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On Mon, 11/3/14, Kurt Feltenberger <kurt@thepaw.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] 'Rocket Science' gets even 'harder'!
 To: tml@simplelists.com
 Date: Monday, November 3, 2014, 6:59 AM

 On 11/2/2014 1:20 AM,
 Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
 > The
 video I saw of the engine explosion reminded me a lot of
 video I've seen of V-2 tests during WWII & also
 quite a few US rocket tests in the late '50's.
 > And then, sadly, of course there's the
 US Space Shuttle disaster in early '86...

 The NTSB's preliminary
 investigation is pointing at the feathering
 system being activated early and that it was
 pilot error.

 http://www.voanews.com/content/ntsb-descent-system-of-crashed-virgin-spacecraft-activated-early/2505720.html

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Anyone have any info as to how that would cause an explosion?

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