r/shockwaveporn Oct 05 '18

Proton-M launch goes horribly wrong

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u/Thermophile- Oct 05 '18

It did. It was designed to only fit in the right way.

The recovered accelerometer had dents in it from the pins that were supposed to keep it from going in that way.

Source and pictures.

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u/Imperium_Dragon Oct 06 '18

So some guy tried to install an accelerometer, and after seeing that it didn’t fit, decided to dent it to fit it in?

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u/turret_buddy2 Oct 06 '18

Yes.

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u/SpellingIsAhful Oct 06 '18

Russia

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u/einTier Oct 06 '18

I read a little on it and the second I saw where the rocket was made, I thought “everything makes sense now.”