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Booster Explosion in Australian Skies

helvick View Member Profile	Feb 21 2007, 06:36 PM Post #1
Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220	Seems like Robert McNaught captured something else interesting in the Southern Skies last night.

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nprev View Member Profile	Apr 6 2007, 10:15 PM Post #2
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	Ah...makes sense, thanks, DV. So then, failures to fully purge are usually caused by lack of power, pump failure, or I'd imagine some stray moisture freezing & plugging the outflow path? Should add comm link failure as well, apparently. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

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helvick Booster Explosion in Australian Skies Feb 21 2007, 06:36 PM

tty Oh dear, that's another load of unnecessary sp... Feb 21 2007, 06:51 PM

nprev QUOTE (tty @ Feb 21 2007, 11:51 AM) I tho... Apr 6 2007, 05:12 PM

nprev Guess that the depressurization might've been ... Feb 21 2007, 11:53 PM

mchan This is done in some cases where it is practical t... Feb 22 2007, 08:31 AM

ugordan SpaceWeather.com has a great movie taken by Gordon... Feb 23 2007, 10:16 AM

PhilCo126 Another " space debris " incident here: ... Mar 29 2007, 04:17 PM

nprev Good grief... ! Well, at least it re-entered ... Mar 30 2007, 01:15 AM

ugordan "Flaming" space junk at a 10 km altitude... Mar 30 2007, 08:53 AM

nprev Good questions, but I can buy off on the 'flam... Mar 30 2007, 05:57 PM

ugordan Yes, but how high were the booster pieces when the... Mar 30 2007, 06:00 PM

nprev I agree with you there; seems unlikely that the st... Mar 30 2007, 09:54 PM

edstrick In a *CLASSIC* UFO report from the mid to late 60... Mar 31 2007, 08:33 AM

nprev Regardless, it's scary as hell to see somethin... Mar 31 2007, 10:35 PM

mchan The problem is that reentries due to orbit decay a... Apr 2 2007, 03:00 AM

nprev Even 24-hour warning that something was coming in ... Apr 2 2007, 12:41 PM

djellison It's not that easy - a re-entry might be withi... Apr 2 2007, 12:54 PM

nprev I wasn't too clear in my last post. What I mea... Apr 2 2007, 02:06 PM

dvandorn Rocket stages in a vacuum are usually vented throu... Apr 6 2007, 05:57 PM

nprev Ah...makes sense, thanks, DV. So then, failures to... Apr 6 2007, 10:15 PM

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