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Flames and Dismay: Deafening Explosion of Japanese Rocket During Launch (VIDEO
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| Jun 30, 2018
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Posted on 06/30/2018 7:06:44 AM PDT by Eddie01
Exploding Rocket Launch Here
The 10-meter long MOMO rocket is the first rocket designed to be sent into space by a private company, without the assistance of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). A previous attempt to launch MOMO into space 11 months ago failed as well.
Interstellar Technologies Inc. failed to launch a rocket in Japan on Friday, as the vehicle exploded a few seconds after liftoff, Japanese NHK news agency reported.
There were no injuries from the blast, as the start was remote and the closest spectators were at least 1,5 km away from the launch pad. Interstellar Technologies President Takahiro Inagawa has apologized for the incident, saying an engine malfunction could be the cause of the blast.
TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; explosure; falcon9; falconheavy; japan; rocket; spacex
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Filed under Astronomy. LOL
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:06:44 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:08:20 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:13:51 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("please pass the winnamins" (/Principled on 6/27/2018))
To: Eddie01
Too bad. Rocket Science ain't easy.
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:14:08 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Eddie01
Well it ain’t brain surgery.
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:21:28 AM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(We have a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem.)
To: Eddie01
That’s funny. The Japanese are the craziest camera people in the world. Every Japanese citizen probably owns 12 camera each. But the launch pad camera was “fixed” and didn’t follow the missile up...just focused on the pad instead.
Arigato!
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:34:46 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Eddie01
Liquid propellant seems to have been throttled.
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:36:25 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Eddie01
Sum Ting Wong
Wi Tu Lo
Ho Lee F**
Bang Ding Ow
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:36:29 AM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: moovova
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:42:10 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
To: G Larry
Looked like flame coming out of the base of the rocket, not just the thrust chamber.
Another bad o-ring?
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:49:58 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Eddie01
Thanks. Definitely a big boom.
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posted on
06/30/2018 7:59:23 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Eddie01; SunkenCiv; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BenLurkin
Sorry it failed, but ALL early German, Russian, U.S. (nasa, army, navy, and private ), Israeli, and Chinese missiles failed as well.
BTW, The tube seems “too strong (too heavy) “ compared to the common crumbling and bending of most other western missiles when the crash while still near vertical.
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:00:32 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: Robert A Cook PE
This sounds like a Japanese response to SpaceX, which is a good thing.
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:06:36 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Eddie01
We did that very thing in the late 50’s. A lot.
It really is rocket science.
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:13:46 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
To: Eddie01
Looks like a fuel/oxidizer pump issue. Launch OK, then throttled back.
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:14:59 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
To: PLMerite
Now I see it! Yes. Bad o-ring, cracked pipe, turbo pump threw a blade, or?
Whatever it was interfered the propellant flow to the engine.
Gravity wins another round...
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:19:52 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
To: butlerweave
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:21:38 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Eddie01
It looks like it’s underpowered. Not enough big flames.
How’s that for a technical description?
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:21:57 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: Eddie01
Lateral spurt of flame at about the 2 second mark, then black smoke (lack of oxidizer in the chamber?)
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posted on
06/30/2018 8:24:06 AM PDT
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null and void
(Social justice warriors, killing the trees that produce the fruits of liberty.)
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