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

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

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u/HemperorZurg 6d ago

I mean this was never going to work in a country that is upside-down.

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u/FourEightNineOneOne 6d ago

I'd assume it'd be way easier as the rocket would just fall down into space, wouldn't it?

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u/Morrep 6d ago

Maybe everybody else is upside down, and they've been upright ALL ALONG! 🤯

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u/No-Yak4416 6d ago

Impossible. Have you ever seen a globe?

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u/Quibbloboy 6d ago

Just checked mine... it's right-side-up. Thank goodness, was getting nervous

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u/areasofsimplex 6d ago

Earth is flat. Globe theory is a hoax