[AR] Re: SpaceX
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 23:33:24 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 1 Sep 2016, Jonathan Goff wrote:
I think someone was saying an Atlas event in 1959 was the last US pad
explosion during fueling. Though there was also the SIVB-503 test stand
event that also let go during fueling in ~1962, but that wasn't with an
operational vehicle with a payload on top.
The S-IVB-503 explosion was in January 1967. However, it was not actually
a fueling accident -- the stage was fully fueled and ready to go. The
failure happened while the test crew was working through the startup
sequence for an acceptance-test firing.
I don't have details on the Atlas failures, alas.
Henry
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