https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cz93xzv3njjo
The first orbital rocket made and designed in Australia crashed 14 seconds after lift-off during its first test launch.
Videos show the Eris rocket, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, lifting off the ground before losing momentum and crashing.
Is it because it still went up?
Have they tried aiming the pointy bit upwards?
Ooooh maybe that was the problem!
Must be easy to get into space down there.
Yes! The hard part is staying on earth!
Wish it said the purpose of this test. I can find what payload it can carry and that it's end goal is to carry payloads to suborbital space, but was the purpose here to just test if it could get off the ground? For it to go up and suddenly stop going up it has to lose power somewhere, unless the purpose of the test was actually to get off the ground and bring it back down where it was and it strayed off the pad. Which if that was the case, it's a much harder task and I'd expect them to have a few tries
The front fell off
After this effort, the camera operator for the first shot in the video needs a new job. Perhaps something less complicated that doesn't involve movement, like say filming a rock.
Congratulations nonetheless. Everyone fucks up the first time. They will get it the next time.
*drop off
It looks like one of the rockets at the bottom, is unable to deploy a consistent thrust. It’s kinda sputtering.
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