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SpaceX Falcon launch failuer
It appears it failed right before staging.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/28/tech...ket/index.html This is the second failed resupply attempt I a row I believe. This isn't great for SpaceX or the station right now. |
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The last one was Russian. maybe there is a gremlin at work.
Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "Greg (Strider) Moore" wrote in message news It appears it failed right before staging. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/28/tech...ket/index.html This is the second failed resupply attempt I a row I believe. This isn't great for SpaceX or the station right now. |
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On 6/28/15 12:42 PM, Brian Gaff wrote :
The last one was Russian. maybe there is a gremlin at work. When was the last failure at Mars? Maybe the Martian gremlin as moved to Earth. Alain Fournier |
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No gremlins are not bound by the laws of the physical world. they are there
to make sure people do not get too full of themselves and to leave that odd doubt that superstition has some merit. Like the number 13 for example. Still being serious for a moment, I do think its a shame that cargo flights do not have some kind of fail safe system or even an escape system as by now there must be a lot of bits of space hardware strewn around the planet in and out of orbit. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Alain Fournier" wrote in message ... On 6/28/15 12:42 PM, Brian Gaff wrote : The last one was Russian. maybe there is a gremlin at work. When was the last failure at Mars? Maybe the Martian gremlin as moved to Earth. Alain Fournier |
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Alain Fournier wrote:
On 6/28/15 12:42 PM, Brian Gaff wrote : The last one was Russian. maybe there is a gremlin at work. When was the last failure at Mars? Maybe the Martian gremlin as moved to Earth. I thought the Martian creature was a ghoul?-) rick jones -- a wide gulf separates "what if" from "if only" these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Well these things happen as tey say, but it is a big coincidence.
Not sure I really believe in gremlins or ghools but certainly there are strange trends in the universe which we do not understand. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Rick Jones" wrote in message ... Alain Fournier wrote: On 6/28/15 12:42 PM, Brian Gaff wrote : The last one was Russian. maybe there is a gremlin at work. When was the last failure at Mars? Maybe the Martian gremlin as moved to Earth. I thought the Martian creature was a ghoul?-) rick jones -- a wide gulf separates "what if" from "if only" these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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SpaceX Falcon launch failuer
Brian-Gaff noted that:
No gremlins are not bound by the laws of the physical world. they are there to make sure people do not get too full of themselves and to leave that odd doubt that superstition has some merit. Like the number 13 for example. Still being serious for a moment, I do think its a shame that cargo flights do not have some kind of fail safe system or even an escape system as by now there must be a lot of bits of space hardware strewn around the planet in and out of orbit. The switch to Dragon 2 may accomplish that, per a comment from SpaceX. I'm about to wrap up my broadcast day, so the cite will have to wait. /dps -- Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his precious heavy water. _The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean |
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SpaceX Falcon launch failuer
In article mn.105e7df7ff6201e4.127094@snitoo,
says... Brian-Gaff noted that: No gremlins are not bound by the laws of the physical world. they are there to make sure people do not get too full of themselves and to leave that odd doubt that superstition has some merit. Like the number 13 for example. Still being serious for a moment, I do think its a shame that cargo flights do not have some kind of fail safe system or even an escape system as by now there must be a lot of bits of space hardware strewn around the planet in and out of orbit. The switch to Dragon 2 may accomplish that, per a comment from SpaceX. I'm about to wrap up my broadcast day, so the cite will have to wait. They're also switching to an upgraded Falcon 9 launch vehicle. So depending on what caused the recent failure in the v1.1 vehicle will determine how soon v1.2 can fly. http://aviationweek.com/blog/spacexs-new-spin-falcon-9 v1.2 can lift more payload, so it will be able to carry a wider range of satellites to orbit. On missions with existing payloads (e.g. cargo Dragon), it will allow more fuel margins for landings back at Florida. It's looking, to me anyway, like something in the pressurization system for the 2nd stage failed and caused the sudden O2 tank overpressure. Some have even speculated that the cold helium pressurization system could have caused LOX to condense out of the air which caused a fire (this speculation based on Musks statement that the failure was "counterintuitive"). Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
It's looking, to me anyway, like something in the pressurization system for the 2nd stage failed and caused the sudden O2 tank overpressure. Did someone call for a cryo-stir?-) rick -- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, rebirth... where do you want to be today? these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Rick Jones wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote: It's looking, to me anyway, like something in the pressurization system for the 2nd stage failed and caused the sudden O2 tank overpressure. Did someone call for a cryo-stir?-) The second stage had just started engine prechill. -- Mvh./Regards, Niels Jørgen Kruse, Vanløse, Denmark |
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