6.3K views · 197 reactions | Qualification of rocket engines involves testing excursion boundaries and durability of hardware. Hence, failures can have a positive connotation because you unambiguously find limits of operation. The trick is to minimize collateral damage when failures occur. This video shows failure of a Lightning thrust chamber on it’s 21st hotfire attempt. | Firefly Aerospace | Facebook

1.9M views · 2.2K reactions | The Firefly’s Alpha rocket exploded mid-flight during its first attempt to reach space  #engineering | Interesting Engineering | Facebook