Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/8
150 mm
1/3,200
400
The motor vendor gave me a heads up that this would be a reflex photo opp.
The Vmax propellant has been prone to CATO in this M4770 configuration, and he thought he might have a fix.
In a flash, it was back to a yard sale in the sky, like a layout of the parts ready for assembly on a blue screen of death.
Seems like a good image to start with, as only the Google team, my man Jim Green (with his homebrew propellants), and my son (with his 4-motor cluster video rocket) avoided disaster. I was not so lucky, nor was the astrobiology mission.
UPDATE: I have a video of this launch, and it’s amazing how quickly it goes. A “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” as they say…
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