r/ThatsInsane • u/Accomplished_Tap6109 • 2d ago

Chinese rocket explodes

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u/Lol_who_me 2d ago

Pooh bear is going to be upset this video is doing the rounds.

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u/Valaseun 2d ago

Maybe he should stop dropping his own rockets on The Hundred Acre Wood.

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u/The_Virtual_Balboa 2d ago

I SAID LUNCH NOT LAUNCH!!

All joking aside, now we're all on a government murder list for watching this.

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u/MisterAmygdala 2d ago

Accidental launch - oopsie. That's a big oopsie.

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u/b4chu3 2d ago

Temu rockets

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u/T5-R 1d ago

86% off from spinning that wheel

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u/r_boedy 2d ago

FOR FREE

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u/ShadNuke 2d ago

Got it after feeding fish for 176 days! Two 40 dollar off coupons! Good deals!

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u/_st23 2d ago

I hate that fucking camera man...

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u/Wise-Profile4256 2d ago

real mystery why he didn't get any more work after blair witch and this parkinson episode.

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u/jdovejr 2d ago

At least he hit the record button.

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u/Bx1965 2d ago

I had some Estes rockets that crashed like that but none exploded.

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u/Jsuke06 2d ago

All hail the mighty D engine

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u/Bx1965 2d ago

I had three rockets. The first one disappeared without a trace on its third launch (nobody saw it come down anywhere), the second crashed on its fifth flight when the parachute didn’t open and the third one flew off in a crazy direction because the fins weren’t perfectly straight. It did teach me a lot about how precarious rocket launching really is.

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u/Jsuke06 2d ago

Had a couple that disappeared. A couple that landed in trees with no hopes of recovery. I agree on the precariousness of rockets, it’s a crapshoot every time

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u/Bx1965 2d ago edited 1d ago

The one that disappeared was lost in 1977. I often wonder what happened to it. It went up perfectly, we saw the tracking smoke and then it just disappeared. We were in a wide open field with about 10 kids there and nobody saw it come down. We looked everywhere and couldn’t find it. I’m thinking it went through a wormhole and is now sitting in a Starfleet museum in the 24th century.

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u/Jsuke06 2d ago

Lol the museum curator, “ here we have a mystery alien object from another dimension that magically appeared one day. We still can’t reverse engineer it!”

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u/Accomplished_Cut_790 1d ago

I’ll never forget watching my brother launch an estes rocket that took off beautifully, reversed course, and ended up in one of our folks’ gutters which was full of leaves.

He watched until flames appeared and then ran around front. It wasn’t long after some of the shingles caught fire that he returned with the hose and put it out.

Those sonsabitchin’ rockets were exciting.

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u/Bx1965 1d ago

They sure were. Kids today are so attached to their phones, they’ll never know the joy of building a rocket and seeing it launch. What a pity.

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u/ShadNuke 2d ago

Have you ever watched amateur rocketry? They can't always get the fins straight (nearly never), and they just corkscrew all the way up. Saw a kid fox the issue with a raspberry Pi, and a little control surface on one of his fins. China should be taking notes from the kid that launches rockets in his back yard! 🤣🤣

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u/UnemployedImbecile 2d ago

How can it launch “accidentally” doesn’t it need two keys and a button

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u/Sabithomega 2d ago

Nah, it just uses a pull string

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u/Ronark91 2d ago

It’s the Chinese government. They drop boosters on villages. What’d you expect

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u/UnemployedImbecile 2d ago

I’d expect a rocket launch to be non-accidental, and I want to know why the caption says ‘accidentally’

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u/Balzrsaur 2d ago

Pov: Me watching my Kerbal's scream as the 3rd rocket hits the ground.

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u/elmasguapojv 2d ago

I think we’re gonna be alright. 🇺🇸🦅

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u/meaksy 1d ago

Probably Made In China

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u/AwkardImprov 1d ago

Hahahahahahaha

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u/Um_No_Bush 2d ago

Back to the drawing board

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u/fbissonnette 2d ago

What do you mean "accidental launch"?

