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Rocket engine explodes during test at Shetland spaceport (www.bbc.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Damn, that sucks. Hope they were able to get some useful data, and that they'll be back with another test soon. I wonder what the issue was?

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Britain cannot into space

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Black Arrow has entered the chat... via Australia, so I suppose your point still stands.

[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

https://spacenews.com/rfa-first-stage-destroyed-in-static-fire-test/