It's a nice one. But if that bird would be at the same distance from the
camera lense than the rocket, it would need to fly at approximately
+600m/s :D (estimating from the 1/6s it needs to cross the frame)
on the other hand, at that speed poop might have some serious impact.
best,
manuel
Am 03.09.2016 um 10:33 schrieb qbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Actually here's a better one, if you watch it frame by frame there is a
(what I guess to be a bird) from right to left and the explosion happens
just as the bird is aligned with the nose. If that bird pooped it may
have set off the LOX boil off resulting in the explosion. Or maybe it's
a small drone which drops some fuel oil. into the boil off.
See pictures above posted by myself dated from Thru, 01 EP 2016 14:40:58
-0600
Robert
At 01:50 AM 9/3/2016, you wrote:
Michael Holt wrote on 020916:
> Here's another line of thinking, from an engineer - historian, and one
which I cannot endorse. It's interesting to know that someone is
thinking
this way:
> http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=33030
Rockets standing on pads are vulnerable. A .50 long range sniper rifle
hit
did cross many minds I take it. Such bullets can be tracked by radar but
alas, then it's too late.
I suppose the range is well guarded though.
jd
