Chinese rocket engine test fails, no casualties reported
www.chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer announced on Sunday that no casualties were reported after a test of the first stage engines of the Tianlong-3 rocket failed in Henan province.

Tianlong-3, a two-stage kerosene-liquid oxygen rocket comparable to SpaceX's Falcon 9, experienced the failure during a test of its nine engines intended to power the first stage.

At 3:43 pm, the engines were fired according to plan, and the engine thrust reached 820 tons. However, a structural failure caused the rocket to detach from its launch pad and blast off.

All villagers in the area, which is remote and far from the city center, had been evacuated before the test.

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  • huf [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    ah yes, and when that tesla rocket blew up the launch pad and itself, that too was chinese build quality, yes yes yes. yapping clowns.