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Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft explodes moments after launch

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Thanks for raping NASA budget... (Score: 1)

by entropy@pipedot.org on 2014-10-29 03:16 (#2TRS)

Now we can't even get a rocket into space. Perhaps we can pay Russia to do it for us?

Re: Thanks for raping NASA budget... (Score: 2, Informative)

by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-10-29 03:39 (#2TRT)

Now we can't even get a rocket into space. Perhaps we can pay Russia to do it for us?
Right - because they're batting 1000.

Seriously - space flight is going private; there are going to be failures. There are reasons folks compare things to 'rocket science.'

Uh - claimer, I guess: I used to work in aerospace (nearly 30 years ago), with engineers on the space shuttle main engines.

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