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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Starks on August 09, 2004, 09:51:20 am
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1 Amateur Rocket Crashes, Another Explodes
Posted by timothy on Monday August 09, @01:25AM
from the eggs-striving-to-be-omelets dept.
prostoalex writes "A 23-foot-long space rocket carrying 3 dummies exploded in the Pacific Northwest after reaching about 200 feet. The team was competing for Ansari X Prize, offering $10 million to the team that successfully completes a low-budget private space rocket capable of carrying men into space. Google News offers more perspectives into the event, the team is saying the rocket, whose parachute malfunctioned, would have to be rebuilt." And AmiNTT writes "Everygeek's favorite rocketeers over at Armadillo Aerospace have suffered a fairly serious setback over the weekend - the crash of their 48-inch vehicle link in a test hop at their 100 acre test field. Of course there is video and pictures - 2 3... This setback should keep them from flying for about five weeks, but will give them a chance to make some design changes. I'm sure they will be back better than ever. (Armadillo have shown up on Slashdot many times in the past.)"
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Video: http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2004_08_08/48InchCrash.mpg
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Here's the exploding one.
http://www.xprizenews.org/index.php?p=390
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(http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/dummyhead.jpg)
A picture says a thousand words :)
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(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/fs2/weapons/rockeye.jpg)
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Originally posted by Flipside
A picture says a thousand words :)
Is it just me or does the scale in that pic seem ****ed up?
I mean, the head looks as though it's at least 15 foot across.
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Is it just me or does the scale in that pic seem ****ed up?
I mean, the head looks as though it's at least 15 foot across.
Ohmigod! It's Derek Smarts!
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Originally posted by Flipside
A picture says a thousand words :)
From Red Dwarf
LISTER: It's the material it's built from. Aerospace engineers discovered that, after a plane crash, the only thing that always survives intasct is a cute little doll. They built Starbug out of the same stuff.