From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   JF Mezei blurted out:   
   > On 2020-09-20 14:07, Snidely wrote:   
   >   
   >> Considering what images we were getting from about 1.5 miles with high   
   >> /consumer/ equipment, I would be confident that SpaceX's cameras at   
   >> roughly a tenth of that distance were up to the job.   
   >   
   > If you want to analyze failure, you want 4K at highest frame rate as   
   > possible and that only works with a lot of light.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >> More likely to get a hiss.  Which could still produce snow, but not so   
   >> much like shaking a snow globe.   
   >   
   >   
   > If they truly test a tank to failure, I have to assume that at such high   
   > pressure any crack will quickly propagate and cause "catastrophic"   
   > failure instead of just a leak.   
   >   
   >   
   > Remember that while it looks like a beer keg, this is meant to be a   
   > spacship and mass still matters, so I don't think they can afford to   
   > have much overbuild with steel.   
   >   
   > Elon has not tweeted about it. Had the tank exceeded some target by so   
   > much without bursting that they stopped the test, I suspect Mr Musk   
   > would have tweeted about the success.  Staying silent points to likely   
   > some really stupid small problem that didn't allow the test to go far.   
   > (nobody saw frost on tank).   
      
   So tune in tonight.  And you did notice they had lots of lights around   
   the pad area, didn't you?  Any even though it's sunny there now, the   
   Gulf could provide a squall line on short notice, I'm sure.   
      
   /dps   
      
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