24-09-2006, 17:15
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מומחה לתעופה, תעופה צבאית, חלל ולווינות. חוקר בכיר במכון פישר
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מדוע נהרג המרשל נדלין ורבים עמו?
כי הוא זילזל בהוראות בטיחות!
Nedelin and many other top designers were very close to the missile on the pad – to demonstrate to the officers and soldiers not their bravery – but to show that everything was proceeding as usual and standard. They also made it clear that they were available to solve any problems on the spot. Nedelin even asked for a chair and was sitting 40 meters (appx 120 ft) from the missile. (Breathing the evaporation of nitric acid! Was he stupid? No – he was known as a very brave person, completely dedicated to his service and even responsible for the Soviet "Nuclear Shield").
At last, the 1-hour count down preparations was under way. There were around 250 people on the launch pad. Normally there could never be more than 100. General Mrikin, Deputy Commander of Baikonur, suggested that he and Yangel go for a smoke – both were heavy smokers. Because of the toxic and highly flammable fuel – they went several hundred meters from the pad, behind a bunker. They still had 15 – 30 minutes before they would have to take shelter in this same bunker, during launch.
Then, at 6.45 p.m. local time, suddenly and without warning, the engines of the 2d stage started to ignite (the blocking system had been switched off) and initiated the firing of the 1st stage. Additionally, due to evaporation of highly combustible vapors, the pad and missile were completely engulfed in the fire within a few seconds. It was a searing hot wild fire – fed by 160 tons of fuel and nitric acid. There was no possibility of escape for anybody closer than 100 meters. Most were much much closer than that... |
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