[AR] Re: AMOS-6 RUD
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 12:05:13 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, David Spain wrote:
A photo published this AM on NSF appears to back you up. From Ross
Sackett in the Facebook SpaceX group. Looks like either an external
source or if from the rocket from the backside of that photo...
Well, careful here -- a destruct charge (aka FTS) for a liquid rocket
isn't buried deep inside to blow the whole thing apart, it's out on the
outer skin to rip the tank open. (The purpose is to reliably terminate
thrust, not to blow the whole rocket into itty-bitty harmless pieces,
which is basically impossible.) And preferably on the tower side of the
rocket, so it's reachable for maintenance and checkout. So the location
shown in that image isn't incompatible with that explanation.
Henry
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