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SpaceX Launch Failure Due To Timing Problem

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ironically-he's-an-atheist dept.

FleaPlus writes "Private orbital spaceflight company SpaceX recently announced that last weekend's Falcon 1 rocket launch failure was caused by a collision between the first and second stage of their rocket. This was due to a timing problem, when their brand-new engine design produced residual thrust for 1.5 seconds longer than expected; they're currently working to fix the problem and launch again, perhaps as early as next month. In a recent interview with Wired, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk remarked on their efforts: "Optimism, pessimism, f-ck that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.""

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  1. Re:ooohhhh by niales · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You were modded interesting instead of funny? Maybe there are less programmers on /. than I thought.

  2. Re:ooohhhh by Andrew+Kismet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't stomach much more of this.