Posted on 06/30/2018 7:06:44 AM PDT by Eddie01
The 10-meter long MOMO rocket is the first rocket designed to be sent into space by a private company, without the assistance of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). A previous attempt to launch MOMO into space 11 months ago failed as well.
Interstellar Technologies Inc. failed to launch a rocket in Japan on Friday, as the vehicle exploded a few seconds after liftoff, Japanese NHK news agency reported.
There were no injuries from the blast, as the start was remote and the closest spectators were at least 1,5 km away from the launch pad. Interstellar Technologies President Takahiro Inagawa has apologized for the incident, saying an engine malfunction could be the cause of the blast.
MOMO BOOMBOOM
Just send Loral over there. They’ll not only get their rockets off the pad, they’ll get them into ICBM status with MIRV capabilities. See Clinton administration actions while press obsessed on Monica scandal.
I know. First of all it's "frames" not flames.
Engine Failure. Looks like the Fuel Pumps were not supplying enough fuel to get adequate thrust to lift the rocket off of the ground.
It rised a very short distance and fell backwards.
We had that same issue upon Americas entry into the space race.
See if this were the Clinton Administration and the Japanese were Communist the Japanese would have been given the technology to launch that rocket. Once the Clintons received their bribe.
Sarcasm? Japanese (first in 1970) have launched satellites and planetary space missions. This private launch is just a step upward from a rocketry club event.
Sum Ting Wong
Not so easy, is it babe.
I just wish they could have saved that for Independence Day. It would have made a nice prelude to our block party.
Those are all Chinese. Japanese would be “Gontushita”.
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