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Anyone had a ‘Rapid unscheduled Disassembly?’
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tomorrowman
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My Study chair has just experienced a RUD and is now totally FUBAR (favourite WWII acronym).
All this courtesy of excessive WFH courtesy of COVID
All this courtesy of excessive WFH courtesy of COVID
Sparkeur
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Jason71
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Ironically, I had one this afternoon. My full cup tea fell off its handle and exploded on the tiled conservatory floor.
Good news. The handle is undamaged.
Bad news. The cup wasn’t so lucky
Worse news. The tea couldn’t be salvaged.
Good news. The handle is undamaged.
Bad news. The cup wasn’t so lucky
Worse news. The tea couldn’t be salvaged.
Sparkeur
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Ah...obviously English break fast tea then.
If my O level physics still holds good. The cup accelerated away from the handle at 32 feet per second squared. So pretty damn fast.
Pity that tea isn’t a non-Newtonian liquid, it might have bounced instead of spreading itself microns thick across 16 square metres!
Cnixon
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Non Newtonian fluid - desert spoonful custard powder (cornflour) tiny bit of water to 'just' mix away the powder....enjoy.
It doesn't bounce though.
It doesn't bounce though.
To be fair to SpaceX, they were trying to land a 110 ton rocket back on its feet. Some of us can't reverse into a parking space without kebing their wheels
To be fair to SpaceX, they were trying to land a 110 ton rocket back on its feet. Some of us can't reverse into a parking space without kebing their wheels
Tesla software would have been looking for a space between 2 other rockets..
RUD isn’t an Elon thing, it’s been used in rocketry since the 50s. It is however a glorious TLA and should be used as much as possible!
Amused/disgusted at the main stream media coverage of SN8's glorious test flight. All objectives achieved: four minute burn of Raptor engines, transition to prone flight, control of flight in prone mode to pre-determined location, conversion to vertical flight and controlled decent - right up to the point where low pressure in a header tank allowed one motor to self-digest and lose thrust. Green is not a good look for rocket exhaust.
Pretty spectacular view of a rocket the size of a 14 story building descending sideways straight down at the pad camera!
Also lovely display of a lot of burning methalox with shrapnel accompaniment
Scott Manley's YouTube coverage perhaps the best.
Amused/disgusted at the main stream media coverage of SN8's glorious test flight. All objectives achieved: four minute burn of Raptor engines, transition to prone flight, control of flight in prone mode to pre-determined location, conversion to vertical flight and controlled decent - right up to the point where low pressure in a header tank allowed one motor to self-digest and lose thrust. Green is not a good look for rocket exhaust.
Pretty spectacular view of a rocket the size of a 14 story building descending sideways straight down at the pad camera!
Also lovely display of a lot of burning methalox with shrapnel accompaniment
Scott Manley's YouTube coverage perhaps the best.
Yes, amazingly the flight was even more impressive than the final explosion!
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