Private spaceflight company, SpaceX, has today announced the root cause of a costly explosion last year.
In a post on its website, the company revealed that the explosion which destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad was related to a complex failure during fuelling. The Falcon 9 rocket’s fuelling process incorporates a supercooled liquid oxygen, which is chilled to temperatures lower than any other rocket in the industry. On this…
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