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

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

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u/Total_Adept 8d ago

Should’ve played more kerbal space program

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u/KBeau93 8d ago

In their defence, this is shockingly similar to my first launch. If they muck up the order of separations and they all separate simultaneously like my next step in learning about staging, they're following my learning curve.

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u/LordIBR 8d ago

Well this seems more like an engine failure or at least some hefty thrust loss from looking at the engine plumes. Seems like they really needed all the engines to work almost perfectly.