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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by andrewflnr on Friday May 05, 2023 @08:33PM (#35836785)
Oh, sure, there are real reasons to be worried about the launch, but it took a stupid amount of time for the peanut gallery to say anything more sensical than "rocket go boom, haha fail", which is definitely not a real reason. I still think the failure of the FTS is by far the most important problem.
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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by imtringued on Saturday May 06, 2023 @05:30AM (#35839654)
I don't know where you get your information but from my perspective the peanut gallery noticed the failure of the flight termination system earlier than the non peanut gallery.
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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by andrewflnr on Saturday May 06, 2023 @10:08AM (#35841534)
Interesting. Maybe I live in a weird bubble, but the "lol fail" types I saw didn't appear to notice it until much later. Scott Manley was the first I saw talking about it (and he says he got a lot of pushback on that, even).
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