Someone at SpaceX did a graphic of how a Dragon 2 could have escaped the
conflagration:
https://www.facebook.com/LightsInTheDark/posts/10154481014527498
On 2016-09-02 07:19, David Spain wrote:
Last night when reviewing the USLaunchReport.com video for the Nth
time, I was struck by the fact that the payload appears to survive the
destruction of the booster only to topple over later. Is it possible
that for a time it was resting on the hold down rings and strong back?
I noticed at the end the top of the strong back is bent in the
direction I would expect to see if stressed by something like payload
weight.
But it makes me wonder if in fact a stronger anchor and with a strong
back capable of supporting the weight of the payload along with fire
suppression and thermal control if it might have been possible for the
payload to ride out the fire?
Well dime a dozen armchair speculation is fun.
Dave
On Sep 2, 2016, at 3:49 AM, Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Manuel Schleiffelder
<manuel.schleiffelder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Someone mentioned, that the incident could impossibly be related to the FTS.
So, i got curious what it would look like if the FTS charges fired?
Or if only uper stage FTS charges fired?
Not like the video I suspect, which showed a brief flow of 'something'
afire and a small fireball before the big BOOM. Nor, AFAIK, are FTS
single point like the explosion.
D.
