Russia returns Soyuz rocket to flight
JF Mezei wrote on Sun, 4 Nov 2018
16:02:28 -0500:
On 2018-11-04 08:24, Jeff Findley wrote:
I swear we went over this when SpaceX lost a Falcon 9 on the pad when
the COPV let loose. It's a very similar situation. Here we go again.
Falcon 9 happened at ground in dense air with lost of availabhel ambient
Oxygen.
I was asking specifically at that altutude whether ambient air would be
sufficient to support combustion.
Already asked and answered. Pay attention.
I assume there is still sufficient wind at that altitude that fuel
leaking from core would quickly move down to below the stack ? (as well
as continued acceration of core done by core's engines before they shut).
You assume incorrectly. Essentially no air means essentially no wind.
The Russian launch program has a failed safety culture.
No.
Yes. Stop being stubbornly stupid.
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