I want to also rescind also that the activity might be on the other side. I
don't know how much manipulation has been made here. There's at least the
possibility that this is a composite image of an older image with the explosion
edited out in a way that makes it appear to be on the backside. The author's
main objective was a ray-trace.
Dave
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On Sep 2, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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