Hackaday Links: April 23, 2023
Mark it on your calendars, folks — this is the week that the term RUD has entered the public lexicon. Sure, most of our community already knows the acronym for …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 23, 2023
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Saving Martian Colonists Using Table Salt And Rocket Science
Imagine for a moment that you are a member of an early Mars colony. You’re stranded, and the only way to get a message home is to launch a radio …read more Continue reading Saving Martian Colonists Using Table Salt And Rocket Science
Fail Of The Week (in 1996): The 7 Billion Dollar Overflow
The year was 1996, the European Space agency was poised for commercial supremacy in space. Their new Ariane 5 Rocket could launch two three-ton satellites into space. It had more power than anything that had come before.
The rocket rose up towards the heavens on a pillar of flame, carrying four very expensive and very uninsured satellites. Thirty-seven seconds later it self destructed. Seven billion dollars of RUD rained down on the local beaches near the Guiana Space Centre in Southern America. A video of the failed launch is after the break.
The cause of all this was a single …read more
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