A Chinese startup has released an incredible video showing its reusable rocket failing to stick the landing causing catastrophic damage.
Deep Blue Aerospace says its first-of-its-kind reusable kerosene-fuelled rocket completed 10 of its 11 tasks — with the landing being the task that failed.Stunning drone footage of Nebula-1 being tested at the Ejin Banner Spaceport in Inner Mongolia shows its landing feet deploying and slowly descending toward the pad but something goes wrong and it touches down hard. The crash caused the top portion of the rocket to snap off and there was fire damage also.
What’s remarkable about the footage is its cinematic quality, a drone chases after the rocket as it ascends to an altitude of roughly three miles and follows it until its fiery end. The video looks professionally color-graded which brings out the dramatic tones of Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China.
This is easily the most incredible footage of a rocket landing I have ever seen. Video is by Deep Blue AerospaceSpaceX uses its reusable Falcon 9 boosters to regularly carry payloads to low Earth orbit. China is looking to emulate SpaceX after the government allowed investments in spaceflight companies rather than continuing to let state-owned enterprises take all the funding.
If certified, the Nebula-1 rocket will be capable of carrying 4,400 pounds to low Earth orbit which is much smaller than the Falcon 9’s 55,000 pounds.
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