r/ThatsInsane • u/rutgerbadcat • 2d ago

Alternate view of German space rocket failures impact from Norway

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u/raw-mean 2d ago

That wasn't a failure. It was controlled abortion, because they wanted to get data; that was their goal.

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u/Catch_ME 2d ago

So a successful failure? Or failed success?

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u/raw-mean 2d ago

Neither, nor. They reached their goal, and everything went according to plan. That's called a success.

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u/-Clean-Sky- 2d ago

Its a fail.

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u/raw-mean 1d ago

Again, a fail is, if you try but don't reach your goal. They never intended to go into space with that particular rocket. Before the start, they already had ruled out that it would reach orbit. That is not due to incompetence to build a rocket that could, but because they wanted to test everything out first...including their abort system.

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u/ILikeYourBigButt 1d ago

You're a fail.