Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion
Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion
Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion A rocket stage test firing by Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer ended in catastrophic failure and a dramatic explosion Sunday.
Temu NASA.
CNSA would be "Temu NASA".
Space Pioneer is more like "Temu SpaceX". Their aforementioned Tianlong-3 rocket is pretty much a Falcon 9 clone.
You'd think making a big clamp is easier than making a rocket...
They're rocket scientists, not clamp scientists.
It'd be easier to train clamp scientists to static fire than to train rocket scientists to clamp.
There's a reason management courses all insist that you focus on your core competency.
"No casualties were found."
Nice.
On the positive side, they really stuck the landing.
None died or none was found?
Everyone died and the bodies were not found (they exploded)
Or none were looked for. Coverups are easier when you ignore the evidence.
To shreds you say...
Static fire quickly became dynamic one
Wow, that's wild!
Space Pioneer issued its own statement later, stating there was a structural failure at the connection between the rocket body and the test bench.
Sounds like the hold-down clamps failed. Have there been any previous cases in history where static fires unexpectedly turned into non-static fires?
In surprised a failure like that led to it being launched straight up like that.
It means the rocket was just too good for those clamps
Wow, that was fast, even for Scott!
Task failed successfully.
"I believe it's time for me to flyyyyy"
Made in China.
Their rockets fly even when you try to not let them fly.
They need more struts!
I’m happy nobody was hurt. Keep trying kerbalnaughts!
Drone footage of the incident has surfaced: https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1808378644949094742
Neat angle we haven't seen before.