Australia’s attempt to join the space race lasts 14 seconds

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• Smoke@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s a shame, because their launch site in Bowen is much closer to the Equator than the continental US. When/if they get it right, they’ll be able to need far less fuel than US launch sites.

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  • F04118F@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    French Guyana: “Am I a joke to you?”

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    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well, french guyana isnt a US launch site

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• jonesy@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Guys were doing our best :(

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  • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s a lot more than most of us. We just can’t into space.

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• wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The engineers didn’t account for the toilet water spinning around the opposite way.

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• arsCynic@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Though, kangaroo biomimicry proved a great success.

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• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  that’s what she said

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• Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We’re all one race: the human race. There is no space race.

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• ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well obviously because gravity is the other way around in Australia, duh!

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• skribe@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  NEEDS MORE STRUTS!

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  • SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Happy cake day

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    • skribe@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thank you. My Reddit account is old enough to drink, but I’ve never once received a Happy Cake Day. It’s truly appreciated.

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  • SteevyT@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Add fuel until it stops going, add engines until it starts exploding, then add struts until it stops exploding. Repeat to orbit.

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• Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “barely off the ground”

  How slow did it fly? 0.1 meters per second?

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe they mean relative to space.

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• Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Were they trying to master the landing part first?

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