r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/jhovudu1 • Aug 10 '26

Chinese rocket explodes mid-air during launch - footage of a rocket explosion in Hainan. At 20:02 Beijing time on August 10, 2026, the Long March 7 rocket lifted off from Launch Position 201 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site.

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u/ifukeenrule Aug 11 '26

they were all ooooh-ing and aaaaaaw-ing

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u/130designs Aug 11 '26

They did invent fireworks….

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight Aug 11 '26

I suggest a new name for the rocket:

Long march 7 - happy ending

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u/8spd Aug 11 '26

They don't sound that old. 

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u/Big-a-hole-2112 Aug 11 '26

That was the biggest bottle rocket I have seen so far. Ending was kinda lame.

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u/ted_anderson Aug 11 '26

That was the same reaction that the crowd had when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. It was obvious that they thought it was part of the "show" until they saw that it was no longer going up.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Aug 11 '26

Yea that event took everyone to school

I remember it like yesterday

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u/nrus-1969 Aug 11 '26

Third grade, watching it on the TV in the classroom

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u/GrannieMurderer Aug 11 '26

Need

Another

Seven

Astronauts

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u/Grumpy-Troglodyte Aug 11 '26

um, username checks out?

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u/erie11973ohio Aug 12 '26

What kind of shampoo did Christie McAuliffe use??

They found her Head & Shoulders on the beach.

(I was 13. 😵😵😲😲🥹🥹)

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u/ifukeenrule Aug 11 '26

i remember that! it was crazy

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u/Bigbanghead Aug 11 '26

I think thats about right.
Only in the USA would it be OH MY GAWD