SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility

Post by sunstone » Wed, Nov 08, 2017, 8:33 PM UTC

arielb1 wrote: post #18

Robotbeat wrote: post #12

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I don't think you can be certain it's a newer Merlin engine OR that it will delay Block 5. They do acceptance testing of all their engines, even the current iterations. They've launched literally hundreds of these engines, with multiple tests per engine (and, as an aside, a design for Falcon 9 that is able to survive an engine failure). They test multiple engines per week, and have the capacity for multiple times tha…

Engine failed during qualification testing, not acceptance testing - so it's a new design. If you don't occasionally blow an engine up on the stand you are either not testing hard enough or not pushing the limits hard enough.

Post by mikeash » Wed, Nov 08, 2017, 8:45 PM UTC

aidenn0 wrote: post #15

lightbyte wrote: post #4

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>#2- The BFR. All over the news lately, going to be a humongous rocket that does New York to Sydney in under an hour, or take humans to the Moon or Mars. Does BFR happen to stand for "big fucking rocket"?

Yes. This is from the same CEO who wanted to name his first 3 models of car "S, E, and X" (the 3 was going to be the model E, but renamed due to ford's trademark).

Post by baq » Wed, Nov 08, 2017, 9:13 PM UTC

Post by vilhelm_s » Wed, Nov 08, 2017, 9:20 PM UTC

Robotbeat wrote: post #12

mabbo wrote: post #3

For those who don't obsessively follow SpaceX: SpaceX is working on three projects right now. #1- Falcon Heavy, strapping three Falcon 9s together to make a super awesome rocket. #2- The BFR. All over the news lately, going to be a humongous rocket that does New York to Sydney in under an hour, or take humans to the Moon or Mars. And #3, they are working on what's being called "Block 5", the supposedly final upgrade…

I don't think you can be certain it's a newer Merlin engine OR that it will delay Block 5. They do acceptance testing of all their engines, even the current iterations. They've launched literally hundreds of these engines, with multiple tests per engine (and, as an aside, a design for Falcon 9 that is able to survive an engine failure). They test multiple engines per week, and have the capacity for multiple times tha…

Post by Robotbeat » Wed, Nov 08, 2017, 9:53 PM UTC

arielb1 wrote: post #18

Robotbeat wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you can be certain it's a newer Merlin engine OR that it will delay Block 5. They do acceptance testing of all their engines, even the current iterations. They've launched literally hundreds of these engines, with multiple tests per engine (and, as an aside, a design for Falcon 9 that is able to survive an engine failure). They test multiple engines per week, and have the capacity for multiple times tha…

Engine failed during qualification testing, not acceptance testing - so it's a new design. If you don't occasionally blow an engine up on the stand you are either not testing hard enough or not pushing the limits hard enough.