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A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff

A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed.

Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds.

A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and flames shot up in some spots. The video then showed spurts of water shot toward that spot in an effort to put out the blaze.

Tokyo-based startup Space One, behind the rocket launch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

They all blow up the first time! You can do it Japan!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Learn from this; make this loss a sacrifice for your success!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If it had succeeded, Space One would have been the first private company to put a rocket into orbit.>

Love or hate them space X was already the first private company to put a rocket in orbit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Space x was handed NASA research, knowledge base and state handouts. Must be nice having those type of friends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

NASA let's anybody have that. the only classified stuff NASA does is some payloads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks NASA

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They probably meant Japanese private company. But there's so many lazy journalist's.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rocket science is hard. Do not give up Japan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's not rocket science

Oh shit it is

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The private sector absolutely cannot into space without so much government support it may as well be nationalized.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

not far behind spacex then

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed.

Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds.

A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and flames shot up in some spots.

The video then showed spurts of water shot toward that spot in an effort to put out the blaze.

Tokyo-based startup Space One, behind the rocket launch, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The launch was already delayed several times, with the last postponement coming Saturday, after a ship was spotted in a risk area, according to Japanese media reports.


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