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Turns out building working rockets is hard 

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ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly

https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/10/04/ula-launches-second-vulcan-flight-encounters-strap-on-booster-anomaly/

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The two strap-on solid-propellant boosters generate another 919,200 pounds of push, providing a total thrust of just over 2 million pounds. The Vulcan can be launched with up to six strap ons depending on mission requirements.

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On 9/19/2024 at 3:15 PM, RamjetFDO said:

Not a lot of *NEW* info in this video, but it's a well-presented summary of the entire escapade.

 

 

sanity check: tom herman IS still employed by florida atlantic

this is how this video ends:

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so, what did we learn?

space is hard

rocket science is hard

being an astronaut is hard

and money makes the world go round

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That launch window opens at 7 am central time for anyone up early, 8am on the east coast.

What a gutsy move.  The launch may take place at 7am and the booster stage may return from space at supersonic speed and destroy the launch pad at 7:15 ... or maybe not.  Tune in and find out.

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1 minute ago, Texas Jeff said:

That launch window opens at 7 am central time for anyone up early, 8am on the east coast.

What a gutsy move.  The launch may take place at 7am and the booster stage may return from space at supersonic speed and destroy the launch pad at 7:15 ... or maybe not.  Tune in and find out.

Yeah, it's one thing to slow land it on a drone ship, but this goes bad and it blows up the tower and the pad.  I'd give it 50/50 they abort or miss the pad, and only about a 10% shot this works on the first try.  

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Despite the explosion in the water, it was a completely successful mission! They landed right on target and did a controlled hover over their spot before dropping into the water, falling over, and exploding. Definitely still have some plasma burn through to solve on the control surface joints to the main body, though

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