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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is that the guy who ended up becoming a vaguely humanoid splatter mark on the concrete below?

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Died on impact, with the suit failing to deploy properly. Supposedly the tests with the dummy had been successful.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

except for the final test with the dummy, which spectacularly failed