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.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The static fire (at Massey's) hadn't actually started. Unclear how the ground systems are doing. At least it's a pretty night explosion?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Unclear how the ground systems are doing.

We won't know for sure until sunrise, but it seems like a fair bit of the infrastructure surrounding the test stand at Massey's may have gotten torched by the fireball.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

don't move that fast dudes

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nbd just rebrand it as a dynamic fire test ezpz