Credit: u/DoctorSov
Context: [Stephen Clark] The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
“That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.”
“Well, how is it untypical?”
“Well, there are a lot of these rockets launching around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen… I just don’t want people thinking that rockets aren’t safe.”
“Was this rocket safe?”
“Well I was thinking more about the other ones…”
“The ones that are safe.”
“Yeah, the ones the payload fairing doesn’t fall off prematurely.”
At least not until it’s outside the environment?
Context: https://lemmy.world/post/29732823
A goddamn Scott Manley reference in the wild? By the gods
I can’t believe this actually happened. Huh.
If you average out this with the Astra Kool Aid Man fairing then problem solved