i found out at least who i meant:
#amanda #congdon was #unboomed from #rocketboom as she coined the term. space geeks would have called it unplanned deorbit. [1,2]
[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bhP5-UqfjXg&pp=ygURYW1hbmRhIHJvY2tldGJvb20%3D
...a #RUD event at #blueorigin blew up a significant amount of the nice dollars we all handed over to jeff #bezos as a profit on #amazon shopping.
🤔 ...i wonder what the girl which was moderating the daily video blog #rocketboom somewhere around 2000 is doing nowadays...
Ooops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O90WZJALYc
LC-36 is the only facility in the world built to launch the New Glenn rocket. That means that until the launch pad is rebuilt and re-certified, Blue Origin has no way to fly its largest rocket
Triebwerksausfall und unkontrollierter Absturz – also nach SpaceX-Maßstäben ein erfolgreicher Testflug.
https://www.zeit.de/wissenschaft/2026-05/starship-spacex-elon-musk-rakete-testflug-erfolg
@spaceflight I predict a total failure of both, also known as a Complete RUD or CRUD.
Starlink satellite 34343 experienced an anomaly last Sunday, at 560 km altitude, and broke up into pieces.
LeoLabs imaged the area around the satellite and detected 10's of fragments. They characterize this event as "likely caused by an internal energetic source rather than a collision with space debris or another object. Due to its low altitude, fragments will likely de-orbit within a few weeks."
Now imagine such events with a million+ satellites in orbit.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/in-pieces-spacex-mysteriously-loses-contact-with-starlink-satellite
#RUD
1/n
• #KID separated from #PSLV ~18 minutes after takeoff, likely as a result of the flight anomaly
• The demo craft was able to withstand peak forces around 28 Gs
• KID’s thermal protection system was able to maintain a temperature of ~30 degrees Celsius, while external temperature readings showed ~85 degrees 🌡️ Celsius
• The vehicle successfully transmitted data, while screaming through the atmosphere at a non-nominal trajectory
During a routine ambient-pressure test, the Liquid Oxygen Tank ruptured. Based on photos of the damage, it appears that a COPV at the bottom of one of the larger chines might have exploded đź’Ą during the pressure test. Until we hear more directly from #SpaceX, it is only speculation at this point what caused the rupture https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/booster-18-anomaly-proof-testing/
When do you expect will #BlueOrigin land the #NewGlenn first stage without #RUD đź’Ą ? https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-second-new-glenn-rolls-to-the-launch-pad-and-they-expect-to-recover-this-one
♻️ #reusability
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