Video credit: LabPadre

Meme credit: u/rustybeancake

For those keeping score on Firefly Alpha’s track record:

  • Flight 1: failure

  • Flight 2: partial failure

  • Flight 3: success

  • Flight 4: partial failure

  • Flight 5: success

  • Flight 6: failure

  • Flight 7: today’s ground explosion

This compares to Astra Rocket 3.0’s track record of 2 successes out of 9 launch attempts (including ground failures).

  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    The junkyard is across the highway from the test site and is where this was obviously filmed. I would also question calling this “Flight 7” as this is a test facility. No flights originate there.