“Sources said SpaceShipTwo exploded in midflight, and debris fell onto California’s Mojave Desert. “
I’d say an explosion is more than an anomaly.
Yikes.
Went from rubber based fuel to plastic?
Wonder if it boiled, burped, and ruptured?
Solid fuel “slurries” have interesting burn tendencies/patterns...
Its all in how they pour, or fill the chamber and how it is cured around the igniters...
Go back and check out the complex procedures surrounding the Shuttles SRB’s...
Used to scare the bejeezus out of me every time they fired those damn things...This is not a lot of difference, mainly in the size of the chamber obviously...