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Apparently the propellant they used was found (after launch, unfortunately) to be unreliable in a vacuum. http://www.wired.com/2013/10/in-space-no-one-can-hear

Apparently the propellant they used was found (after launch, unfortunately) to be unreliable in a vacuum. http://www.wired.com/2013/10/in-space-no-one-can-hear-your-nitrocellulose-explode/ http://www.wired.com/2013/10/in-space-no-one-can-hear-your-n...

ryandvm 12y ago
Ouch. This strikes me as a particularly avoidable mistake.
- seanflyon 12y ago
  It's not that they don't work in vacuum, it's that they don't work after a decade in extremely cold vacuum.
  - eps 12y ago
    ... unlike a not-so-harsh room-temperature vacuum ;)
    - seanflyon 12y ago
      OK, after a decade extremely cold and in a vacuum.
andygates 12y ago
Spec of the anchoring system: http://www.esmats.eu/esmatspapers/pastpapers/pdfs/2003/thiel.pdf http://www.esmats.eu/esmatspapers/pastpapers/pdfs/2003/thiel...