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Originally Posted by Nehkara

Information:

The rocket was an Antares rocket, made by Orbital Sciences.

The spacecraft was a Cygnus spacecraft, made by Orbital Sciences.

The mission, Cygnus CRS Orb-3, was a resupply mission to the ISS.

The mission was also to deliver a Planetary Resources Arkyd 3 cubesat to the ISS for future launch from the ISS itself.

All of the hardware was Orbital Sciences. NASA was running the mission.

The launch site was the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA Wallops Flight Facility.

The problem is, that the general public who watches this for 15 seconds on the news while eating dinner, will not care about this information or spend any time trying to learn/understand it

Its going to likely perpetuate the idea that anything to do with space exploration is a waste of tax payer dollars

Unfortunate