The company blamed the loss on choppy seas.

An act of God?

Nah. I don't think the insurance company is buying that one.

 

Into GEO orbit.
https://www.launchphotography.com/USSF-67

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/spa...-yard7bsr2nbtdlsmqoq5crvhca-photogallery.html

 

 

Q. (Serious): what is the velocity at which pressurized gas particles expand in a vacuum of infinite volume?

 

Q. (Serious): what is the velocity at which pressurized gas particles expand in a vacuum of infinite volume?

https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1966must.conf..269Y/0000269.000.html

A tricky question that depends on initial PE pressure (original volume of gas), jet size aperture and the level of vacuum.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/free-expansion-of-gas.687051/

I don't deal with rockets but I've seen a few vacuum implosions in ultra high vacuum chambers several meters long. The estimated wave velocities were supersonic judging on the damage seen.

 

https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1966must.conf..269Y/0000269.000.html

A tricky question that depends on initial PE pressure (original volume of gas), jet size aperture and the level of vacuum.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/free-expansion-of-gas.687051/

I don't deal with rockets but I've seen a few vacuum implosions in ultra high vacuum chambers several meters long. The estimated wave velocities were supersonic judging on the damage seen.

So, the final velocity of the gas molecules must possess a total kinetic energy equal to the original PE of the pressurized gas, yes?

 

So, the final velocity of the gas molecules must possess a total kinetic energy equal to the original PE of the pressurized gas, yes?

Which is interesting in that the final velocity, given the same initial pressure, will be an inverse function of the molecular weight of the gas. Neat.

 

Booster 7 31-Engine Static Fire Test

 

MAX DELTA-V launch direct to geo orbit. No booster recovery.

In a normal Falcon 9, MECO Stage 1 is at 5900-7700 kmph approx. In a Falcon Heavy reusable configuration, this can go up to 11000 kmph. But since here the rocket was fully expendable, the MECO occured at an incredible 17000+ kmph - 4.87 times the Kinetic Energy.

https://gizmodo.com/watch-live-stream-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-expendable-1850386231
SpaceX Completes First Fully Expendable Falcon Heavy Mission