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So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Error » Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:06 am

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/space ... -1.3131082

SpaceX launch today suffered a failure and was destroyed by range control. No official word on what happened.

Unofficially, from the chatter and watching the video, it looks to me like the second stage engine, after fuel pressurization, suffered a valve failure or fuel line failure that started dumping oxidizer; thus the white cloud in the video. The explosion was the range control officer checking the thing would not make orbit then pressing his big red button.

That was... very Kerbal. Fortunately, nothing too critical onboard.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by cats » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:02 pm

they should make it less shitty.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Vinyl » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:08 pm

it's funny because i'm trying to force a meme
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by  ҉  » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:49 pm

Mercury Steam wrote:they should make it less shitty.
They're designing new rocket engines. What do you think is gonna happen the first few times?
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Archduke Daynel, PhD » Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:33 am

You know why we have the expression "it's not rocket science"?
Because rocket science is fucking hard.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Saravanth » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:20 am

Wait, it was manned!? D:
Erra wrote:That was... very Kerbal. Fortunately, nothing too critical onboard.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Error » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:58 am

Negatívo. Nothing but cargo and a new docking adaptor for the ISS.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by cats » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:42 am

 ҉  wrote:
Mercury Steam wrote:they should make it less shitty.
They're designing new rocket engines. What do you think is gonna happen the first few times?
so you're saying they should make it shittier?
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Error » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:09 am

I think he was noting that 'making it less shitty' isn't something that can be done without some, you knlw, testing and flights.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by  ҉  » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:19 pm

Commander Error wrote:I think he was noting that 'making it less shitty' isn't something that can be done without some, you knlw, testing and flights.
They're not even trying to make less shitty engines--the whole goal of the Falcon 9 program is to build completely reusable rockets, something that's never been done before. That's why they keep exploding. Nobody's figured out how to make that tech as reliable as more conventional engines, which themselves aren't all that great, and there are way fewer Nazis around these days, so they've had trouble finding people to run their space program.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Saravanth » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:20 pm

So, uh, you suggest a new reich?

I see your point.
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by cats » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:08 pm

what are your arguments for making the rockets shittier
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Error » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:40 pm

Make the rockets less shit, then, merc

Seriously
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Re: So SpaceX Got Kerballed

Post by Archduke Daynel, PhD » Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:57 am

He's slowly but steadily reaching Tiel levels of troll, just ignore him.
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