Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (and his gang) might have had some thoughts on that statement but he's dead. And the students did something remarkable.
From Interesting Engineering, October 24:
How a slice of cheese almost derailed Europe’s most important rocket test
“Yes, it was indeed Gruyère cheese, and it almost caused a disaster!” acknowledged GSP president Jérémy Marciacq.
A team of students made history this month by performing Europe’s first rocket hop test.
Those who have followed SpaceX’s trajectory will know hop tests are a vital stepping stone for a reusable rocket program, as they allow engineers to test their rocket’s landing capabilities.
Impressively, no private company or space agency in Europe had ever performed a rocket hop test before. Essentially, a group of students performed one of the most important rocket tests in the history of European rocketry.
However, the remarkable nature of this story doesn’t end there. Amazingly, the whole thing was almost derailed by a piece of cheese....
....MUCH MORE
Now, if we could hook them up with the scientists at CERN we'd be well on our way to lunch:
Baguette breaks Large Hadron Collider (End of the Universe Puts Trade Down)
