05-21-12, 01:30 PM
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How One Faulty Nitrogen-Purge Valve Forced SpaceX to Abort
SpaceX engineers were able to trace the high pressure problem that caused Saturday's launch to be aborted to a valve that controls the flow of nitrogen used to purge the engine before ignition. Wired aerospace reporter explains exactly what went wrong.
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05-21-12, 03:40 PM
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Re: How One Faulty Nitrogen-Purge Valve Forced SpaceX to Abort
Kudos for proper regulations and preventing an unsafe launch.
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