SpaceX Rocket Explosion Caused by a Two Feet Metallic Strut

SpaceX, the space transportation company built from scratch by visionary billionaire Elon Musk, has the grand goal of space travel evolution through the use of re-usable rockets. Its technology – which has proven its worth several times – can reduce the costs of space transportation to its fraction, making it a more affordable way of reaching orbit or traveling beyond. But a rocket launch is not something to be taken easily - it easier to predict the outcome of a two hour session of than to keep an eye on everything that could go wrong during the launch. And the Euro Palace uses sophisticated random number generators (checked and validated periodically by third parties) to ensure the randomness of the games it offers. But the same randomness and the fairness of the games that makes playing there so exciting and safe have no place in the world of space exploration. Besides being safe and exciting, the Euro Palace casino is filled with some of the greatest games available online, topped with a selection of excellent promotions and some of the most generous jackpots of them all. The latest launch of a supply mission has shown that there are too many things that could go wrong, and even the smallest one can cause a major disaster. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket that was launched on the 28th of June has exploded just mere minutes after takeoff, burning to ashes along with its cargo of over 4,000 pounds of supplies on board. The supplies were meant to reach the International Space Station. Fortunately it was an unmanned mission, so nobody was harmed during the event. It has taken quite some time for SpaceX's engineers to find out what has caused the explosion, but the culprit was finally discovered: a metallic strut, two feet long and one inch wide. According to a conference call with reporters, Elon Musk has revealed that the faulty part, which should have withstood 10,000 pounds of force, has failed at 2,000 during takeoff. The part was delivered by a yet unnamed supplier. Apparently it was not just a single piece of equipment to be blamed: according to SpaceX engineers, the whole batch they have checked has failed at 2,000 pounds, although they were supposedly designed to sustain much more. “We have been able to replicate the failure by taking a huge sample, essentially thousands of these struts, and pulling them. We found a few that failed far below their certificated level. That’s what led us to think that there was one just far below its rated capability that happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Musk told Discovery News. The billionaire has revealed that this is the first such issue over the 18 successful flights of the Falcon 9 rocket. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft breaks apart shortly after liftoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, June 28, 2015. The rocket was carrying supplies to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux) After this incident the Falcon 9 rocket will return to the drawing table for engineers to create a new strut design, Musk told the press. The company will most likely choose a new supplier for the part, as well. Besides, the new struts will all be tested before being installed on the rocket to avoid such failures in the future. The Falcon 9 missions will be delayed until at least this September, and the issue will also delay the debut of the Falcon 9's big brother, Falcon Heavy.
SpaceX Rocket Explosion Caused by a Two Feet Metallic Strut
   
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