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Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket (arstechnica.com)
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The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."

Video of the accidental ascent showed the rocket rising several hundred meters into the sky before it crashed explosively into a mountain 1.5 km away from the test site.

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[-] yuki2501@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

By any chance, were the clamps filled with styrofoam or something? 😁 (Tofu-dreg joke)

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