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Ice debris during Falcon 9 test

In a couple of the pictures of the SpaceX pad firing test (e.g. as in this one), there appears to be a spray of debris from the side of the rocket. I've been informed that it was just ice breaking up and blown by the wind.

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Ice falling from an uninsulated LOX tank? Who'd have thunk?

One can actually *see* the region where the ice fell off as a slight darkening of the tank texture, similar to the difference in appearance of the 2nd stage iced-over LOX and RP-1 tank.

Posted by Gordan at 03/15/10 14:24:41
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