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Europe's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheese (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

maybe I missed it in the article - why was there a piece of cheese?

edit - immediately saw the reason after posting this comment

Strapping the cheese to the rocket “was purely for fun, but in the end, it allowed us to discover some limits to our design – notably for roll control,” Marciacq said.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

kinda weird to make all this calculation and then just zip tie some bag of cheese on it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're just doing debug Q&A on the rocket. Next time they're going to fill it with -1 gallons of fuel and see how far it goes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Only one way to find out what happens if the thrusters are on upside down

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe a good thing in a weird way, at least in testing? Helps you plan for the unexpected

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Cheese tests should be mandatory for all rockets, I say!