<div dir="ltr">As I meant to insinuate, there are guesses out there, but I await SpaceX's comment on the matter. I guessed it was fuel venting as well. But it's just a guess just like these guys did.<div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 10:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 16:47, Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat<br>
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> I've been closely following this the last few days, and nobody has<br>
> said anything about that. Not SpaceX, none of the space nerd<br>
> followers. Except, one of the space channels did say that there was a<br>
> superficial loss of a cover which might have allowed flames cooling<br>
> under the bottom to leak out the sides.<br>
><br>
> Now, when one looks at the base of the rocket above the engines, it<br>
> was reported that it was half the temperature of the surface of the<br>
> sun... so any lack of covering that allowed that kind of heat to just<br>
> leak out could have produced some interesting effects. Not sure that's<br>
> what we saw.<br>
><br>
> There must have been a LITTLE bit of fuel left when it landed. Perhaps<br>
> that was just gassing off and ignited by the hotness of the whole<br>
> bottom of the rocket.<br>
><br>
> The silence on this element is really interesting to me. It's like,<br>
> "nothing to see here, move on"... I suppose we'll know if it happens<br>
> next time as well, or they figure out a way to fix it.<br>
><br>
> -Kelly<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
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This article suggests that it was mainly fuel venting.<br>
But there might also be a problem that needs checking out before the<br>
next flight.<br>
A lot of detail in the discussion, with slow motion video.<br>
<br>
BillK<br>
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<<a href="https://www.adastraspace.com/p/spacex-super-heavy-catch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.adastraspace.com/p/spacex-super-heavy-catch</a>><br>
Quote:<br>
Everything to know about SpaceX's mid-air booster "catch"<br>
Was it on fire? Why was there black smoke?? Why a catch instead landing???<br>
Swapna Krishna October 17, 2024<br>
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