It’s the structure that rolls under the rocket to allow techs to work on the engines and stuff while it’s vertical. It rolls out of the way, behind some heat shielding, before and during launch. Looks like the heat shielding failed or it moved, either way it got cooked.
Damaged? Is it even possible? I mean serious damage worth mentioning? Cosmodrome is a concrete field, rails and a primitive metal armature construction to hold the rocket. It can't be damaged unless the rocket explodes while on the starting table.
unless the concrete field hasn't been maintained for the last 20 years and the rocket exhaust simply disintegrated the concrete platform where the tears became too large.
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becausechemistry@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 284d
It’s the structure that rolls under the rocket to allow techs to work on the engines and stuff while it’s vertical. It rolls out of the way, behind some heat shielding, before and during launch. Looks like the heat shielding failed or it moved, either way it got cooked.
Source: everyone’s favorite internet rocket Scotsman
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 284d
Damaged? Is it even possible? I mean serious damage worth mentioning? Cosmodrome is a concrete field, rails and a primitive metal armature construction to hold the rocket. It can't be damaged unless the rocket explodes while on the starting table.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 284d
unless the concrete field hasn't been maintained for the last 20 years and the rocket exhaust simply disintegrated the concrete platform where the tears became too large.