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Scott Manley: the front fell off
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doomi discuss.tchncs.de doomi@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Chais sh.itjust.works Chais@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#2 · Quote Reply

More struts!
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historicaldocuments lemmy.world historicaldocuments@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-04
#3 · Quote Reply

Why did the front of the ship fall off?
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borkborkbork piefed.social borkborkbork@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-05
#4 · Quote Reply

got a bit excited
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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
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historicaldocuments wrote:
Why did the front of the ship fall off?

It got overstressed.
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historicaldocuments lemmy.world historicaldocuments@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-04
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AeronMelon wrote:
It got overstressed.

Is that very typical?
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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
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historicaldocuments wrote:
Is that very typical?

Probably. Being a rocket is very stressful.
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historicaldocuments lemmy.world historicaldocuments@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-04
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AeronMelon wrote:
Probably. Being a rocket is very stressful.

What about the other ones?
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massive_bereavement fedia.io massive_bereavement@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-06-14
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hereiamagain sh.itjust.works hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-08-15
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historicaldocuments wrote:
What about the other ones?

Some are built so the front doesn't fall off at all!
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historicaldocuments lemmy.world historicaldocuments@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-04
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hereiamagain wrote:
Some are built so the front doesn't fall off at all!

Wasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?

I honestly just want to see them do the Long March 10 capture again. It seems like the whole world is coming up with booster reuse technology and it's happening fast.
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