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4 hours ago, sevenperforce said:

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Huge geyser of something coming out of the flare stack. Does not appear to be nominal.

If it methane you need to ignite it or you have an fuel air bomb looking for an ignition source like an hot rocket engine or an electrical spark.
On the other hand why don't say its an pressure or fueling test. 
If I was spacex I split the flight and mass reduction tests some months ago, however i guess testing welds are harder to simulate than flight. 

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1 hour ago, magnemoe said:

If it methane you need to ignite it or you have an fuel air bomb looking for an ignition source like an hot rocket engine or an electrical spark.
On the other hand why don't say its an pressure or fueling test. 
If I was spacex I split the flight and mass reduction tests some months ago, however i guess testing welds are harder to simulate than flight. 

Speculation it's a load of nitrogen after being used to chill a bunch of methane in the condenser.

 

And yes, SN5 is now pressed again and the pad is clear.

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2 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

But poor ol' Marvin was disappointed...

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Pls no more earth-shattering kabooms for today!

But wow, that flight was surreal! A flying grain silo, that’s a rare sight!

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2 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said:

I think some got tinier, that thing’s leaning... :wacko:

You might be right, its hard to tell, but most of the livestream cameras are not level. At least that's what I know I want the answer to be!

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12 minutes ago, tater said:

The tiny legs are a bad idea. Looks less crooked than some F9 boosters.

Probably a more difficult landing than typical because of the off center thrust.

Would cause uneven loading of the little leggies.

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3 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Hmmm, will that require an inflight restart? With those troublesome TP spin-start valves, that will also be a lot of pucker...

Well the 20 km one definitely will, so they'd better figure that out soon!

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