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NASA Morpheus Lander Test Ends In Explosion
First time accepted submitter DishpanMan writes "For every success story from NASA like Curiosity, there is a failure story, like today's Morpheus project test flight at Kennedy Space Center. The project is trying to build a low cost Moon and Asteroid lander using clean fuels on a shoestring budget. While tethered flight test were successful, today's actual flight test ended in a crash and a ball of fire followed by a spectacular explosion. Initial feedback points to hardware failure, but the investigation is still ongoing."
Sometimes I hit the parking lot.
But then, they can name the next lander "Neo" and see if they get better results...
"This is the Captain. There's a little problem with our entry sequence; we may experience slight turbulence and then explode."
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It looks as though the thrust was really unbalanced; it just sort of wobbled in the air before keeling over. I shouldn't have laughed... but I did.
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Well, this is what happens when you countdown 5...4...3...2...0! Things get confused.
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Order a hundred and we can sell tickets for the next launch.
Next test: Goggles for the enjoying the view at the 2:00 and 6:20 mark.
"Kittens give Morbo gas!"
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Fire-fighters show up at 8:30 after crash. Is 8 minutes good for response time? It does seem awfully slow, especially considering that they had to have been on standby just in case of something like this happening.
Then another 7 minutes to put it out. Very stubborn fire.
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Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
Unless you're in San Diego; there you'd get at most a few seconds between the explosions.
Well I'm not sure, but my guess is that several of the test objectives did not get checked off.
NASA totally shouldn't have rejected your application for employment, you could have saved us millions with your technological foresight...
Why would they need to lift that much beer on the moon??
Drop a keg or two and it might fly.
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>>>And you can't put in a kill switch for the existence of the fuel.
brb.
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