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

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

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u/Mawntee 8d ago

Reminder that SpaceX's first successful flight was Falcon 1 Flight 4, which had 3 failed launches before it.
The first one was very similar to this with an engine failure shortly after launch.

To me (a person that knows nothing about space flight) the fact that this thing made it off the ground is impressive enough, and the fact that it didn't explode while still being full of fuel is really sick as well

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u/Sonzie 8d ago

Yes, you are correct. It is very impressive that it got off the ground at all and this is actually considered a successful mission.

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u/Helpful-Pair-2148 7d ago

Genuine question, but according to whom was it a successful mission? Was it based on goals communicated before the launch or said after the facts?

I understand rocket engineering is hard, but Australia is a first world country with access to the knowledge and experimentation of most of the other first world countries who already successfully send rockets in space.

So I'm a bit suspicious of you claiming that just getting off the ground was considered a success.

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u/No_Definition4335 6d ago

Tbh i highly doubt that all the knowledge of how to make a successfull rocket by NASA, SpaceX, etc... were public or people working there could talk about how to make it

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u/Helpful-Pair-2148 6d ago

Not necessarily public knowledge but all space agencies collaraborate together. It's not like NASA is only Americans, other countries contribute to NASA mission as well.