llamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceXEnglish · 10 months agoThe hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launchesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down13
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago They used the fire suppression system to make an ice patch on a leaking LOX line I’m amazed that that worked. I guess it must have been a fairly low-pressure LOX line, or else I doubt the ice patch would have held.
I’m amazed that that worked. I guess it must have been a fairly low-pressure LOX line, or else I doubt the ice patch would have held.