Phil Plait: China recently performed a locked-down static fire on a rocket, and there was one problem: the rocket wasn't locked down. It shot up, fell down, and exploded. Orbital Index has the story, and links to spectacular (and terrifying) video. orbitalindex.com/archive/2024...

China recently performed a locked-down static fire on a rocket, and there was one problem: the rocket wasn't locked down. It shot up, fell down, and exploded. Orbital Index has the story, and links to spectacular (and terrifying) video. orbitalindex.com/archive/2024...

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Oopsie!

"You did tighten those bolts down like i told you, right?"

America is going to recreate this on the small scale all over the country tomorrow.

The article claims no casualties. Unfortunately, the CCP routinely lies about and suppresses news about disasters in China, so we have to remain agnostic about the issue of casualties. I do hope nobody was injured, but I fear that at least some were

Too bad the video links all point to the-bad-site accounts. But, hopefully the "no casualties" report is actually the truth.

It [allegedly] came back down 1.5miles from where it went up, which is probably a good sign on that front.. It was a pretty big kaboom.

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