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u/Whistlebelowher 2d ago

“Chadra, chadra, chadra” thats funny

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u/bingold49 2d ago

If you look closely, you can see "ACME" printed on the side

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u/Steverazor 2d ago

Rest of the world, 10 - 15 years. Hammer Industries.... 20.

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u/Dubbs444 2d ago

That IS insane!

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u/Haliucinogenas 2d ago

Its labeled accidental just because its failed

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u/Ichthius 2d ago

Had no payload on top. Wasn’t a full stack.

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u/Rabbit-Fricassee 2d ago

$2.9b worth of damage just because Carl put his lunch down on the launch button.

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u/Kfishdude 2d ago

Sooo,, fireworks?

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u/ALaggingPotato 2d ago

how do we know it was Chinese?

how do you launch a rocket accidentally? was it really accidental or is that an excuse for its failure?

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u/farky84 2d ago

Worst cameraman of the millenia. I couslnt even do it like this if I wanted to.

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u/smooze420 2d ago

We may let China make our underwear but there’s a reason we don’t let them make rocket components…in general anyway.

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u/KramerVsNewman 2d ago

🎶Ooh-ooh Temu🎶

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u/Milburn55 2d ago

Has the US ever had an accidental launch??

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u/MahnHandled 2d ago

Does this mean they can’t steal intelligence? They steal patents and designs, but evidently you can’t steal intelligence; Even if it is artificial.

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u/Ichthius 2d ago

It’s a falcon 9 knock off. They made it land too.

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u/ShadNuke 2d ago

How do you "accidentally" launch a rocket worth tens of millions of dollars??

Ah well... Oops...

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u/RadenSahid 2d ago

This is like the eight chinese rocket post this week and it's only Wednesday. Try post about Space X rockets for a change.

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u/TungstenArcAZ 2d ago

Why does that feel like the scene from Iron Man 2 where Tony is showing all the videos of the suit failures.

Like yeah, your space program is great. Everyone accidentally launches a rocket every now and then.

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u/Bentbad 2d ago

That's rockit since right there

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u/ShadowCaster0476 2d ago

It did not explode.

It accidentally launched and then crashed.

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u/ConsistentRepeat3048 2d ago

Coal powered like everything else in china

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u/Roxdeath 2d ago

Short range missile test

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u/T5-R 1d ago

Engineer: "Where do you want me to place the self destruct button?"

CCP "The what?"

Engineer: "The self destruct button. You know, for if something goes wrong..... So it doesn't drop on civilians."

CCP: "The who?"

Engineer: "Civilians, you know... the... general...... population?"

CCP: "THE WHO???"

Engineer: "Erm...... normal peo-"

CCP: "DISSIDENT.... TO REEDUCATION CAMP WITH THEM!!!"

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u/master_baiter-69 1d ago

Someone's gonna be executed

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u/Majgunz 1d ago

"Made in China"

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u/AwkardImprov 1d ago

I hate when the big rod goes off prematurely.

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u/MrSmootholio 2d ago

Nobody in there, right?

I love you know when things are about to go wrong when the rocket immediately is a little tilted and wobbly and there's this moment of people being like "oh this is how that goes" and then they're like "oh... no it's not."

When I said I love this, I forgot one of the other famous examples was Challenger. Don't love that.

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u/all_alone_by_myself_ 2d ago

Not accidental. Just tofu dregg missile.

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u/cursedpotatoskins 2d ago

The "test" button is next to "launch" button, same shape and color.

Or like that stupid iMac keyboard "screen lock", how many times have I pressed it thinking it was "back space"

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u/freebucks779 2d ago

It’s the holy Pall Mall falling from the heavens.

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u/Bnasty909 2d ago

Made in china at its finest

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u/BuxtonHouse 2d ago

This rocket wasn't meant to fly. It was mounted to a base and was meant to do an engine test.

Source: Scott Manly Youtube

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u/oxwilder 2d ago

Somebody left a "made in China" sticker on a fuel line o-ring

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u/dd-Ad-O4214 2d ago

That camera man did an immaculate job