[amsat-bb] SpaceX Launch Pad Test Explosion

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Rich,

I think you may be confusing SpaceX with Orbital ATK, which
used surplus Russian/Soviet rocket engines on its Antares rocket
which exploded over Wallops Island in 2014. SpaceX has been
using engines of its own design for its rockets.

As for the explosion this morning, my office and I have been
watching a video of it. Alan WA4SCA just mentioned it, and here
is a link to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK




On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Rich/wa4bue <richard.siff at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I think at one time they were using surplus rocket engines
>