A rocket engine has exploded during a launch test at the UK’s new spaceport in Shetland.
The test was being carried out by German company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) who hope to eventually launch the UK’s first vertical rocket into orbit.
The scheduled nine-engine test was part of a number of trials due to be carried out before progressing to launch.
RFA said no-one was injured in the explosion and the launch pad had been “saved and is secured”.
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Poor Uk , can’t even launch anything in space. Bless… another failure,, ut eh, Uk as still a royaulty,,,, 😂
They should use the France s European Guyana site is a success for decades now.
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SO BEAUTIFUL….
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Who is this TV anchor? "Exploooded" never heard such an accent in England, Wales or Scotland. Is he enjoying that? Is he an Elon Musk fan? It's redeculus 😢
He interrupted more than three times… how not to do an interview
But we went to the moon almost 60 years ago 😂
Made in Chi….Wait..F……
Made in UK
Wow, vent valve couldn’t keep up blowing a dragons breath.
UK 🤣
ewww
I have not watched a BBC production for years. I see from this that I am not missing anything. They now have presenters who talk like teenagers – "crazy errors!" as well as interrupting guests.
UK is a joke to the entire world 😂😂😂
The cause and foundation of the problem is italy and France Paris,Rome,Napolitano,Napoli,America,Rome,Taranto,Torino,Sardinia ^&&&***
Leaves on the track ? Wrong kind of snow ?
As long as this is recognised as an unacceptable 'bug' that must be fixed and not a feature, I would rather these kind of things happen 'in testing' and not live.
And that's how you present the news while high on coke.
Sabotage
NASA had untold rockets explode on the pad including Apollo 1 which killed 3 men
They should try another fuel 10-year-old malt whisky doesn't work?
0-45 what went wrong? Probably DEI workers. 😂😂😂
Bet the good folk of the Shetlands came out to worship the new Sun God
Using Buckfast and Whiskey as Fuel was what went wrong.🤣🤣🤣
Lol. I am very happy. These are the same people who make fun of India's space program. While they can't even launch a rocket by themselves. These are the same people who accuse china of stealing space technology from their country.😂😅
Was it a arson attack by Islamist
And the Germans and Brits want to fight Russia which has hypersonic missiles !
is it safe to to comment or will any expression of opinion based on fact lead to me getting arrested by the thought police?
I can remember as a child when Britain was leading in all technology world wide but we gave them all away to America and jet engine technology to Russia this is now what we are left with
"European" soil? Spare me.
Habibi come to india to gain some knowledge on rocket science 😂😂😂😂, bbc criticised isro when they had a small glitch. It seems true that empty vessel makes more noise 😂😂😂😂
Americans have space sex at least 😂.
that so called interview was as interesting as watching melting ice cubes. i learnt nothing about the possible cause of the fire.
My car failed emissions test.
His protocols didn't protect the environment.
ssince when did rockets go sides ways?
commentator sounds like a pantomime Dame
Meanwhile we're all baddies if we still have petrol cars and dont have a heat pump…
Instead of feeding the homeless and poors, the government chose to spent money on the fireworks 😂
And yet It's illegal for me to drive through Glasgow in my car because "climate change".