Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Lighting the Candle

Astra is trying for launch today, after an earlier hold:



9 minutes and counting.

UPDATE: That was a pretty launch.

UPDATE II: But it failed to reach orbit.
Posted by on or about 13:36
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3 comments:

Keaaukane said...

I admit that I studied Rocket Engineering at Estes U., but shouldn't that rocket have fins on it? To stabilize just this sort of thing.

6/12/2022 6:15 PM
Eck! said...

Seems their testing strategy is weak.

Second stage early shutdown is poor. Shame it took
two sats.

Interesting small launcher, barely larger than V2 at 38ft
tall about 4ft in diameter, better performing at the
first stage level and with added second stage.

Once they get it right it could be a cheap launch to
Low orbit for small payloads.


Eck!

6/13/2022 11:33 AM
Eck! said...

Gravity, it has a lot of pull.



Eck!

6/14/2022 5:56 PM

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