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n_coats
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SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure
Was just watching the rocket from my backyard and it looked like it exploded... wow, can't believe that.
n_coats
on June 28, 2015
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I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.
danbruc
on June 28, 2015
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On the video it looked to me like a tank ruptured somewhere in the top half of the rocket, probably the second stage, and set free all the fuel. The rocket kept its course for some time until it suddenly disintegrated.
phkahler
on June 29, 2015
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I was impressed with how long the first stage kept going with all that happening up above.
n_coats
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maybe the rupture was the initial bit of smoke (it looked the larger of the two from my view).
DavidSJ
on June 28, 2015
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There are no solid rocket boosters on Falcon 9.
Dylan16807
on June 29, 2015
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Falcon Heavy will have boosters, perhaps that's the confusion, unless 'booster' meant 'first stage'.
Nobody said solid.
thearn4
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It did looks like it was close to the point of stage separation. But we'll see soon what the SpaceX's engineering analysis is.
nanofortnight
on June 29, 2015
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Yes it was close to meco.
tocs
on June 28, 2015
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