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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
To be fair, these are test flights... it seems they consider this landing a "success" (as in, a step forward) even though it then blew up. It's not a disaster or unexpected when a test fails, it's an expected part of the process.
"Random" anomalies like the one described in the OP (years back) are of more concern, obviously.
That said, I do feel like when you're packing a chunk of metal full of rocket fuel and attempting to blast it into outer space... ... ... it's not really "shocking" when it ends up exploding, is it...?
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Yes the Flame,
was leaking on the lower side
so we could see it coming.
It is shocking for those rich folk who have
booked a Future flight.
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