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0 pointsb1129mo ago0 comments

I recall reading the engines blew up in testing, the rockets on the pad, on and on. And why wouldnt it?

No one has ever built a plane, or even a car without breakage during testing. The very idea is absurd. There's a whole profession called "test pilot".

I don't know why anyone would suggest otherwise.

I'm sure there are links aplenty, but the absurd suggestion here would be building a rocket and having zero incidents of failure. That beyond weird. That's what needs a "do you have a link" question.

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rsynnott9mo ago

> I recall reading the engines blew up in testing, the rockets on the pad, on and on. And why wouldnt it?

You're recalling wrong, or you were reading nonsense. Lots of engines were destroyed in testing (particularly before computer modelling, this was basically how rocket engines were _developed_), but no, no Saturn V ever exploded on the pad. Prior to this incident, the most-impressive on-pad boom was one of the N1s.

No fully assembled Saturn V ever failed, though a few of them had near-misses.

b112OP9mo ago

Well we're discussing testing only here, so are you sure none explpded on a test a pad?

It's a weird debarc point to discuss non testing craft vs testing. And "fully assembled", when spacex is flying non-final builds on purpose, using a different test methodology.

rsynnott9mo ago

> Well we're discussing testing only here, so are you sure none explpded on a test a pad?

Yes! I am sure! That did not happen!

Early development of Saturn V rocket engines involved destructive testing, but a whole rocket would not have been involved at that point.

Here's some later ground testing of final engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rP6k18DVdg

ubercore9mo ago

Engines during testing, sure, but did a Saturn V ever sit fully fueled on a pad, and explode?

Polizeiposaune9mo ago

A fully fueled starship stack hasn't exploded either. Yesterday's anomaly was a failure of just the upper stage.

verzali9mo ago

No Saturn V ever blew up on the pad.

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0 pointsb1129mo ago0 comments

I recall reading the engines blew up in testing, the rockets on the pad, on and on. And why wouldnt it?

No one has ever built a plane, or even a car without breakage during testing. The very idea is absurd. There's a whole profession called "test pilot".

I don't know why anyone would suggest otherwise.

I'm sure there are links aplenty, but the absurd suggestion here would be building a rocket and having zero incidents of failure. That beyond weird. That's what needs a "do you have a link" question.

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rsynnott9mo ago

> I recall reading the engines blew up in testing, the rockets on the pad, on and on. And why wouldnt it?

No fully assembled Saturn V ever failed, though a few of them had near-misses.

b112OP9mo ago

Well we're discussing testing only here, so are you sure none explpded on a test a pad?

It's a weird debarc point to discuss non testing craft vs testing. And "fully assembled", when spacex is flying non-final builds on purpose, using a different test methodology.

rsynnott9mo ago

> Well we're discussing testing only here, so are you sure none explpded on a test a pad?

Yes! I am sure! That did not happen!

Early development of Saturn V rocket engines involved destructive testing, but a whole rocket would not have been involved at that point.

Here's some later ground testing of final engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rP6k18DVdg

ubercore9mo ago

Engines during testing, sure, but did a Saturn V ever sit fully fueled on a pad, and explode?

Polizeiposaune9mo ago

A fully fueled starship stack hasn't exploded either. Yesterday's anomaly was a failure of just the upper stage.

verzali9mo ago

No Saturn V ever blew up on the pad.

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