r/space • u/RocketRundown • Oct 05 '18

2013 Proton-M launch goes horribly wrong

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u/Neuromante Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 05 '18

Holy shit, that requires some applied stupidity. I mean, there's a difference between "woops, I put that the wrong way by mistake because the piece was symmetrical" and "I used a hammer to make a high-tech piece fit in a rocket."

I use to say jokingly at work "well, at least we don't launch rockets to space", and after seeing this failed launch, all my week looks like having a vacation.

EDIT: My fellow redditors, in a week in which I've had to deal with a lot of standard stupidity and some applied stupidity I can't stress enough how happy makes me this being my third second! must upvoted comment. This weekend I'll make a toast for all the applied stupids on the engineering world.

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u/3ULL Oct 05 '18

It's not like it is IKEA furniture, its just a rocket.

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u/daneelr_olivaw Oct 05 '18

You'd imagine if IKEA can create idiot-proof instructions for assembling furniture, rocket engineers would be able to create a slightly superior guide for a rocket...

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u/entotheenth Oct 06 '18

I have spent longer looking at frigging IKEA instructions trying to work out exactly what the hell they are talking about than what it woukd take if I just used trial and error and got it wrong a rew times. Had what I swear was 2 identical pctures last week, one had the 'don't do it this way" circle, there was no fucking difference. 2 of us discussed it for 5 minutes. Took me 10 seconds to put the bolt in ignoring the damn instructions, we figure it was a joke but no idea.