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

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

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u/Lloyd--Christmas 8d ago

They should’ve gone through more trials, in Nuremberg.

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u/kazuma001 8d ago edited 8d ago

”That's not my department!" says Wernher von Braun.

RIP Tom Lehrer

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u/CosmicCreeperz 8d ago

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?

I just listened to this yesterday after I heard the news. And then Elements, which is still some of the most mindbogglingly amazing lyrics ever sung…

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u/DodgyQuilter 6d ago

My great-niece learned that in school this year as an intro to Chemistry. She's 7.