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.
well there was that incident in '86 when the shuttle Atlantis was ‘accidentally’ launched with 4 kids aboard during an engine test. The documentary about it called Space Camp is riveting.
Few people know that one of those kids was now famous actor, Joaquin Phoenix. I watched that documentary many times and was shock to find out that people speak in a type of slow motion when in zero G.
Wow, that’s wild!
Sounds like the hold-down clamps failed. Have there been any previous cases in history where static fires unexpectedly turned into non-static fires?
It means the rocket was just too good for those clamps
well there was that incident in '86 when the shuttle Atlantis was ‘accidentally’ launched with 4 kids aboard during an engine test. The documentary about it called Space Camp is riveting.
it’s fiction lmao
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Few people know that one of those kids was now famous actor, Joaquin Phoenix. I watched that documentary many times and was shock to find out that people speak in a type of slow motion when in zero G.
Technically speaking it was low-G. None of Joachim Phoenix’s movies are strictly “zero-G”
In surprised a failure like that led to it being launched straight up like that.