RE: Sea-Launch rocket explosion video

From: Bob Christy (rdc@zarya.info)
Date: Wed Jan 31 2007 - 03:53:07 EST

  • Next message: Dale Ireland: "RE: Sea-Launch rocket explosion video"

    If you watch the nose of the rocket you can see that it failed to achieve
    thrust and fell back onto the launch pad. The explosion was not immediate -
    it came slightly later when fuel and oxidiser came into contact after the
    tanks ruptured.
    
    Bob
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Greg Williams [mailto:k4hsm@lock-net.com] 
    > Sent: 31 January 2007 05:41
    > To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    > Cc: seesat-l@satobs.org
    > Subject: Sea-Launch rocket explosion video
    > 
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMG2SBwIcrM
    > 
    > It was only a matter of time...
    > 
    > Greg
    > 
    > --------------------------------------------------------------
    > -----------
    > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, 
    > SeeSat-L archive:  
    > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
    > 
    > 
    
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive:  
    http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
    



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jan 31 2007 - 03:58:58 EST