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Less "accidental launch" and more "failure of the bits that were securing the rocket for a static test."
by ethbr1 2y ago
Less "accidental launch" and more "failure of the bits that were securing the rocket for a static test."
- anamexis 2y agoWhat’s the distinction?
- ethbr1 2y agoWhat broke.
- MyelinatedT 2y agoThere is some indication that the failure point was in the rocket’s structure itself. So, the bits doing the securing may have worked fine, but the rocket just ripped itself off the pad and left the bolted-down bits behind. Either way, a very embarrassing engineering and operational failure.