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RE: (CONT): CLV - ONE J-2X Engine (not two J-2S)
« Reply #140 on: 04/25/2006 11:14 am »
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newsartist - 24/4/2006  11:47 PMJim:...on 'item 2', were igniters installed at the time of the accident? With S+A device? or was it strictly propellant charge that shock detonated?

It was only a segment, not the whole motor.  Static electricity from sliding down an embankment set it off

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