It didn't turn into space junk because the rocket didn't make it to orbit. It went about 180 miles vertically, arced over, and plunged into the Pacific ocean some where.
Based upon the findings of crash investigators the oscillations started when the interstage couple separated and hit the nozzle. This started the oxidizer and fuel to start sloshing in their baffleless tanks. The software was not updated to that point to handle such a task since it wasn't anticipated that this would happen. You can read up on their analysis at spacex dot com.
more space junk..just what we need...cool video anyways
lineman55 4 years ago
It didn't turn into space junk because the rocket didn't make it to orbit. It went about 180 miles vertically, arced over, and plunged into the Pacific ocean some where.
rnech 4 years ago
More ignorant comments about rockets... just what we need.
r0ck3tsm0k3 4 years ago
What's with the oscillations at the end?
jurgorr 4 years ago
Based upon the findings of crash investigators the oscillations started when the interstage couple separated and hit the nozzle. This started the oxidizer and fuel to start sloshing in their baffleless tanks. The software was not updated to that point to handle such a task since it wasn't anticipated that this would happen. You can read up on their analysis at spacex dot com.
rnech 4 years ago