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China's SpaceX Copy Destroyed in Bizarre Test Failure - Booster Static Fire Becomes Flight Test
YouTube ^ | 6/30/2024 | Scott Manley

Posted on 07/02/2024 2:30:30 AM PDT by Paul R.

In China Space Pioneer was performing a static fire test of the Booster for their Tianlong 3 rocket, a design which is a close copy of SpaceX's Falcon 9. Due to an engineering failure the rocket broke free of the test stand, flew under power for about 30 seconds before crashing back to Earth in a spectacular fireball.

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Multiple failures, and then quite the fireball at the end.

1 posted on 07/02/2024 2:30:30 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

Chinee LOX and Methane control...no smoking PREASE!


2 posted on 07/02/2024 2:42:35 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Paul R.

Static tests are normally horizontal, no? Sum ting Wong here.


3 posted on 07/02/2024 2:50:30 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Paul R.

She blowed up real good.


4 posted on 07/02/2024 2:55:58 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Paul R.

“made in china” sounds right.

once again, the great kopycat of the world proved the wrld’s point!


5 posted on 07/02/2024 3:00:05 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Paul R.

Ok, who head we gonna chop now?


6 posted on 07/02/2024 3:30:23 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

“Face wall please, Comrade.”


7 posted on 07/02/2024 3:30:53 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: rarestia

Right? Someone better get out of town fast. Out of country, actually.


8 posted on 07/02/2024 3:35:48 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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To: DAC21

SpaceX does do test firings of a full rocket stack. However, the hold down clamps are sufficient to keep the rocket in place.


9 posted on 07/02/2024 3:52:19 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: DAC21

SpaceX does do test firings of a full rocket stack. However, the hold down clamps are sufficient to keep the rocket in place.


10 posted on 07/02/2024 3:52:19 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Paul R.

It’s better to burn out than to fade away.


11 posted on 07/02/2024 4:03:34 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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“Multiple failures, and then quite the fireball at the end.”

I didn’t know China had DEI.


12 posted on 07/02/2024 4:07:23 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (A vote for Biden in 2024 is a vote for President Kamala Harris in 2025.)
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“I didn’t know China had DEI.”

PLENTY of their engineers are sent to US universities.


13 posted on 07/02/2024 4:10:35 AM PDT by BobL
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To: DAC21

Solid rocket motors are tested horizontal. Boosters with liquid fuel and oxydizer need to be vertical to keep the liquid from the tanks flowing properly.


14 posted on 07/02/2024 4:13:26 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Paul R.

Forgot to bolt it down ? Hate to be that guy ,LOL


15 posted on 07/02/2024 4:26:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BobL

“PLENTY of their engineers are sent to US universities.”

Many also work in our industrial research labs where they learn our methods and latest discoveries.


16 posted on 07/02/2024 4:57:49 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (A vote for Biden in 2024 is a vote for President Kamala Harris in 2025.)
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To: Paul R.

Not as easy as it look eh, Xi-Jing-Ping?


17 posted on 07/02/2024 5:00:28 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: butlerweave
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18 posted on 07/02/2024 5:02:20 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Paul R.

Typical result of Chi-Com culture of cutting corners. Probably used ratchet straps to tie it down.


19 posted on 07/02/2024 5:16:09 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

“Many also work in our industrial research labs where they learn our methods and latest discoveries.”

And PLENTY of China-born people working in corporate America, including very sensitive positions (yes, many are citizens now, but does anyone think that affects their loyalties?).


20 posted on 07/02/2024 5:16:49 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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