SpaceCadetRick t1_jecsnha wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:50 AM

Reply to comment by oiturtlez in Per Tory Bruno, ULA CEO: Centaur V suffered an anomaly during testing, a setback for Vulcan by TbonerT

No, Centaur V uses 2 RL10-C engines. They are very similar to the engines used on Centaur III which flies on the Atlas V.

Centaur V is the second stage of the Vulcan Centaur vehicle.

edit I misread your comment, the comment you replied to was deleted and I thought you were asking the question about the BE-4 engines.

oiturtlez t1_jecuy6b wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:08 AM

The original comment was implying that this was caused by some problem with the BE-4s haha. So i was asking the commenter for clarification on how the booster engines might cause an upper stage structural test failure…

SpaceCadetRick t1_jecw2bw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:16 AM

I mean if they pointed the engines right at it and fired them that could probably do it, I probably have aluminum foil that's thicker than the Centaur V's stainless steel tanks.