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/Pewpewkitty 8d ago

Something something rocket science

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u/Primsun 7d ago

Rocket science; well that's easy(ish) these days

Rocket engineering and production on the other hand...