Comment on A failed strut caused the SpaceX rocket explosionComments−mesozoic11yI'd find it very interesting to know how they diagnose a problem like to such a specific cause this when most of your physical evidence has disintegrated.−agildehaus11yThey had 0.893 seconds of data, some of which was from the accelerometers surrounding the LOX tank exterior.That accelerometer data allowed them to acoustically triangulate the sound of the strut breaking. I think they even know which one.
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I'd find it very interesting to know how they diagnose a problem like to such a specific cause this when most of your physical evidence has disintegrated.
They had 0.893 seconds of data, some of which was from the accelerometers surrounding the LOX tank exterior.
That accelerometer data allowed them to acoustically triangulate the sound of the strut breaking. I think they even know which one.