Talk:Vanguard TV3
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[edit] Early discussion
nice. in general, i thought that when we built rockets, their thrust was greater than their weight.
[edit] Cause of accident
I realize that on 17-Jan-2008, IP 24.22.7.221 changed the explanation to make it more certain, based on "Glenn L. Martin Co. report of 1960" (would have been nice to cite this source in the article). However, after reading the NASA history chapter 11, it seems clear that although Martin was convinced of the validity of their conclusions, GE was likewise convinced of their own conclusions (loose connection in a fuel line above the engine). The NASA history states that Milton Rosen, the project technical director, conceded unofficially that the cause appeared to be "indeterminate," but that the Project managers would accept Martin's findings, thus making their explanation the "commonly accepted" version. However, it is still inappropriate to state the explanation as fact based on a Martin report, since that source does not have a neutral POV. (P.S. - NASA houses an amazing amount of historical material.) Fordsfords (talk) 20:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for clarifying this in the article. That section now explains both the uncertainty of the conclusion, and the technical aspects of the most likely failure mode. I wish we had a good article on liquid rocket turbomachinery to which we could add a wikilink! The diagram at liquid rocket shows a pumped bipropellant rocket engine -- maybe there's a way to integrate a link to that? (sdsds - talk) 15:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
