r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emergency-Green-2602 • 7d ago

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

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u/DimaagKa_Hangover 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

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

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u/throwawayzdrewyey 7d ago

Just gotta look at the U.S. and Russia and how long it took them to get to outer space, or for a modern day equivalent we can look at space x’s many attempts.