Australia’s attempt to join the space race lasts 14 seconds (www.theregister.com)
from sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org on 30 Jul 2025 05:03
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skribe@aussie.zone on 30 Jul 2025 05:14 next collapse

NEEDS MORE STRUTS!

SteevyT@beehaw.org on 30 Jul 2025 15:18 next collapse

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

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 30 Jul 2025 15:28 collapse

Happy cake day

skribe@aussie.zone on 31 Jul 2025 00:51 collapse

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

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 Jul 2025 05:52 next collapse

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

Maestro@fedia.io on 30 Jul 2025 07:36 next collapse

So, it's "Xeeting" now instead of "tweeting" or simply "posting"?

Lembot_0004@discuss.online on 30 Jul 2025 08:07 collapse

Clickbaiting.

jonesy@aussie.zone on 30 Jul 2025 07:38 next collapse

Guys we’re doing our best :(

XTL@sopuli.xyz on 30 Jul 2025 16:29 collapse

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

Kissaki@beehaw.org on 30 Jul 2025 08:25 next collapse

“barely off the ground”

How slow did it fly? 0.1 meters per second?

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 31 Jul 2025 19:19 collapse

Maybe they mean relative to space.

Codpiece@feddit.uk on 30 Jul 2025 08:34 next collapse

Were they trying to master the reusable landing stage first?

Smoke@beehaw.org on 30 Jul 2025 12:57 next collapse

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.

F04118F@feddit.nl on 30 Jul 2025 15:16 collapse

French Guyana: “Am I a joke to you?”

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 31 Jul 2025 15:12 collapse

Well, french guyana isnt a US launch site

ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Jul 2025 13:19 next collapse

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

Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club on 30 Jul 2025 16:25 next collapse

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

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Jul 2025 20:35 next collapse

that’s what she said

arsCynic@beehaw.org on 31 Jul 2025 20:59 collapse

Though, kangaroo biomimicry proved a great success.