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Retractable leg failed to extend and it tipped over when the engines were throttled down. The real issue is why did it have retractable legs in the first place
by seg_lol 6y ago
Retractable leg failed to extend and it tipped over when the engines were throttled down.
The real issue is why did it have retractable legs in the first place, esp on a test vehicle. Sounds like a great to start writing a post mortem is in the design phase.
- valuearb 6y agoIt was a super cheap program as well. The post mortem should have been let’s build a bigger, better version with a similar budget, but instead NASA killed it to go all in on the 10X+ more expensive X-33 and killed that well before first flight.