94
Europe's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheese
(interestingengineering.com)
Share & discuss informative content on: Astrophysics, Cosmology, Space Exploration, Planetary Science and Astrobiology.
The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula
๐ญ Science
๐ Engineering
๐ Art and Photography
Other Cool Links
maybe I missed it in the article - why was there a piece of cheese?
edit - immediately saw the reason after posting this comment
kinda weird to make all this calculation and then just zip tie some bag of cheese on it
They're just doing debug Q&A on the rocket. Next time they're going to fill it with -1 gallons of fuel and see how far it goes.
Only one way to find out what happens if the thrusters are on upside down
Maybe a good thing in a weird way, at least in testing? Helps you plan for the unexpected