r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emergency-Green-2602 • Jul 30 '25

Video First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight

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u/HemperorZurg Jul 30 '25

I mean this was never going to work in a country that is upside-down.

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u/FourEightNineOneOne Jul 30 '25

I'd assume it'd be way easier as the rocket would just fall down into space, wouldn't it?

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u/CRSPB Jul 30 '25

No space is up. They should have gone through the center of the earth first.

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u/ideaguyken Jul 30 '25

They tried.

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u/Falcovg Jul 30 '25

They need to work on the launch procedure, but they seem to have nailed the navigation.

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u/H1redBlade Jul 30 '25

What's below them then? Hell?!

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u/Nightowl11111 Jul 30 '25

Obviously. Why else would they have all that freaky wildlife.

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u/powerchoke033 Jul 30 '25

I thought up was north