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Amateur Rocket Launch a Failure; NASA Debuts Shuttle-cam
Anonymous Coward writes "CNN has posted the story of the failure of the amateur rocket launch that was reported in a previous Slashdot story. 'The launch was spectacular and the rocket was performing as planned. However, the rocket experienced motor failure during the flight and the flight was terminated," said Eric Knight, co-leader of the CSXT mission.' NASA is planning to mount a camera on the external fuel tank and broadcast an October 2nd shuttle launch.
what about the amateur BFG launch??
"It won't be for at least another year. We're going to regroup and take a break, but people haven't heard the last from us," CSXT founder Ky Michaelson said.
:)
I feel bad for them, but he sounds like he should be sitting in a large black leather chair penting his fingers or petting a persian cat while saying this
why run from Vincenzo?
I suppose, then, that it will be a while before they can beat the Russians by offering space rides for the low, low price of $19,999,999.95.
(yeah yeah karma-- but I just couldn't resist)
I place the blame squarely upon tight pants.
Allow me to be the first to say:
SONOFABITCH!!
GODDAMMIT!!
fuck
crap
*sigh*
As my father lik@(munch munch)...
Is that what they call 'just letting the fucking thing crash into the ground' nowadays?
I love how they say the rocket test was terminated, sort of implying that the rocket packed its bags and went home to collect unemployment when in reality it was a burning metal tube of death, screaming through the atmosphere at the speed of sound looking for some poor schmuck to land on.
Can we set up a fund to buy one-way tickets
to the Moon for the Cheney-Rumsfeld dictatorship
currently residing in the:
The White House?
John! When is Armadillo Aerospace going to show these n00bs how it's done? Screw Doom 3, get your ass to Mars!
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
I mean, it's not rocket science...oh, wait...
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
The Darwin Awards Club is calling it a "promising success".
:-)
Motto: "To boldly die like no man has died before"
Table-ized A.I.
...open source software is bound to fail and we should all use Microsoft software since they employ some of the smartest and most experienced people in the world and I would not trust anyone else to be writing operating systems to control my servers.
"Our experiment to study the smoke and debri dissapation patterns of atmospheric explosions has been a complete success!"
Table-ized A.I.
Take some wax candles, break up the hydrocarbons into small pieces until you get rocket fuel...
Nasa employs some of the smartest and most experienced people in the world and I would not trust anyone else to be launching rockets in to the sky. I believe NASA should have a monopoly on space travel as they are the only ones who seem to get it right.
Oh? Feet != Meters
Feet != Meters
Well duhhh! Everyone knows a meter equals a yard, not a foot!
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