No one hurt in Firefly “anomaly” as company tests its Alpha first stage

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No one hurt in Firefly “anomaly” as company tests its Alpha first stage

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From Ars Technica:
"On Wednesday evening, at Firefly Aerospace's test site about an hour north of Austin in Central Texas, some sort of anomaly occurred. The Burnet County Sheriff's Office reported that the incident took place at 6:24pm CT (00:24 UTC, Thursday), and that officers had called for evacuations of residences within one mile of the test site."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01 ... st-launch/

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Re: No one hurt in Firefly “anomaly” as company tests its Alpha first stage

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Another article from SpaceFlightNow.com:
"Firefly confirms ‘anomaly’ and fire during first stage hotfire test"

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/23/f ... fire-test/

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Re: No one hurt in Firefly “anomaly” as company tests its Alpha first stage

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Thanks Steven. Somehow I missed this initiative altogether.
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