Major Chinese Satellite Suffers Complete Failure

cyclone96 writes "China's most advanced satellite, the direct broadcast Sinosat 2, apparently suffered a major failure on orbit following launch on October 29. None of the solar arrays or antennas deployed on the spacecraft, and the Chinese are now mulling whether to destroy the spacecraft in the atmosphere. The article provides the following analysis: "The catastrophic breakdown of China's new Sinosat 2 direct broadcast satellite is the worst spacecraft failure in the history of the Chinese space program and a major setback to China's development of a new generation of larger, more powerful civilian and military satellites.""

Comments

Plastic junk

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Probably made in China.

Re:worst spacecraft failure involved loss of life

[Elbowgeek]

Erm, perhaps you, Mel Gibson and Michael Richards could also get together over coffee and debate when spewing racial hatred is acceptable or not.

Also to consider: Loss of life is bad when it involves innocent people. Hello. This is not up for debate. Then again, what if we decided that the loss of *your* life was acceptable? I think you'd stop even thinking of arguing this silliness.

Oy.