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Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket
(arstechnica.com)
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Uh, I guess that's why many of the more reasonable static test rigs have the rocket flat on the ground with a hill on the pointy side just in case.
That's a different type of test for a different type of rocket.
Plus some bay or gulf, relatively quiet, very close by the site helps. It's too bad the Chinese don't have any of those.
Yeah, it was crazy how close a city was - one of the things Scot Manley went over