World Missile and Space Launch Vehicle Failures

[WallE]

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2088/1

The debris can clearly be seen to be a piece of the intertank section between the Thor's RP-1 and LOX tanks; since Thor had conventional rigid tanks instead of Atlas's balloon tanks, in-flight destructs would neatly break the airframe into two pieces (demonstrated in the several pad fallbacks during initial Thor testing in 57-58).

[catdlr]

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2088/1

The debris can clearly be seen to be a piece of the intertank section between the Thor's RP-1 and LOX tanks; since Thor had conventional rigid tanks instead of Atlas's balloon tanks, in-flight destructs would neatly break the airframe into two pieces (demonstrated in the several pad fallbacks during initial Thor testing in 57-58).

That was an entertaining read, thanks for finding it.

[Blackstar]

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2088/1

The debris can clearly be seen to be a piece of the intertank section between the Thor's RP-1 and LOX tanks; since Thor had conventional rigid tanks instead of Atlas's balloon tanks, in-flight destructs would neatly break the airframe into two pieces (demonstrated in the several pad fallbacks during initial Thor testing in 57-58).

That was an entertaining read, thanks for finding it.

I wrote it.

[catdlr]

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2088/1

The debris can clearly be seen to be a piece of the intertank section between the Thor's RP-1 and LOX tanks; since Thor had conventional rigid tanks instead of Atlas's balloon tanks, in-flight destructs would neatly break the airframe into two pieces (demonstrated in the several pad fallbacks during initial Thor testing in 57-58).

That was an entertaining read, thanks for finding it.

I wrote it.

Dah, of course.  (Eye's twirling around - hand on the face.)