NASA Antares Rocket Explodes After Liftoff

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The cause was the EPA mandated 15% ethanol in the rocket fuel.:confused:
 
How is the ISS crew going to get their freeze-dried ice cream and Tang?
 
Even better, filmed by a guy in a Cardinal:

 
Brad Z said:
How is the ISS crew going to get their freeze-dried ice cream and Tang?
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Progress is set for liftoff in a few hours, maybe it's riding on that one too.
 
I wonder what it would be like to get some 'tang in outer space. My bet is that it's been tried before on the ISS.
 
Geico266 said:
Holy crap! I can't believe they let small planes that close! :eek:
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Nonsense, small planes are totally safe and should be allowed to fly over all manner of spacecraft launches. You must be a troll.:lol:
 
Quote from the article....."It is far too early to know the details of what happened,” said Frank Culbertson

Well im no rocket scientist.....but it's clear they stalled it on takeoff!!;)
 
There was a 177 flying by ,they got a picture of the breakup of the launch.
 
One of my physics buddies thinks it was a failure of the turbo pump.

When I saw the video my mind played the Benny Hill song. :no: :rofl:
 
ARFlyer said:
One of my physics buddies thinks it was a failure of the turbo pump.

When I saw the video my mind played the Benny Hill song. :no: :rofl:
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Me too.. The mixture went all out of whack,, sneezed... and then gravity took over..
 
ARFlyer said:
One of my physics buddies thinks it was a failure of the turbo pump.

When I saw the video my mind played the Benny Hill song. :no: :rofl:
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As simple as a rocket engine is in operation, that would be the most likely point of failure.
 
classic Atlas failure mode.....nothing to see here folks....it's just Orbital Sciences....again. :D
 
They used the wrong input on their
metal takeoff calculator
 
Love the news reports. The first said it was in Florida. Another said it is a major setback for private launch business. Still another questions how something like this can happen.
As an aside, I got to visit Wallops Flight Facility some years back. The whole location is quite interesting. A multi-use environment with NASA, NOAA, and most of the military being represented there. Huge antennae farm by the runway. NASA even has a visitor's center just outside WFF proper (on the way to Assateague). On the island itself is an old lifesaving station.
 
Geico266 said:
Holy crap! I can't believe they let small planes that close! :eek:
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They do most of their work in the restricted area. Based on his position, it looks like he may be on the Victor airway that goes right by it.

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We were at the house in Ocean Pines MD waiting to see the launch. We could easily hear the initial launch. In just a few seconds there was a really loud noise like the first but louder and stronger and this one you could feel standing in the driveway.

Mary walked up to the house and saw the news report that the rocket exploded after launch. It's good to hear that there were no injuries at the facility.
 

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GMascelli said:
We were standing in the driveway in Ocean Pines MD waiting to see the launch. We could hear the initial launch. In just a few seconds there was a really loud noise like the first but louder and stronger and this one you could feel standing in the driveway. Mary walked up to the house and saw the news report that the rocket exploded after launch.....it's good to hear that there were no injuries at the facility.
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Based on your knowledge of the area how close was the plane taking the video?
 
Geico266 said:
Based on your knowledge of the area how close was the plane taking the video?
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Not from knowledge of the area, but knowledge of aerial photography, he was at least out by the railroad tracks, not close at all. And yes, small planes have routinely flown that close to launches.
 
American components, russian components, all made in Taiwan!

 
Has anyone suggested "Workplace Violence" yet? Surely it couldn't be terrorism.
 
Henning said:
Not from knowledge of the area, but knowledge of aerial photography, he was at least out by the railroad tracks, not close at all. And yes, small planes have routinely flown that close to launches.
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Back in the '60's, my Father in Law flew his split tail BO to watch a liftoff. When he got as close as he dared, he turned around and :hairraise::yikes: There must have been 50 planes heading toward him. (Actually, I always though it was probably more like 2 or 3, but he is sticking with 50).
 
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Based on your knowledge of the area how close was the plane taking the video?
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Look around the :48 - :50 mark. You can see the bank of buildings that look to be along RT13. My best guess he was flying along or just west of RT13 on his way north.
 

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