From: runningman@writeable.com   
      
   On 12/03/2024 19:24 Snidely  wrote:   
   > Kairos' Maiden Flight, Space One's launch from Kii Spaceport,   
   > (Northern) Japan, only lasted a few seconds.  The video stream showed   
   > the clouds of smoke from the debris fire casting ominous shadows on the   
   > pad {ominous is my contribution).   
   >   
   > This rocket used 3 solid stages with a liquid-fueled kickstage.  Solids   
   > avoid the difficulty of building an orbital-class turbopump, but space   
   > is still hard.   
   >   
   > /dps   
   >   
   > --   
   > "That's a good sort of hectic, innit?"   
   >   
   > " Very much so, and I'd recommend the haggis wontons."   
   > -njm   
      
   I think it was simply poorly executed. We've had similar failures which were   
   traced to the hydrophilic nature of the solid fuel. This resulted in the fuel   
   becoming brittle and a huge surface area for the fuel to burn resulting in an   
   explosion.   
      
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