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Anatres rocket explodes on launch
no reports of injuries
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Was watching the stream, crazy. Sounds like no one was hurt at least.
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Man Wiki updates happen quickly.This doesn't help inspire confidence in NASA.
This was an Orbital Sciences rocket and spacecraft.
The mission was run by NASA.
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Man Wiki updates happen quickly.
You guys realize this wasn't a NASA rocket right?
This is a rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp.
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I hope everyone is okay!
There was a Planetary Resources satellite on board... what a big blow for them.
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Another Kerbal bites the dust.
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This was an Orbital Sciences rocket and spacecraft.
Yup and as such the safety failure will pretty much fall at the feet of NASA.
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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 .
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Yup and as such the safety failure will pretty much fall at the feet of NASA.
I respectfully disagree.
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Since noone was hurt I can say that looked very expensive.
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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
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Bill Nye summed it up best:
Bill Nye @TheScienceGuy 18m18 minutes ago
#Antares- no injuries, but lots of money and effort up in smoke. Lessons will be learned from this. Space is hard. Onward. @exploreplanets
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And boom goes the dynamite...
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It blowed up good...real good!
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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
They'll wish we kept spending the money when a gamma ray burst comes along and kills us all on this rock...
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That will buff right out.
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Watch it explode from the vantage point of a Cessna 177 at 3000':VIDEO
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They'll wish we kept spending the money when a gamma ray burst comes along and kills us all on this rock...
I loved that article
I prefer the planet getting stringified by a rogue black hole myself.
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I loved that article
Not to derail this thread too much but my wife and I had some good debate about it. Despite things like the gamma ray burst I just can't believe that in the vastness of our galaxy alone some form of intelligent life hasn't been able to survive and be older than us.
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