Swiss students made history with Europe's first rocket hop test, but a slice of Gruyère almost turned it into a disaster.
  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    maybe I missed it in the article - why was there a piece of cheese?

    edit - immediately saw the reason after posting this comment

    Strapping the cheese to the rocket “was purely for fun, but in the end, it allowed us to discover some limits to our design – notably for roll control,” Marciacq said.