After the failed launch of the Mk2 program engineers spent days pouring over video & telemetry data to hypothesize what went wrong. Then they just had to test
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we will release full video footage after we have a chance to extensively review everything to determine what's happening here twitter.com/DKerman_KSA/st…
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Simon has torn through the engineering dept making sure every memo, blueprint & scribble attributed to the Mk2 is collected for analysis
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been a long day, very trying on morale here @ KSC. What we know so far about the incident u can read in this release bit.ly/ProgenitorPR5
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coming into work everyone is a bit glum - engineers lost a rocket, scientists lost a payload, but all are determined to figure out why
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Weekly Ops Summary is posted, w/ some new info on the Progeny Mk2 launch anomaly & a review of KerBalloon ops + more bit.ly/OpsSummary10-2…
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the KSC causeway bridges allow floodwaters to flow past the complex & to the ocean during periods of heavy rain from the western mountains
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rains happen more often that you may think - we generally don't report that it's raining unless it directly affects our operations somehow
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scientists report no change in the Monolith signal from launching closer to it with the Progeny Mk2. Radio wave emanation remains a mystery
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October was rough, the Mk2 failure def hurt us. We pledge to come back strong tho! Mortimer has posted our monthly bit.ly/FinanceReport_…
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these finance reports cover our R&D/vessel operations budget only, so u won't see how much toilet paper we buy until we have craft w/toilets
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Progeny Mk2 anomaly investigation has developed a theory that they plan to test when we receive our new KerBalloon shipment on Friday
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airship arrived on schedule this morning, delivering much needed supplies & also our 10 new KerBalloon units, same size/capability as before
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VAB crew spent the last 2 days putting this test booster together. Yes, the fins are on backwards. Yes, that is an explosive device attached
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later today at 19:00 UTC we will drop this from a KerBalloon at a height of ~250m and see if it self-ignites upon impact with the ground
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test booster is mounted to the KerBalloon and out on the pad ready for launch in <30 min. Launch control going through final checks now
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fins will help keep the booster stabilized as it falls to ensure that it hits the pad as square on its engine bell as possible
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L-10 min: all systems GO! which really isn't a lot, but still. Test will last approx 2 mins, will report back on success/failure after then
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successful test! We will have full video and analysis later today w/ops summary. For now, here's a nice BOOMframe from the camera footage
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closing out this week with several updates, and the full test video of the Mk1-B booster from earlier today as well bit.ly/OpsSummary10-3…
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Mk2 investigation team reports the material stress testing has confirmed the cause of launch failure. Next steps: bit.ly/ProgenitorPR6
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ahhh the weekend here at last. Check out the bit.ly/OpsSummary11-2… before you head out for fun & relaxation! (that's your weekend, right?)
