Comments on: Ground equipment caused premature end to first Rocket Lab launch https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ground-equipment-caused-premature-end-to-first-rocket-lab-launch/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anthony Domanico https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ground-equipment-caused-premature-end-to-first-rocket-lab-launch/#comment-1005319 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:10:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=47037#comment-1005319 Edward,

I thought the same thing. In fact, initially I confused the two incidents.

It goes to show just how important the ground support side of the equation is. The rocket has to harness and control tremendous amounts of energy so it’s always the star of the show. Meanwhile, the ground support equipment is akin to all the people behind the scenes in a movie production, critical, but unseen.

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ground-equipment-caused-premature-end-to-first-rocket-lab-launch/#comment-1005300 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:50:59 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=47037#comment-1005300 It sounds eerily similar to the Japanese company, Interstellar Technologies, failure the other day:

http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japanese-private-rocket-launch-terminates-early-due-of-communication-failure/

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