkhead top went 500 feet in the air

Posted by 3dc 2019-11-20 19:33|| 2019-11-20 19:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Rocket science is hard. There is a reason it took so long to get reliable launches.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-11-20 19:44|| 2019-11-20 19:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Is it re-usable still?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-20 22:22|| 2019-11-20 22:22|| Front Page Top

#6 IMHO they need to be putting these things together in a climate controlled facility. A tent on the Gulf Coast is not good enough to do a high-quality stainless steel weld.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-11-20 23:29|| 2019-11-20 23:29|| Front Page Top

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