Re:[FT] Oz Shoestring Space Program

> >Quote from http://www.spacedaily.com re Hypersonic Ramjet tested
> >yesterday
> 
> Well, it failed but it cost less to fail then most of our "Oops"
events.
> When's the next launch?

As soon as we find out why the farnarckling Very Costly (actually quite
cheap, just costly relative to the rest) US-made rocket that carried it
failed. Initial low-reliability reports state that it didn't make it
past 100 km, so it could be that the Terrier stage worked, but the Orion
stage didn't. Either that or the attitude adjustment went badly
skew-whiff, with the thing corkscrewing up at Mach 7+ and god knows how
many gees.

One good thing: the payload made it through Max Dynamic Pressure,
nose-cone separated etc. It just didn't go up high enough, so didn't
come down fast enough. This time.