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Tianlong 3 booster static fire test lifts off instead (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Scott Manley video, looks like the hold down claps may have ripped the bottom off the booster, allowing it to take off.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Y'know, some of these are built so the bottom doesn't rip off at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well there are a lot of these ships flying around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that rockets aren’t safe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was this one safe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Well I was thinking more about the other ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Was this rocket safe?