A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff
A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed.
Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds.
A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and flames shot up in some spots. The video then showed spurts of water shot toward that spot in an effort to put out the blaze.
Tokyo-based startup Space One, behind the rocket launch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
They all blow up the first time! You can do it Japan!
Learn from this; make this loss a sacrifice for your success!
If it had succeeded, Space One would have been the first private company to put a rocket into orbit.>
Love or hate them space X was already the first private company to put a rocket in orbit.
Space x was handed NASA research, knowledge base and state handouts. Must be nice having those type of friends.
NASA let’s anybody have that. the only classified stuff NASA does is some payloads.
Thanks NASA
They probably meant Japanese private company. But there’s so many lazy journalist’s.
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AErsimi1X2c
Rocket science is hard. Do not give up Japan.
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not far behind spacex then
The private sector absolutely cannot into space without so much government support it may as well be nationalized.
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A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed.
Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds.
A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and flames shot up in some spots.
The video then showed spurts of water shot toward that spot in an effort to put out the blaze.
Tokyo-based startup Space One, behind the rocket launch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The launch was already delayed several times, with the last postponement coming Saturday, after a ship was spotted in a risk area, according to Japanese media reports.
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