Japanese Rocket Fails To Reach Orbit

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/30/2018 at 16:10 • Filed to: that's not gone well, Spacelopnik

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The president the Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies said he believes there was a glitch in the main engine. Ya think?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 16:18

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looks like it stalled

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 16:26

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Looks like someone let out the clutch too early in their Honda

His Stigness > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 16:47

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Engineer 1“Did you finish the main engine?

Engineer 2“No, did you?”

Engineer 1“No.”

Engineer 1 and 2“Shit.”

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 16:58

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So this thrust requirement is it in lb/ft or n/m?

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 17:04

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that thing doesn’t look big enough to make it anywhere near orbit even if it did work (?)

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 17:31

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Big rocket goes boom!

vondon302 > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 06/30/2018 at 17:33

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I've never seen a missed shift by a rocket.

LastFirstMI is my name > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 17:39

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Maybe avoid Takata engines next time. 

ttyymmnn > wafflesnfalafel 06/30/2018 at 17:39

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I just report the news.

Grindintosecond > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 17:53

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A story ran several years ago in Air&Space magazine. China, Japan, India are all trying to send people to space using their own countries infrastructure. Ma inly, they use their military sciences, and when it comes to their own humans safely in space foro days at a time without risking their lives , not a single one of them have contacted NASA to learn about how.  So I can assume their safety checks on rocket engines, etc. are about in line with that theory. Safety? What’s that?

Grindintosecond > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 06/30/2018 at 17:55

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Joules of work? I think they use “specific impulse”

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Grindintosecond 06/30/2018 at 17:58

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Like I know what measurement to use I’m no rocket surgeon 

ranwhenparked > Grindintosecond 06/30/2018 at 18:10

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Maybe they’re talking to someone with more recent experience at sending humans to space, like Roscosmos?

user314 > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 18:31

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I had an Estes model rocket do the exact same thing, only with less fire.

There’s also the failure of a Russian R-7 back in ‘02

ttyymmnn > user314 06/30/2018 at 18:45

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Big bada boom.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > vondon302 06/30/2018 at 19:04

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I’ve seen plenty from rice rockets what are you talking about

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 19:43

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Space is hard. 

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 20:28

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:) sorry, (why did you not include full technical specifications!)

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 06/30/2018 at 21:02

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I just spent the day at the Johnson Space center. The Japanese should make the trip. Everything they need to know is right there on display!

LongbowMkII > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 06/30/2018 at 22:22

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Stock Honda clutches are pretty forgiving. Even my ham-footed self  hasnt stalled the s2k yet *knock*

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/30/2018 at 23:47

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As f86sabre said, “Space is hard.” But we’ve definitely got it figured out.

Dusty Ventures > ttyymmnn 07/01/2018 at 12:07

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This is why you don’t give control of the rocket to Jeb