The top fell off Australia's first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch

10 LorenDB 5 5/16/2025, 12:06:14 PM arstechnica.com ↗

Comments (5)

spicyusername · 9h ago

    Well, the fronts not supposed to fall off, for one thing.
perilunar · 8h ago
Hard to believe, but it's 34 years since that classic, and it's still going strong.

And congrats to Gilmour Space, for such a comical mishap.

linksnapzz · 7h ago
Some of these rockets are built so the top doesn't fall off at all...
nopelynopington · 3h ago
Came here for this, not disappointed.

In case anyone doesn't get it: https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

andrewstuart · 8h ago
Sigh.