@[email protected] to Space • 2 months agoEurope's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheeseinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•2 months agokinda weird to make all this calculation and then just zip tie some bag of cheese on it
minus-square@Passerby6497linkEnglish14•2 months agoThey’re just doing debug Q&A on the rocket. Next time they’re going to fill it with -1 gallons of fuel and see how far it goes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoOnly one way to find out what happens if the thrusters are on upside down
minus-square@finkratlink1•2 months agoMaybe a good thing in a weird way, at least in testing? Helps you plan for the unexpected
kinda weird to make all this calculation and then just zip tie some bag of cheese on it
They’re just doing debug Q&A on the rocket. Next time they’re going to fill it with -1 gallons of fuel and see how far it goes.
Only one way to find out what happens if the thrusters are on upside down
Maybe a good thing in a weird way, at least in testing? Helps you plan for the unexpected