And people ask why liquids aren't allowed under Tripoli rules... :-)
Sad to see my hardware go up like that though. Should be a fun telecom next
week.
On Sep 1, 2016 7:15 PM, "Richard King" <drrbk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Balls cato on steroids......
RK
*From:* Jack Garibaldi
*Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2016 6:41 PM
*To:* tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [tccrockets] Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad
During Fueling
Gnarly
Jack
*From:* Jim Norton (Redacted sender "jimn469897" for DMARC)
*Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2016 1:16 PM
*To:* tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [tccrockets] SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad
During Fueling
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad During Fueling
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/09/01/
spacex_falcon_9_rocket_explodes_while_being_fueled_for_test_firing.html
By Phil Plait <http://www.slate.com/authors.phil_plait.html>
Thursday morning at around 9 ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded while
being fueled up for an engine test firing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in
Florida. At this time, I have no info on what happened, except that the
explosion occurred three minutes before the test was scheduled. The rocket
was uncrewed and no one was near the pad, so no one was injured. However,
it appears that the payload, an Israeli communications satellite called
AMOS-6
<http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/spacex-set-launch-amos-6-tropical-storm-hermine-looms/>,
was lost. The launch was to have been on Saturday.
My colleague Susan Matthews at *Slate* has more information
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/09/01/spacex_rocket_explodes_during_test_fire_though_no_casualties_have_been_reported.html>
.
*Update (Sep. 1, 2016 at 19:00 UTC): Video of the explosion has been
released by USLaunchReport.com
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ>:*
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