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[Stephen Clark] The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch (arstechnica.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

"That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point."

"Well, how is it untypical?"

"Well, there are a lot of these rockets launching around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen… I just don’t want people thinking that rockets aren’t safe."

"Was this rocket safe?"

"Well I was thinking more about the other ones…"

"The ones that are safe."

"Yeah, the ones the payload fairing doesn’t fall off prematurely."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I knew this would be here before even clicking on it post. Very well done, and carry on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The title alludes to it. Hard to miss.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I see Clarke and Dawe and instantly upvote.

At least rockets typically spontaneously disassemble outside the environment. No towing necessary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m not saying it wasn’t safe. It’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.

[–] Birch 2 points 1 month ago

Well what happened in this case?