Moon lander test crashed - pics and video.

Paul Anderson · Aug 11, 2012

stansdds · Aug 11, 2012

Not a good start. :pop4:

:isadizzy:

eddie · Aug 11, 2012

Its too bad, but that's what R&D is about,lol

eddie · Aug 11, 2012

Its not like its never happened before. Neil Armstrong survived this accident with this test craft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlJGQ92IgFk

Allen · Aug 11, 2012

Great balls of fire?

Lionheart · Aug 11, 2012

Were those shiny, neat looking little 'weather balloons' attached to its perimeter?

:S

TARPSBird · Aug 11, 2012

Break out the hotdogs and marshmallows, then back to the drawing board. :icon_lol:

pfflyers · Aug 12, 2012

I liked how the project manager called it "Home Depot engineering." Reminded me of Red Green. Looks liked they didn't use enough duct tape.

TARPSBird · Aug 12, 2012

Red Green, LOL. Yeah, that's a pretty good comparison! :icon_lol:

RedGreen · Aug 12, 2012

You called? :icon_lol:

paiken · Aug 12, 2012

Lionheart said:
Were those shiny, neat looking little 'weather balloons' attached to its perimeter?

:S

Insulated fuel tanks, actually. Notice the LOX truck fueling up the lander before the tethered test fire in the video.