Specifically, the centre engine relit, but the outer two did not, for the
intended 3-engine landing burn. End result was 300mph impact with the water.
Musk said that they ran out of “boron”, which I assume means the TEA/TEB that
the Merlin uses for ignition.
(See roughly 16:50 into the press conference. The audio quality is poor, but I
think “boron” was the key, rather than the actual propellant).
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On 7 Feb 2018, at 11:11, Carlo Vaccari <airplaniac2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the press conference he said the center core ran out of fuel.
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 6:54 PM, Paul <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2305 ;
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I heard..."We lost the centre core"
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