Re: Falcon 1 Fire Caused by "Procedural Error"


Ed Kyle wrote:
Explorer wrote:
Had Falcon I been launched from its pad in Vandenberg, where would the
debris have landed?
From the looks of this photo
"http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=13&Z=10&X=450&Y=2396&W=1&qs=%7cvandenberg+afb%7cca%7c";

which shows SLC 3W at top left and the Titan pads
on the left side of the image, the Falcon would have
landed in or near the Bear Creek ravine about 0.2 miles
or so south of the launch pad (because the launch
azimuth would have been mostly southbound). Most,
if not all, of the debris would have missed the Titan
pad. I'm not so sure about the SLC 3E Atlas V pad.

- Ed Kyle

A correction. It is called Bear Creek Canyon on some
topo maps.

The Air Force would had to have fought a grass fire,
probably. They've had to do such things before.

BTW, SLC-6, the big multibillion dollar Delta IV pad,
sits unnervingly near the Falcon flight azimuth a few
miles to the south.

- Ed Kyle

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