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To: DAC21
Static tests are normally horizontal, no?

No, particularly with liquid rocket engines.

Here's a Falcon-9 static test fire:


28 posted on 07/02/2024 8:31:52 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

Image: note the concrete pad, the steel hold down cables, and the weight at the top. Items the Pioneer rocket copy lacked.

Rocket crash 1 km from high speed rail line, 1.5km from a city, just a common rocket test.

Chinese jargon translated:
“Early planning” means ‘getting ready to plagiarize’;
“Years of dedication” means ‘waiting for open source’;
“Overtaking on a curve” means ‘the open source opportunity has arrived’;
“Far ahead” means ‘successful plagiarism’;
“Bottlenecked” means ‘a failed attempt at copying’.

Example:
After years of ‘early planning’ and ‘years of dedication’, Pioneer claims it wants to surpass Space X which clearly marks their attempt at ‘overtaking on a curve’ on their way to ‘far ahead’, however their safety measures are so haphazard that they haven’t even done the fundamental groundwork as a result the rush to overtake has led to this unexpected first flight on June 11th. Clearly Pioneer has been ‘bottlenecked’.


31 posted on 07/02/2024 10:26:08 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: NorthMountain

that is a test done at spacex’s mcgragor tx facility.


32 posted on 07/02/2024 11:02:39 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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