In China Space Pioneer was performing a static fire test of the Booster for their Tianlong 3 rocket, a design which is a close copy of SpaceX's Falcon 9.Due ...
Scott Manley video, looks like the hold down claps may have ripped the bottom off the booster, allowing it to take off.
How do you even handle that? Do they load an actual flight program for these tests, or does it just go off uncontrolled until range safety hits the destruct button? (Do they even have range safety and a destruct button?)
How do you even handle that? Do they load an actual flight program for these tests, or does it just go off uncontrolled until range safety hits the destruct button? (Do they even have range safety and a destruct button?)