Comments on: Exos suborbital reusable rocket aborts prematurely during third launch

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:59:58 +0000

White Sands has been launching since right after WW2. (and Bob Goddard had been launching in the Thirties up near Alamogordo). Admittedly, it was pretty Wild West in the early days,

“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department!” says Werner Von Braun.
https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-wernher-von-braun-lyrics

The inevitable occurred – one V2 ended up coming down in Mexico (no casualties). Since the Mexican War was about a century in the past, the brass in Washington relieved the post commander and sent in a new one with instructions to put the Fear of God into the mad scientists. He succeeded. Stuff still comes screaming out of the sky, but it’s on Army property.

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:17:31 +0000

It’s a suborbital rocket launched in New Mexico. Even when it works correctly, it’s going to land on land. Fortunately, New Mexico has a lot of wide open spaces.

By: Phill O

Phill O — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:48:43 +0000

What or where will a malfunction land? I can understand why launches are on the east coast, but inland? I do not want to be down range.