Space-X' Falcon-raket so för en tid sedan exploderade på startplattan (tydligen
under tankning) kan ha utsatts för sabotage! Och det från ett konkurrerande
raketföretag. Se:
http://gizmodo.com/spacex-reportedly-investigating-sabotage-as-cause-of-fa-1787365855
"As SpaceX’s investigation of a Falcon 9 rocket explosion on September 1st
drags into its second month, rumors are flying that this may have been more
than a random technical failure. According to a Washington Post report, SpaceX
is considering the possibility of sabotage.
In a Holmesian twist to the investigation of the sudden fireball that
eviscerated a Falcon 9 rocket, a $95 million internet satellite, and a chunk of
Cape Canaveral’s launch pad 40, a SpaceX employee recently requested rooftop
access to a building owned by competing rocket consortium United Launch
Alliance. As industry officials who spoke on condition of anonymity told the
Washington Post, SpaceX was following up on “something suspicious” it had seen
while reviewing video footage of the rocket explosion—a weird shadow and a
white spot on the roof of the ULA building, which sits about a mile from the
launch pad.
According to the Washington Post’s unnamed experts, SpaceX was denied access
to the rooftop, which was instead investigated by Air Force officials who found
no evidence of a connection to the September 1st explosion. Gizmodo reached out
to SpaceX for more information and received the following statement:
The Accident Investigation Team has an obligation to consider all possible
causes of the anomaly, and we aren’t commenting on any specific potential cause
until the investigation is complete. A preliminary review of the data and
debris suggests a breach in the second stage’s helium system, but the cause of
the breach is still unknown. We have sought all available data to support the
investigation in a timely manner following the anomaly, as expected for any
responsible investigation.
SpaceX’s official line—that it’s simply trying to leave no stone unturned—may
well be true. But that hasn’t stopped the internet from offering up its own
conspiracy theories, including that maybe a guy with a rifle shot the rocket
from a mile away. (After all, Musk did say his company is trying to figure out
the source of a “quieter bang sound” a few seconds before the fireball!)
I’d take any theories of company-directed sabotage with a very healthy dose
of skepticism right now. While it’s true that ULA and SpaceX have had their
share of spats, and that the two are now directly competing for NASA contracts,
the risks of such an operation hardly seem to outweigh the short-term benefit
of making SpaceX look bad. Plus, shooting a rocket from a rooftop a mile away
is not exactly a discreet way to sabotage a competitor. Why not stick a mole in
the company and make it look like an inside job?
Then again, as Elon Musk noted during his Martian colonization speech last
week, SpaceX has already investigated all obvious possibilities. “What remains
are the less probable answers,” he said."
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