Funny quotes from rocket launches.

[Mugs914]

Ha ha ha! I read the first sentence as "This weekend...".

Shouldn't reply before my first cuppa joe, I reckon...

 

[Brent]

I like this. No catchy saying, but "she still going".

I remember that one.

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

"It's like some crappy Dr. Who episode."

 

[BABAR]

2019 NSL

”I can’t get anything on the P-pad!”

RSO reference to a technical glitch which delayed an ultimately spectacular two stage HPR flight.

 

[PhilC]

At one of our club launches in the UK the RSO was presented with a minimum diameter rocket. His response: "launch it early - it'll give you all day to look for it"

 

[BABAR]

Probably not an exact quote, but someone mentioned in the forum the Launch Officer commenting on a saucer launch in a HPR motor (maybe a K or an L), saucer went up to maybe 400 feet

“wow, that was an impressive waste of a lot of propellant!”

 

[smstachwick]

“wow, that was an impressive waste of a lot of propellant!”

Impressive wasting of propellant accurately describes rocketry itself.

 

[mtnmanak]

If you fly in Maryland and something goes sideways in a spectacular fashion, you are guaranteed to hear Neil say, "And that's why you come to MDRA!"

 

[Buster]

After CATO. “Well, back to the drawing board Werner!”

 

[jadebox]

A young child counting down for her launch:

5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .....

 

[smstachwick]

A young child counting down for her launch:

5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .....

Reminds me of the old Daisy campaign ad

 

[Rob Campbell]

Not now. Cato!!!

 

[Rob Campbell]

Well, that was craptacular.