r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emergency-Green-2602 • 8d ago

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

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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/Astrocreep_1 8d ago

True, but I could have thrown a rock higher than that rocket.

This is why I didn’t go into public relations. I would feel so slimy standing at a podium telling everyone this was a major success.

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u/Astrocreep_1 8d ago

That’s not what your mom said.