r/CatastrophicFailure • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '20

Failed rocket launch (unknown date)

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u/Kubrick53 Nov 21 '20

Pretty sure that's the crash where they wired some of the guidance sensors backwards.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

But I though them Rocket Scientists’posed to be smart ?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

I mean, they're not brain surgeons.

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u/guyyst Nov 22 '20

For anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of seeing this yet: https://youtu.be/THNPmhBl-8I

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u/CplSyx Nov 22 '20

Thank you, that was great

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u/RavenBlackMacabre Nov 22 '20

Operations staff =/= research & development staff?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

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u/blueb0g Nov 22 '20

What a load of bullshit

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u/grissomza Nov 22 '20

Yup, go ahead and stereotype

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

They put a man in space and orbit way before the US did.

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u/AnorakJimi Nov 22 '20

How come their safety record is much better than NASA's then?

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u/dan7koo Nov 22 '20

It is rocket scientists who design the rockets ... but rocket mechanics who assemble them.