Cool video!
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Craig Fink <webegood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Or, possibly right, they are loading GHe at the same time. The explosion
was much bigger than LOX alone, it would have to have been mixed with some
fuel. The "new thing" they are doing is the supercooled LOX and GHe, more
thermal stress during loading of composite tanks.
https://youtu.be/PPnCKK1isMI
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Goff <jongoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd still guess something to do with the GHe COPVs inside the LOX tank,
but that's a hobby horse of mine, and I'm probably wrong.
~Jon
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 1:25 PM, George William Herbert <
george.herbert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Supercooled LOX will produce more liquid air than regular LOX.
Most medical and industrial facilities throw mass (dewars, frost) at the
insulation problem. Rockets may need insulation. But most insulating
materials are organic foams (not all).
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On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:12 PM, mleech@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The thing that puzzles me about that is that LOX transfers (ordinary
temp) happen every day throughout the world without incident. Heck, the
Air Products truck pulls up next door to my place several times a year to
refill the home breathing-oxygen dewar for the nabe with emphysema.
What magnitude of procedural goof would account for this? Was this
actually a LOX-transfer issue, or something else?
On 2016-09-01 15:00, George William Herbert wrote:
Speculating:
Supeecooled LOX to liquid air in external insulation plus spark
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