JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works to Space@lemmy.world · 5 months agoTianlong 3 booster static fire test lifts off insteadyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkTianlong 3 booster static fire test lifts off insteadyoutu.beJohnDClay@sh.itjust.works to Space@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Scott Manley video, looks like the hold down claps may have ripped the bottom off the booster, allowing it to take off.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoHow do you even handle that? Do they load an actual flight program for these tests, or does it just go off uncontrolled until range safety hits the destruct button? (Do they even have range safety and a destruct button?)
How do you even handle that? Do they load an actual flight program for these tests, or does it just go off uncontrolled until range safety hits the destruct button? (Do they even have range safety and a destruct button?)