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A Brief History of the Congolese Space Program
- knd775 12y agoHere's a summary: They tried to make an oversize model rocket once. It blew up. That was in like 1978. That was their space program. Edit This isn't exactly accurate. They actually "launched" a few. This is how most went, though.
- shiggerino 12y ago>things went tragically wrong and the rat became the first causality of the Congolese Space Program. Maybe they launched it on causal Friday? http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3558 http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3558
- ChuckMcM 12y agoIf you watch the video closely it seems the second stage burn started right away and the upper stage went tearing past off frame at a high rate of speed.
- dctoedt 12y ago> the upper stage went tearing past off frame at a high rate of speed So the upper stage was under high acceleration, with its speed increasing? </pedantry>