Rocket Crashes in Brazil's First Commercial Launch (reuters.com) 20
The first-ever commercial rocket launched at Brazil's Alcantara Space Center crashed soon after liftoff late earlier this week, dealing a blow to Brazilian aerospace ambitions and shares of South Korean satellite launch company Innospace. From a report: The rocket began its vertical trajectory as planned after liftoff [Monday] at 10:13 p.m. local time (0113 GMT) but fell to the ground after something went wrong 30 seconds into its flight, Innospace CEO Kim Soo-jong said in a letter to shareholders.
The craft crashed within a pre-designated safety zone and did not harm anyone, he said. Brazil's air force said firefighters were sent to analyze the wreckage and impact zone. "We are deeply sorry that we failed to meet the expectations of our shareholders who supported our first commercial launch," the CEO wrote in the letter, which was posted on the company's website on December 23. Innospace shares plunged nearly 29% in Seoul in its biggest daily drop and heaviest daily trading volume since its July 2024 listing.
The craft crashed within a pre-designated safety zone and did not harm anyone, he said. Brazil's air force said firefighters were sent to analyze the wreckage and impact zone. "We are deeply sorry that we failed to meet the expectations of our shareholders who supported our first commercial launch," the CEO wrote in the letter, which was posted on the company's website on December 23. Innospace shares plunged nearly 29% in Seoul in its biggest daily drop and heaviest daily trading volume since its July 2024 listing.
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And you still have a taste for the 8 inch cock instead, I suppose?
If you want to see it (Score:1)
They caught the whole thing on video [sciencephoto.com]
Re: If you want to see it (Score:2)
Laugh at it all you want, but in the end this failure put the man on the moon.
Re: If you want to see it (Score:2)
Really? If it had succeeded how would that have prevented man getting on the moon?
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Really what? There'd be no buzz aldrins on the Moon without zee Germans.
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That's not what I'm arguing. I'm asking how is it the failure helped? If it had succeeded how would that have prevented going to the moon?
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You're not "arguing" anything, you're trying to be a little clever troll and are failing badly. But here is some food for you: this failure helped the same way that every other failure helps, it taught people stuff they didn't know about rocket science. Or, as one of the competitors of zee Germans in the rocket business put it:
"It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments. ... [Most] work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.
Eventually, this particular rocket type became a roaring, even explosive success and its constructors were poached by one country, whose own rocket development program at the time was
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There is truth in that, but it's also true that (the German) Werner von Braun acknowledged he was building on top of (the American) Robert Goddard's work.
So I'd say it'd be more accurate to say "put men on the moon several years sooner than would have otherwise occurred".
Rocket Science (Score:2)
It would appear that rocket science is still as hard as ever. It should come as no surprise that the maiden launch of a new rocket will probably fail. Gather that data and try again.
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Apparently those Brazilian rocket scientists are no brain surgeons.
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They almost did it. That's a hell of feat in itself. I'm sure they'll figure it out.
Break Eggs Marketing. (Score:2)
It would appear that rocket science is still as hard as ever. It should come as no surprise that the maiden launch of a new rocket will probably fail. Gather that data and try again.
Perhaps instead of apologizing profusely about the impact on stock price (which likely added another 10% drop), they should have marketed it under a more break-a-few-eggs omelet approach. Which is a hell of a lot more realistic for anyone trying to do this.
Asians apologize too much (Score:2)
It doesnâ(TM)t benefit anyone to apologize. People see it as a sign of weakness. Even if you are sorry.
And this happend to SpaceX how many times? (Score:2)
Just saying, they need to stand up, figure it out and try it again. .. but perhaps with a cost effective dummy payload instead.
The rocket was made by South Korea (Score:1)
Iâ(TM)ve read a handful of articles and all of them talk about Brazil and its space program. . . but this rocket is *south korean*! I was only launched from Brazil, not developed by brazilian scientists/engineers.
Why this emphasis on tying bad news to Brazil? I see this going on on Slashdot for quite some time, and many commenters seem to share this apparent sentiment.
Is Brazil so damn awesome that most slashdotters (mostly US-based, I would assume) have this need of making fun of it?
Re: The rocket was made by South Korea (Score:1)
And pardon my typos. âoeIt was launchedâ.
Needs more (Score:2)