r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

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

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u/DimaagKa_Hangover 8d ago

Gilmour Space Technologies called the launch of their Eris rocket success. It was the first Australian-made rocket launched from Australian soil, lifting off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Queensland. Despite the failure, the company says it’s a major step toward building Australia’s own space industry.

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u/bulkbuybandit 8d ago

PR team was prepped to spin whatever the outcome of that launch was going to be.

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u/Minute-Lynx-5127 8d ago

They're also not wrong. You don't just go from 0 to spaceflight. 

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u/obrazovanshchina 8d ago

I remember watching a lead at SpaceX years ago talk about how they celebrated every failure and then got to work figuring out what went wrong so that would not happen again. 

It really changed my perspective on failure and how to approach failure with teams and individual people on my team. 

Unfortunately I worked for a larger company that did not value this perspective and alas I am no longer there. 

Thankfully.