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<blockquote data-quote="Ramjet" data-source="post: 485028" data-attributes="member: 214"><p>Sad news. From what I have read the "smoke" is actually hypergolic fuel.</p><p>"A hypergolic propellant combination used in a rocket engine is one whose components spontaneously ignite when they come into contact with each other. The two propellant components usually consist of a fuel and an oxidizer."</p><p></p><p>This would seem to be either a stuck valve or a ruptured fuel tank. There are unconfirmed reports the capsule is "all but destroyed." It's not good either way. This Dragon was going to be used on the in flight abort test. This may put Spacex back many months in their efforts to send humans into space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ramjet, post: 485028, member: 214"] Sad news. From what I have read the "smoke" is actually hypergolic fuel. "A hypergolic propellant combination used in a rocket engine is one whose components spontaneously ignite when they come into contact with each other. The two propellant components usually consist of a fuel and an oxidizer." This would seem to be either a stuck valve or a ruptured fuel tank. There are unconfirmed reports the capsule is "all but destroyed." It's not good either way. This Dragon was going to be used on the in flight abort test. This may put Spacex back many months in their efforts to send humans into space. [/QUOTE]
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