Picture of the Day: Nuri Rocket Preparing for Launch
This photo, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, shows the country’s first homegrown space rocket, Nuri, being assembled at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, 328 kilometers south of Seoul, on May 16, 2023, eight days ahead of its third launch. (Yonhap)
It has been a bad year for rocket launches this year.
Hopefully Nuri 3 won’t be a part of the string of disappointments.
Failures, so-called, often teach manufacturers more than successes…
That’s one reason Musk is lightyears ahead of the competition.
The Nuri, actually the third stage of it failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit during its first launch.
KARI fixed the problem and the second launch was successful.
So yes KARI learned from the first launch, however I don’t think it will look good if the third launch failed.
I hear what you’re saying; but building something that complex might require more than three tries.
What failed rocket launches this year? This is Korea’s first launch of the year.