Blue Origin launch aborted after mid-flight anomaly

Yahoo ^ | 9/22/2022 | NA

[2001convSVT]

Looks like a turbo pump failure during max-q throttle down. An imbalance in combustion chamber pressure of the fuel and oxygen can cause parts to fail and flying off. The brown color of the flames is a telling signature of a parts failure.

[x]

It's a shame that Uncle Walter died before he could get his hands on the Blue Origin penis rocket model ...

[Paul R.]

Direct You Tube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09RCNChe-w

Beware, though. The aggressive “sales pitch” (or maybe “computer game”, as one commenter wrote) vocal tone of the announcer is pretty darn irritating.

[cgbg]

At a minimum they will be visiting with their attorney to make sure their Wills and Trusts are up to date.

;-)

[Paul R.]

Yeah, I saw that and was wondering how Bill Shatner's back would do...

FWIW, SpaceX has another launch this evening. Elon is throwing Starlink sats up at a heck of a pace, now.