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		confluence on Oct 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX update: The engine did not explode I saw the launch live and I saw the debris ejecting about 90 seconds in. What I found particularly amazing was that SpaceX either didn't know it, didn't want to confirm it or just realised that their design worked because all I heard after that was my favourite aerospace term "Situation nominal".

maaku on Oct 9, 2012 [–]

Simple efficiency of communication. The guy saying “situation nominal” was the one looking at the engine data.

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