I can hear the conversation that took place just before the test firing.
Joe, if we tweak this, it'll give us another 200 horses for lift off. Wanna try?
Sure, go for it.
Oops.....................
Well, at least no one was killed.
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
You should see how many rockets NASA exploded, including ones with Astronauts as payload.
SpaceX said in a statement there were no injuries, but that an "anomaly" during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and the Israeli communications satellite it had been due to carry into space at the weekend.
Anomaly, a word you probly don't want to hear during an event like this.
I told the wife I had an Anomaly once, she made me go to counseling over that issue. ...
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
SpaceX said in a statement there were no injuries, but that an "anomaly" during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and the Israeli communications satellite it had been due to carry into space at the weekend.
Any type of event that is not part of the "normal" chain of events is referred to as an anomaly.
You should see how many rockets NASA exploded, including ones with Astronauts as payload.
Very few with astronauts on board. Technically only one would be considered a "rocket explosion" out of the three U.S. manned spaceflight missions that have had fatalities.
Apollo 1 - fire in spacecraft. Rocket didn't explode, and it was during a test rather than the actual flight. 51-L - Challenger breakup after SRB & ET failure during ascent. STS-107 - Columbia breakup during re-entry.
Lots of unmanned rockets, though. Probably the most embarrassing of these was dubbed by the media as "Flopnik."
You might also consider the X-15 flight that killed Michael J. Adams since it was rocket propelled, but it wasn't a rocket explosion that led to the crash. At 230,000 ft altitude, he went into a spin traveling at Mach 5.
Tweaking the fuel injectors and the waste gate on that super charger may not have been a good thing. The technician said don't touch that knob............. He's just a technician, what's he know......
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
This is Florida, so there's always the potential for "Hold mah beer and watch this!" moments.
I'm glad nobody was hurt - I wonder how insurance works with irreplaceable payloads?
Whoa! There's insurance for stuff like this? I figured we'd end up paying the bill.
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
You can see the top portion that housed the payload blown complete off the Falcon at about 1:10. That portion also exploded when it hit the ground. I guess this will create a little room in their storage hangar, since it was getting full from the successfully recovered Falcons.
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I guess this will create a little room in their storage hangar, since it was getting full from the successfully recovered Falcons.
Well, there ya go. See, there's always a sliver lining. Thanks for pointing that out Don.
Now, who's gonna pay for that screw up?
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
Well, there ya go. See, there's always a sliver lining. Thanks for pointing that out Don.
Now, who's gonna pay for that screw up?
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14:17 Spacecom Ltd., the Israeli operator of the Amos 6 satellite destroyed today, has not confirmed whether the spacecraft was fully insured for a loss before liftoff.
Two industry sources familiar with space insurance arrangements for Falcon 9 launches said standard satellite insurance policies should cover risks to the spacecraft during SpaceX's static fire test.
In most cases, a satellite on the launch pad awaiting liftoff is still owned by its manufacturer. In Amos 6's case, that is Israeli Aerospace Industries. Companies typically transfer the title to the spacecraft once it is safely in orbit, and often that milestones occurs after the payload completes a prescribed series of checkouts to ensure it is healthy.
In such a scenario, risk protection for the mission cost is usually covered by marine shipping insurance, an umbrella that includes ground transportation and processing, and the satellite's operator would be able to terminate their spacecraft and launch contracts with cause. Then the operator could file an insurance claim for the loss of the launch vehicle and spacecraft, sources said.
SpaceX has always conducted a customary "static fire" test before each launch, using it as a rehearsal for the launch team and as a way to verify the rocket and ground systems are ready. In 2014, SpaceX started regularly conducting static fire tests with the rocket's payload on-board, first with Dragon cargo capsules heading to the International Space Station, then with commercial satellites.
I work directly across the river from the launch pad... no busted windows on our building, but I heard some closer to the explosion didn't fair as well. Scary stuff, glad nobody got hurt or killed.
Don, You're a wealth of information, thanks. Learn something every day.
Either that or, you spend way to much time on the internet................... I'll pick that library of info you have stored in yer head.
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
If, you wish to piss off a Conservative, lie to him. If, you wish to piss off a Socialist, Liberal or Progressive, tell them the truth.
"Hello, Mark? It's Elon. Listen, umm, we had a, like, anomaly with your satellite...."
I hope he didn't make some lackey make that phone call. But then, it's all just pocket change to those guys.
Maybe, but the Sat company says Musk owes them $50 million or a free launch...$1 mil might be pocket change but 50 mil starts getting into back pocket territory.
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