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Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket

The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."

Video of the accidental ascent showed the rocket rising several hundred meters into the sky before it crashed explosively into a mountain 1.5 km away from the test site.

scrion ,

Is anyone speaking Chinese able to tell me what the guy in the first scene of the video is crying out? The one where the rocket falls horizontally. I mean, I have a general idea what is being said there conceptually, but I'd love to get an actual, accurate translation.

Phoenix3875 ,

Basically it's two people saying "Is it falling? Wouldn't it explode? I'm recording it. Fuck the rocket is falling!"

From 5-8 seconds, the person seems to be saying争着争着中火大了, which doesn't mean anything to me, but it may be something of the local dialect.

scrion ,

Hey, much appreciated!

verity_kindle ,
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Thank you.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Damn that rocket told everyone “fuck you” when it launched and then said “no seriously…fuck you” and then decided to meet its fiery demise.

bladerunnerspider ,

Anyone else curious about the off-camera person who sounds like a cowering goblin?

Wooki ,

https://youtu.be/u3-Kw9u37I0?feature=shared

yuki2501 ,
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By any chance, were the clamps filled with styrofoam or something? 😁 (Tofu-dreg joke)

autotldr Bot ,

This is the best summary I could come up with:

According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."

Video of the accidental ascent showed the rocket rising several hundred meters into the sky before it crashed explosively into a mountain 1.5 km away from the test site.

The statement from Space Pioneer sought to downplay the incident, saying it had implemented safety measures before the test, and there were no casualties as a result of the accident.

Located in the Henan province in eastern China, alongside the Yellow River, Gongyi has a population of about 800,000 people.

Typically, during a static fire test, the mass of propellant on board a vehicle combined with strong clamps hold a rocket down.

This was a notable achievement, but the rocket's engines were provided by a Chinese state-operated firm, the Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology, rather than the private company.

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