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Nov 19 2005, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but here goes:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18353 http://www.spacex.com/ Looking forward to launch videos... -------------------- |
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Mar 21 2007, 01:42 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/f2/07...fingquotes.html
QUOTE Question: What was the debris seen floating away from the second stage engine?
"What you might have seen was basically titanium half-hoops that are used to stabilize the nozzle on ascent. However, once you get to a certain temperature the bonding agent for those titanium rings comes off and the titanium rings float away, which occurred as expected." |
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Mar 21 2007, 02:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 14-August 06 Member No.: 1041 |
Odd to rely upon a temperature sensitive bonding agent to control the release of a stiffening ring.
That sounds more like the description of a failure mode than a flight asset. I wonder if they charge extra for bugs in the soup in the local canteen:) |
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