Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad

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?"

Comments

Re:Like, WTF?

[wheezl]

Yes, I also use FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Mac OS X.. which means I am both gay and dying :)

Re:Brazil

[Talisman]

Never said I hated them. On the contrary, as people, they are fun to hang out with.

But I don't want them building any rockets/planes/automobiles I might ever use someday.

Being a nice person, or enjoyable company, doesn't make one a good engineer. I'll gladly go drinking with a Brazilian, but if I'm going to be launched into space, I want a German/Russian/Japanese/American designed craft, NOT one from a Da Silva.

Fuck man, the Embraer Bandeirante has THE HIGHEST crash rate of ANY commercial jetliner IN HISTORY!(Concorde factored out)

Designed by who? BRAZILIANS! Built by who? BRAZILIANS!

But no, it's just a fluke, right? Brazilian mentatlity couldn't have ANYTHING to do with this, right?

I'll sip a caipirinha anyday, but I wouldn't set foot on an Embraer.

Now go ahead and deny the FACTS. Brazilians are GREAT at that.