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An Australian aerospace firm said Friday it has scrubbed a historic attempt to send a locally developed rocket into orbit, citing a glitch in the nose cone protecting its payload — a jar of Vegemite. An electrical fault erroneously deployed the opening mechanism of the carbon-fibre nose cone during pre-flight testing…
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Nose cone glitch wipes Australian rocket launch
An Australian aerospace firm said Friday it has scrubbed a historic attempt to send a locally developed rocket into orbit, citing a glitch in the nose cone protecting its payload — a jar of Vegemite. An electrical fault erroneously deployed the opening mechanism of the carbon-fibre nose cone during pre-flight testing…