Talk about slow news days, I can find only one story that's worth mentioning. Honestly that's pretty much only because it reminds me of one my all time most favorite headlines and that was just last May. Remember this one:
Australia's first orbital launch scrubbed because the rocket's nose fell off
The story centers on Australian launch company Gilmour. As the weeks went by after I first heard of them, I kept checking in to see if a date had been announced. What was supposed to be in March of '25 it ended up being quite a bit later than that - May 15. Instead, the nose cone fell off the rocket hours before it was supposed to leave the launch pad Thursday.
When they finally actually attempted a launch a few months later, (in July) it lifted off the launch pad, drifted a little, while gaining virtually zero altitude, then fell to the ground.
The news is Space News says Gilmour says they're planning to launch again "next year" but I don't subscribe to their site so that's all I can read.
The first Eris rocket from Gilmour Space Technologies lifts off July 29 (U.S. time) on a short-lived test flight. Credit: Gilmour Space Technologies
Hey, the next Falcon 9 launch is 12:13 AM Tuesday!
All I can think of is...
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