It was sitting at a tilt after landing. Apparently the landing gear has
been a concern. My supposition was that one or more didn't extend or
lock on extension.
My first thought after the explosion was that the landing gear failure
caused a slow methane leak. That seemed to be born out by the extended
hose down of the vehicle by the ground crew.
John
On 3/3/2021 7:38 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
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=sTA0GTgFn5E&feature=emb_rel_err>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM ;
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM>