Posted on 03/30/2025 10:22:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
German start-up Isar Aerospace developed the rocket and had warned ahead of the test that the initial launch could end prematurely. The company said 30 seconds of flight was enough time to register data.
"Our first test flight met all our expectations, achieving a great success,"
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The Chinese have a rover on Mars and on the moon as we speak.
Germany flies a rocket for just 30 seconds right here on earth and they think they’ve done something great.
This may have been something in 1960 not in 2025.
The rocket was pinning for the fjords.
It was just an unscheduled disassembly.
In the 2000s, NASA engineers sit in the basement playing World of Warcraft or watching porn.
That was Version 1 of the rocket. Just wait until the Germans launch V2.
Oopsy!
German SpaceX competition?
A long way to catch up... a decade or two?
Last night the wife and I went out and watched the I.S.S. Fly by.
An hour later we went out to watch a launch from the Cape carrying
4 folks going around the poles.
Hey Europe ha ha.
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