Re: China lands (reusable) rocket during an orbital launch
"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:56:47 -0400
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"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message news:[email protected]... >The problem of balancing a rocket on its exhaust is called an inverted >pendulum.." > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pendulum When it goes wrong... https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpaceLaunchSchedule/posts/941061586934299/ "I was NOTUs launch Supervisor for that launch. Come down right on top of us during an emergency deep dive. Thank God the range safety detonators and explosives we installed worked and vented the three stages. When we surfaced the deck was covered with solid rocket fuel chunks. 89 I think."