[AR] Re: AMOS-6 RUD

  • From: Doug Jones <djones@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:44:02 -0700

A downloadable copy of 1:10 to 4:10 is here. If you play it back in VLC, you can adjust the audio track by -12.2 seconds with tools-track synchronization to make the audio and video synch up. The explosion starts at 00:02 in this trimmed clip.

http://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/download?id=d3d3i8j9f5f5c2b1&ext=m4v&v=_BgJEXQkjNQ

Doug Jones, Chief Test Engineer
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On 9/1/2016 10:24 AM, Nathan Bergey wrote:

Video of RUD posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ

Ouch.


-Nathan

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Nathan Bergey <nathan.bergey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So far I'm running on the unproven assumption that they hadn't lit yet, and
that this happened during propellant transfer.  (As always, I reserve the
right to be completely confused.)
Looks like you are correct. From Elon himself a few minutes ago:

"Loss of Falcon vehicle today during propellant fill operation.
Originated around upper stage oxygen tank. Cause still unknown. More
soon."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/771394161756942336


-Nathan



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