Yup, blowed up real good! Vid of the post-landing explosion here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HECTypGUfQE
I think we can say with certainty that some quantity of methane ignited.
Apparently under/inside the base of the vehicle. Beyond that,
insufficient data. Scheduled venting or a flight-damage leak? No data.
Henry
On 3/3/2021 4:39 PM, Brian Feeney wrote:
Oops! Actually in several pieces now.
Maybe Liquid Methane pooling under the vehicle??
Cheers
Brian
On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 6:26 PM Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
And she's down, in one piece. Lit 3 for the final rotation, shut
two down and landed on one. Slight visible bounce visible at
touchdown, fwiw. Congrats to everyone at SpaceX!
Henry
On 3/3/2021 4:12 PM, Nels Anderson wrote:
Now chilling engines... T-3:00??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTA0GTgFn5E&feature=emb_rel_err
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM