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TeMPOraL on June 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure

I wonder if "overpressure event" is a significant information, or is it just an euphemism for "explosion"?

grinich on June 29, 2015 [–]

Usually they call those RUD, or "rapid unplanned disassembly." ;)

I imagine this was literally an overpressure event, where perhaps something occurred with the 2nd stage tank mixers. (The explosion occurred close to MECO.)

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