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36. It's the privatization thing some of us wish would blow up. Prefer this be done by the

Tue Oct 28, 2014, 10:08 PM

Oct 2014

people. The best things are, imo.

Don't really care for Space, Inc. (I know, nuance...etc.) Still, I think "our astronauts" do better at inspiring people to reach than "their employees" will.

But I'm old, and I talk with ponies.

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Breaking: Unmanned rocket explodes on launch [View all] Earth_First Oct 2014 OP

Rocket and Supplies for International Space Station blew up - NASA live streaming: marzipanni Oct 2014 #1

Six seconds after liftoff. herding cats Oct 2014 #2

I was just outside trying to watch the launch Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #3

Same here. Last night a NASA representative was at our watch sight. Raine1967 Oct 2014 #8

Damn. Totally forgot about the launch tonight. bigwillq Oct 2014 #4

Me, too. Classified "crypt equipment on board"..... What would that be? Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #11

Typical ITAR language, IMO. joshcryer Oct 2014 #17

This was Orbital Sciences' first commercial payload? Trajan Oct 2014 #5

Not the first launch of antares/cygnus Neurotica Oct 2014 #18

Hey ... one out of three ain't bad, right? Trajan Oct 2014 #33

OSC has been in the space business for years. But this isn't their first launch failure. MH1 Oct 2014 #69

Understood ... I've actually worked with them before Trajan Oct 2014 #71

NOT a NASA rocket. It was Orbital Sciences Corp. rocket. longship Oct 2014 #6

this was orb-3 resupply ga_girl Oct 2014 #30

The privatization of space exploration just literally blew up in our faces. nt Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #7

So there has never been a launch failure before...? Neurotica Oct 2014 #19

It's the privatization thing some of us wish would blow up. Prefer this be done by the jtuck004 Oct 2014 #36

To be fair... BlueEye Oct 2014 #38

" Doesn't matter if we're talking about " < Actually, it does. Because those deaths and failures jtuck004 Oct 2014 #64

The astronauts who will ride to the ISS on privately built rockets BlueEye Oct 2014 #66

No, and fuck no. They are contracting to, selling their services. Street corner or governement jtuck004 Oct 2014 #67

Your argument makes no sense whatsoever. You clearly know very little about the CCDev program... BlueEye Oct 2014 #70

In general, I'm not a big fan of privatization of government functions, but the commercialization of Neurotica Oct 2014 #39

"it's creating a lot of jobs." < so did slavery. That's a sad excuse for privatization, something. jtuck004 Oct 2014 #65

Thank you for sharing that. BlueEye Oct 2014 #72

That's nice to hear Neurotica Oct 2014 #74

Yes, I have mixed emotions, too. MADem Oct 2014 #50

And any review of what went wrong... Orsino Oct 2014 #57

Not true. We will know the findings of the Failure Review Board Neurotica Oct 2014 #77

Outsourcing, really. joshcryer Oct 2014 #25

The last report I read, said the Russia rockets were better then US Rockets happyslug Oct 2014 #37

The NK-33s were last built in the 70s. joshcryer Oct 2014 #45

As A Child RobinA Oct 2014 #51

NASA has had their share of spectacular failures. GGJohn Oct 2014 #31

Saw a few unmanned NASA launches blow up in California LeftInTX Oct 2014 #48

Contrary to popular belief, kentauros Oct 2014 #54

VIDEO: NASA rocket bound for International Space Station explodes after launch muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #9

Ooooooooooh ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2014 #15

That blowed up real good n/t tom_kelly Oct 2014 #16

Looks like a lot of debris shot out. I hope no one was injured. C Moon Oct 2014 #20

Wow, these rockets still explode in mid air... Helen Borg Oct 2014 #10

Still? Accidents happen, parts fail. Thor_MN Oct 2014 #13

I expect cheap, mass produced devices to fail Helen Borg Oct 2014 #46

One can not plan for every failure Thor_MN Oct 2014 #52

If I were in charge, there would be no failures. Haha! Helen Borg Oct 2014 #56

I belive there may be some openings at the company once they figure out what went wrong Thor_MN Oct 2014 #58

I already have a technology job... I may, otherwise... Helen Borg Oct 2014 #63

I'm sure you have never had anything not work perfectly at your job Thor_MN Oct 2014 #68

Haha! Yeah, mistakes that don't cause expensive rockets to blow up are ok. Helen Borg Oct 2014 #73

That doesn't even make sense. Thor_MN Oct 2014 #75

You are free to make whatever assumptions you like, obviously. Helen Borg Oct 2014 #76

Already have figured out that you don't know much about technology Thor_MN Oct 2014 #78

Wow, we still have product recalls? dballance Oct 2014 #21

Orbital Sciences links marzipanni Oct 2014 #12

List of lost cargo: Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #14

damn. progressoid Oct 2014 #35

They're going to blame Obama..bet on it.... KinMd Oct 2014 #22

I saw this tongue in cheek comment over on Gawker. gvstn Oct 2014 #29

Hahaha... BlueEye Oct 2014 #40

Former astronaurt Mark Kelly.. KinMd Oct 2014 #23

"crypto equipment" sounds like a cloaking device (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #24

There were computers in the inventory, must have had some super secret security hardware or Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #27

Thought I had just now kentauros Oct 2014 #55

All time space launches and failures, via table: Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #26

Uh-oh krispos42 Oct 2014 #28

What happened to the SCVDem Oct 2014 #32

This was cargo, which doesn't use it. bananas Oct 2014 #49

This is what happens when BootinUp Oct 2014 #34

Really? I don't even know how to respond to that. Neurotica Oct 2014 #41

Yes. Really! BootinUp Oct 2014 #42

So you think that 50-60 years we shouldn't have learned BootinUp Oct 2014 #43

Like other technologies, rockets have evolved over time to become more efficient. Neurotica Oct 2014 #44

Is Mitt Romney's Bain Capitol involved with this particular rocket? Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #47

K&R n/t Feral Child Oct 2014 #53

Wonder if it was insured. malthaussen Oct 2014 #59

The rocket had old Russian engines.. KinMd Oct 2014 #60

Bush and the Republicans are responsible lovuian Oct 2014 #61

And the engines were junk when they were new... KinMd Oct 2014 #62