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Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad

Posted by michael on from the try-try-again dept.

steman writes "BBC News Online says that 16 people have been killed and a Brazillian space rocket was destroyed in an explosion in Brazil. It seems that the space race is heating up again, with many countries getting involved such as China, Europe and Japan to name just three. Will the future of space exploration be dominated by names other than Russia and the USA?"

4 of 546 comments (clear)

  1. Human space flight is a waste by GringoGoiano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sending humans to space is, for now, a waste of life, time, and money. Payloads are of more strategic importance.

  2. Re:MOD PARENT UP, damn! by pv2b · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is exactly why I browse at -1.

    I vastly prefer the GNAA and friends to moderators with an agenda.

    My latest outrageous conspiracy theory (pulled out of my arse at this very moment) is that the high-karma long-time /. members are the same as, or at least support, the /. trolls, in order to maintain their collective grip on censorship. After all, if there were no trolls, who'd want the moderation?

    But this, of course, is outrageous. Or is it?

  3. Re:Why by watzinaneihm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    India is planning to send a mission to moon by 2008, and they very well accept that it is just for the we too can factor.
    Rare to see that kind of admission from politicians

    --
    .ACMD setaloiv siht gnidaeR
  4. The World by qorkfiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...is not as black and white as we wish.

    Capitalism.

    Capital - Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.

    Almost all, if not all corporations in America are in the Business to Make Money. Money denotes how successful you are - the more money, the more successful. This belief is about to take a large monetary hit.

    Look at Linux. In terms of corporate support, it has the one of the biggest names behind it: IBM. If IBM cannot defend itself against infringement of IP, then no one can. Linux introduces something into the Market that has not been there before. Linux is free - as long as you can Maintain a Linux Server. Pay thousands of dollars to MS to fix your problems that will be fixed in the free SP5 - or configure your own solution. Free vs. cost - hard decision. Choose wiselely, fellow /.ers.