Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
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Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
oops.
I wonder what the insurance premiums are on a vehicle like that. I wonder how much they just increased?
I wonder what the insurance premiums are on a vehicle like that. I wonder how much they just increased?
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
I think they may have lost more than a rocket. Looks like they'd launch a little further away from all of their other infrastructure.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Well here's the problem.
The first stage rocket made use of an Ukrainian design, based loosely on the Zenit Rocket that was developed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. I'd be nervous of anything designed by a bureau. Then to top it off the engines are reconditioned NK-33 engines left over from a cancelled Soviet Union rocket that was abandoned in the early 70's after all four test flights failed.
I'm surprised the first four launches of the Antares worked.
The first stage rocket made use of an Ukrainian design, based loosely on the Zenit Rocket that was developed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. I'd be nervous of anything designed by a bureau. Then to top it off the engines are reconditioned NK-33 engines left over from a cancelled Soviet Union rocket that was abandoned in the early 70's after all four test flights failed.
I'm surprised the first four launches of the Antares worked.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Bystanders watching and the shockwave.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Saw the video the night of... didn't see the bystander vid, wow that's quite a boom.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
It's amazing how explosive rocket fuel is when it all goes off at once.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
That is exactly what Wiley Coyote said.
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Not that huge a bummer if you're rooting for SpaceX
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/29/space ... explosion/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/29/space ... explosion/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Biggest loss, isn't just the rocket, but the payload. How much was the payload worth?
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
I think I used those engines in Kerbal and had about the same resultssckego wrote:Not that huge a bummer if you're rooting for SpaceX
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/29/space ... explosion/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
More updates...good call on hitting the destruct button I'd say.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/us/antare ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
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Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
i bet that's a stressful job. "Bob, why the hell did you press the button!!!"
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Especially if they have payroll deduction. Talk about owing your soul to the company store!
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Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
'12 Speed Triple 1050 ABS, '07 GSX-R750 (track)
Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
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Re: Rocket FAIL - Huge bummer
Since this stuff seems to happen in "three's", I'm telling NASA to kiss my ass right now if they want me riding a rocket...
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~ Terry
'12 Speed Triple 1050 ABS, '07 GSX-R750 (track)
Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
'12 Speed Triple 1050 ABS, '07 GSX-R750 (track)
Happiness isn't around the corner, it IS the corner.
Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. EK
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