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Bonk! Hard Landing Dents New NASA Rocket Booster During Test Flight | 80beats
added on 04 Nov 2009
NASA’s Ares I-X experimental rocket completed its first test flight—but the successful endeavor ended on a sour note. The rocket’s first booster stage, which splashed down in the ocean as planned six minutes after launch, was found to be significantly dented when divers reached the mammoth cylind...
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Bonk! Hard Landing Dents New NASA Rocket Booster During Test Flight | 80beats
posted to The Loom on 02 Nov 2009
NASA’s Ares I-X experimental rocket completed its first test flight—but the successful endeavor ended on a sour note. The rocket’s first booster stage, which splashed down in the ocean as planned six minutes after launch, was found to be significantly dented when divers reached the mammoth cylind...
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Bonk! Hard Landing Dents New NASA Rocket Booster During Test Flight | 80beats
posted to Bad Astronomy on 03 Nov 2009
NASA’s Ares I-X experimental rocket completed its first test flight—but the successful endeavor ended on a sour note. The rocket’s first booster stage, which splashed down in the ocean as planned six minutes after launch, was found to be significantly dented when divers reached the mammoth cylind...
