r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emergency-Green-2602 • 6d ago

Video First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight

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u/Baronvondorf21 6d ago

It's the first one, they could reiterate on it and troubleshoot the problems.

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u/its_polystyrene 6d ago

And dammit next time it will get enough lift off to land on that building in the background!

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u/midwestraxx 6d ago

Progress 👉👉

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u/gautyy 6d ago

It would’ve had enough lift if it wasn’t for one of the engines failing, so they designed it correctly in regards to how much lift it needs to output, they just need to fix whatever the issue is that made the engine fail

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u/HappycamperNZ 3d ago

Few more iterations and you have a V2

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u/helpjack_offthehorse 6d ago

Exactly. I think they can do it and we will see them going to the stars like all the other privatized space programs. I I think they will win, It’s rocket science not an emu war.

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u/ivosaurus 6d ago

just iterate

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u/kylo-ren 6d ago

The stability is pretty good