llamacoffee@lemmy.world to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agoChinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosionspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down14
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minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 days agoSorry, my bad. I forgot a zip tie.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoWhy are we using zip ties as hold-down clamps in the first place?
minus-squareKrackalot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoBecause we couldn’t find our duct tape.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoAh yes, the handyman’s secret weapon…
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoOkay someone do the math on how many zipties it would take to hold down a Saturn 5 rocket.
Sorry, my bad. I forgot a zip tie.
Why are we using zip ties as hold-down clamps in the first place?
Because we couldn’t find our duct tape.
Ah yes, the handyman’s secret weapon…
Okay someone do the math on how many zipties it would take to hold down a Saturn 5 rocket.