Who coined the phrase 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly'?
Jul 19, 2015 · Usually simply abbreviated as a RUD, and also sometimes expanded as Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, and being a way of understating that a rocket exploded. I saw it …
tracking - What's the numeral name of the recently launched …
Jul 13, 2024 · I'd like to track the recently launched Starlink sats that reached a too low orbit due to the Falcon 9 second stage leak and MVac Engine RUD. For some reason, if I wanna enter …
Why did Starship IFT-8 explode again?
Mar 8, 2025 · I've seen pictures of it and videos, but I haven't seen anybody explain what happened. Img credit All I know is that the first stage returned and was captured properly, but …
Newest 'starlink' Questions - Space Exploration Stack Exchange
I'd like to track the recently launched Starlink sats that reached a too low orbit due to the Falcon 9 second stage leak and MVac Engine RUD. For some reason, if I wanna enter "Launch 11 July ...
How does a modern day satellite fall apart in space?
Oct 23, 2024 · 18 How does a modern day satellite fall apart in space? This generic question is answerable. They blow up, aka rapid unplanned disassembly (RUD) but due to a large number …
Why does the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket do a 180 flip for reentry?
Aug 23, 2016 · Probably the OP is thinking of a rocket going straight up, then falling back. Pointing the engines up into space would then make things rather worse. An answer …
Super Heavy explosion, how much TNT equivalent would that be?
Feb 25, 2020 · If the Super Heavy booster explodes, fully loaded, how strong would the blast yield be? How far would the shock wave reach? How does this compare to the N1 RUD's and to …
What is SpaceX doing differently with Starship to avoid it …
Jan 24, 2023 · Perhaps one other thing to note is that the N-1 wasn't even assembled until it reached Baikonur - it had to be shipped overland from the manufacturers, rather than by barge …
What exactly makes Red Dragon costly - Space Exploration Stack …
Jul 29, 2016 · Red Dragon is currently in the news again. Except for its enormous amount of ambition and its relatively large risk of failure (e.g. Falcon Heavy RUD, a SuperDraco failure …
Where are the COPVs on Falcon 9's second stage?
Jul 11, 2015 · Data suggests counterintuitive cause." This article mentions "a potential pointer towards the helium pressurization system’s bottles in the Second Stage" or " Composite …