Rocket photography launch blastoff CATO gone wild spirals unstable motor failures
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Rockets Gone Wild
Posted by Steve Jurvetson on June 18, 2009
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The pop of a supersonic shred, scattering fins below… and the beginning of a sparky spiral dance in the sky… Here’s a rare catch of a fleeting midair moment – the forward retention for the solid-fuel motor has failed and so it thusts forward up through the rocket, pushing the parachute and nose cone out…