In Apollo 13, when the Saturn rocket launches, white chips fly off of it. What...

[kaitoboado]

...are those? IN the film Apollo 13, right as the rocket launches, white stuff (almost looks like paint or ice) falls off of the rocket. What are these, and what purpose do they serve?

 

[lakers3peat8]

Ice

 

[manim]

I think i was not ice or s.thing like that . think it was some blocks(heat cover bocks that usually made of teflons matterial).thats the couse of accident.when that got high and high in sky. i become so hot and feul tank explode under 1 second