3 ms·

Also, the rocket is held in place during the first moments after ignition, giving a window of time for the launch to be aborted without loss of the vehicle.

• gouranga 14y ago
  Or a spectacular ground based explosion which appears to be prevalent in the leading edge of rocket development :(
  • raverbashing 14y ago
    Seeing a gentle shutdown of a rocket is an amazing feet But the "explosions" are usually from the rocket self destruction mechanism Pretty and kinda sad yes, the alternative is worse. I believe there are some videos of russian rockets not self-destructing on Youtube
    • gouranga 14y ago
      It is unforutnately a rarity. The N1 looked like the ultimate awesome machine but it failed miserably :(
  • rst 14y ago
    The semi-formal term of art is RUD --- Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
    • gouranga 14y ago
      Never heard that one before. Made me LOL :)