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Private Antares Rocket Explodes During Launch
LATEST UPDATE: The Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket has exploded upon liftoff. You can see a video replay of the rocket explosion here: Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Destroyed In Launch Mishap . (www.space.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My understanding is that Orbital used refurbished Russian engines that dated back 40 some years. Gootta cut costs ya know....keep the stockholders happy. Stockholders ain't gonna be too happy with the results of this one.
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Supply rocket headed to space station explodes
ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) -- An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort.
The accident was sure to draw criticism over the space agency's growing reliance on private U.S. companies in this post-shuttle era. NASA is paying billions of dollars to Orbital Sciences and the SpaceX company to make station deliveries, and it's counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as 2017. This was the fourth fligh...
http://news.yahoo.com/commercial-supply-rocket-explodes-liftoff-224100998.html
Supply rocket headed to space station explodes
ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) -- An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort.
The accident was sure to draw criticism over the space agency's growing reliance on private U.S. companies in this post-shuttle era. NASA is paying billions of dollars to Orbital Sciences and the SpaceX company to make station deliveries, and it's counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as 2017. This was the fourth fligh...
http://news.yahoo.com/commercial-supply-rocket-explodes-liftoff-224100998.html
Epic fail, bros.
I live about 100 miles due west of the launch site (and frequently attend launches, but not yesterday). It never got high enough to be visible from here, but we did hear the blast. We didn't know it was from Wallops at the time, with Quantico, the FBI Academy, Dahlgren, Patuxent River and A.P. Hill, all around us, something is always going boom.
That wasn't the shock-wave that caused him to bank.
QUOTE: "That wasn't the shockwave that caused him to bank"
I think you are referring to this ridiculous YouTube video??:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnAmuIGsQo
This dude, "DahBoo7" is a total CT crazy case. I did comment on this video, mentioning (A) that airplanes "bank", they don't "tilt" and that the obvious left bank when the explosion was seen was merely a reaction by the pilot.
This YouTube(r) (apparently) thinks that an atmospheric air burst travels as fast as the speed of light. Such a sad understanding of basic science. But wait....there's more (as can be seen in this nonsense video.
Unfortunately, in this "age of the Internet" (going on 20 years or so now....not even old enough to drink in some jurisdictions) the level of 'CT' baloney ('CT' = Conspiracy Theory) continues to expand. Much like our over-all Universe? I dunno....but to quote from a motion picture that is ALSO from about 20 years ago? "Stupid is as stupid does"......
I think you are referring to this ridiculous YouTube video??:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnAmuIGsQo
This dude, "DahBoo7" is a total CT crazy case. I did comment on this video, mentioning (A) that airplanes "bank", they don't "tilt" and that the obvious left bank when the explosion was seen was merely a reaction by the pilot.
This YouTube(r) (apparently) thinks that an atmospheric air burst travels as fast as the speed of light. Such a sad understanding of basic science. But wait....there's more (as can be seen in this nonsense video.
Unfortunately, in this "age of the Internet" (going on 20 years or so now....not even old enough to drink in some jurisdictions) the level of 'CT' baloney ('CT' = Conspiracy Theory) continues to expand. Much like our over-all Universe? I dunno....but to quote from a motion picture that is ALSO from about 20 years ago? "Stupid is as stupid does"......