ESA Cryosat Launch Reported Failure

hptux06 writes "Earlier today the ESA lauched their "Cryosat" satellite, designed to monitor ice levels across the Arctic/Antarctic. It's being reported a failure, disappearing 90 minutes after the launch. It cost £90M (160M US$) to build, and was supposed to spend three years determining the effects of global warming." From the article: "The satellite rode into space on a Rockot vehicle, a converted SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missile. The rocket, which in the Cold War would have been armed with nuclear weapons, had been modified for peaceful space duties with the addition of a Breeze-KM upper stage. Dr Matthias Oehm, chief executive officer of Eurockot, said they had not received the expected signals from either the spacecraft or the upper stage of the rocket that should have injected it into orbit. "

Comments

Re:Why exempt China and India (and Brazil and ...)

[Sh1tH3ad]

If you people want to live a lie go for it. We aren't buying into the bullshit. You want us to lower our standards of living so you won't feel so poor. Screw you! We have no intention of lowering our standard of living just to make a bunch of socialists feel good about themselves. Global warming is a bunch of shit. You already let YOUR cat out of the bag when you mentioned 'per capita' use. You're jealous of the lifestyle we lead 'per capita' you can't stand it because you are being screwed to death by your socialist governments and you want the rest of the world to suffer wtih you. Ain't gonna happen. And the more the rest of the world starts realizing their dreams through capitalism the more you are going to hear other countries telling you to "BITE OFF!"

Re:Not uncommon point of view

[minus_273]

Keep in mind that New Orleans, LA was a very Democratic city and mostly black (not exactly bush voters) it is amazing to see the glee in some quarters to see them suffer simply because they were americans. Though i disagree politically with those people, I derive no pleasure from their suffering. The fact the Europeans did not because they disagreed politically (because the didnt) but because of who they were was amazing. Blind schadenfreude pure and simple.