Chinese rocket test

[invadertim]

A test firing of the privately developed Tianlong-3 booster failed in fairly spectacular fashion when the booster broke loose during what was supposed to be a static test. The test did not remain static….

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/busines...se-rocket-crashes-mountain-unexpected-launch/

 

[ppragman]

A test firing of the privately developed Tianlong-3 booster failed in fairly spectacular fashion when the booster broke loose during what was supposed to be a static test. The test did not remain static….

Watch: Chinese rocket crashes into mountain after unexpected launch

rockets are hard.

 

[SteveC]

rockets are hard.

…she said.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Found the culprit (and if you're old enough to get this reference, I'd like to talk to you about a reverse mortgage...)

 

[Autothrust Blue]

A test firing of the privately developed Tianlong-3 booster failed in fairly spectacular fashion when the booster broke loose during what was supposed to be a static test. The test did not remain static….

Watch: Chinese rocket crashes into mountain after unexpected launch

would you say...it was...

dynamic?

 

[ahw01]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ

 

[bike21]

Apparently they've made it to orbit once before, so this static fire was a biiiiiig whoopsie. I'm not sure if something quite like this has happened before.

 

[schloopy]

It’s crazy that China does this often enough that I swear I had seen the footage before. Turns out that was an entirely different incident of dropping a full booster on an unsuspecting village, seems like this one largely missed hitting anything.

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[derg]

A test firing of the privately developed Tianlong-3 booster failed in fairly spectacular fashion when the booster broke loose during what was supposed to be a static test. The test did not remain static….

Watch: Chinese rocket crashes into mountain after unexpected launch

Probably shouldn’t have purchased these test straps from Temu.

 

[bike21]

Probably shouldn’t have purchased these test straps from Temu.

No idea why the straps from YINDOOSTRAP would fail!

 

[derg]

No idea why the straps from YINDOOSTRAP would fail!

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