Posted on 10/29/2014 4:59:51 AM PDT by yldstrk
A Nasa rocket due to be visible across the East Coast on its way to the International Space Station has blown up on the launchpad.
The rocket exploded six seconds after lift-off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia.
Engineers said there were no problems reported before the launch, and say they have 'no early indications' of what went wrong.
'A mishap has occurred. we have lost the vehicle,' controllers said seconds after blast off.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Nothing to see here - “Workplace Violence”
Obama’s fault
muslim outreach
“Republican budget cuts”, yeah, that’s the ticket.
If not working, Buuuuuuush!
How does this make Mualims feel good about thmselves?
Not everything is a political cause or should be politicized. A shuttle exploded during Reagan admin when we pumped millions into the program...a shuttle disintegrated upon reentry during the Bush administration. Now this during Obambi admin...sometimes sh!t just happens..not everything is a political event. Furthermore this was privately run by a private company not NASA
Sounds like NASA is privatizing with the wrong guys.
I had heard an analyst from the WSJ say that there is a one in three chance of a new launcher failing. Considering that this includes the early launches of the Vanguard, Atlas and Titan missiles, when we were just learning how to build these, the odds might be a little better today. However, we are still dealing with what is ideally a controlled explosion.
So it's not Bush's fault?
lots of people posted the story last night but they got deleted. Finally one was left but moved to chat.
Sounds like you are leaping to unjustified conclusions.
We do not yet even know the cause of the failure.
People seem to forget when we first started our space ventures we lost hundreds of test pilots trying to break the sound barrier and hundreds of test rockets...private industry is now a virgin in this venture and will also suffer its bruises. Perspective is really needed on this one before it can be perfected.
At least Space-X has developed and built its own engines. Orbital has been using Soviet built engines. Not Soviet designed engines, but engines that date back to the old Soviet Union.
This is not a presidential matter and Makes us look petty for even attempting to discuss politics around this. Even if a publication tried to make those ties :-)
The only political thing wrong is that the kluntons weren’t on it. Or Harry Reid or al goron or.......
Do you understand we have several launch failures every year?
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2013.html
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html
And we are not the only ones that have failures.
Russia loses $275 million satellite in latest rocket failure
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/16/us-russia-rocket-idUSKBN0DW0PD20140516
On the other hand, I hear the muslim outreach program is very well!
This is an accomplishment that the Muslims can actually be proud of for the first time in their lives!
“On the other hand, I hear the muslim outreach program is very well!”
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Well then...that’s the most important thing. All’s right on track with the Obama Regime’s NASA.
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