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SpaceX's Ship 36 catastrophically failed while preparing for a static fire test. (spaceflightnow.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ouch!

Looks like something near the header tank started ripping apart along the downcomer. O2 was nearly full, just a little bit of methane. Since pure oxygen tends to make almost anything burn if there's a flame, that probably burned down quite a lot of stuff around the pieces of Ship 36.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

On the bright side, the payload door opened this time!