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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:47 PM Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Source?
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Charlie Garcia
<dragonrider.hhcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quote from Elon:pressure
“We are close to figuring it out. It might have been formation of solid
oxygen in the carbon over-wrap of one of the bottles in the upper stage
tanks. If it was liquid it would have been squeezed out but under
it could have ignited with the carbon. This is the leading theory rightnow,
but it is subject to confirmation. The other thing we discovered isthat we
can exactly replicate what happened on the launch pad if someone shootsthe
rocket. We don’t think that is likely this time around, but we areWe
definitely going to have to take precautions against that in the future.
looked at who would want to blow up a SpaceX rocket. That turned out tobe a
long list. I think it is unlikely this time, but it is something we needto
recognize as a real possibility in the future.”
Discuss.
Charlie
