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NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission Fails

Posted by timothy on from the couldn't-make-it-through-all-the-soot dept.

jw3 writes "The NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory scheduled for launch today has failed its mission: the payload fairing failed to separate and the launch managers declared a contingency. George Diller, NASA launch commentator, said, 'It either did not separate or did not separate in the way that it should, but at any rate we're still trying to evaluate exactly what the status of the spacecraft is at this point.'" Update: 02/24 14:17 GMT by T : Reader fadethepolice points out a Reuters report which says that the craft crashed into the ocean just short of Antarctica.

9 of 325 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Evaluating the status? by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    FORD:

    Fix
    Or
    Repair
    Daily

    But then Everything made by GM and Chrysler is that way as well lately.

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  2. Re:It's Official !!!! by MrNaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah, that he's an alien makes more sense to me. I can't swallow the fact that a human being can be both not dead and that stupid at the same time.

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  3. Ironic by WCMI92 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As one who does not buy into the "man made" global warming hoax I note that the attempted launch had a "carbon footprint" bigger than the Goreacle's.

    When those who keep preaching the global warming hysteria start ACTING like it's a real crisis (by giving up their limos, huge houses, and private jets, which generate more pollution in a year than I will in my lifetime) then I'll start taking them seriously.

    It's a shame about the satellite though, if it'd taken an honest assessment it would have proven that nature generates far FAR more C02 than does human activity.

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  4. Re:Evaluating the status? by dotancohen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My Thunderstang is
    First
    On
    Race
    Day

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  5. Re:Evaluating the status? by Facetious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This will sound racist, but you should know I am part Native American:

    Flipped
    Over
    Reservation
    Decoration

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  6. Re:Evaluating the status? by fimbulvetr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Found On Reservation Dump

  7. Re:well we're f*****d by wisebabo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, such a cogent reasonable reply to my argument. I think I should formulate the appropriate response - NOT.

  8. Re:well we're f*****d by CannonballHead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I put my trust in scientists as a profession: when you think of everything SCIENCE has given us; medical tech, aerospace, agriculture, nukes, yes even the computer you're using, they've got a pretty good record.

    Indeed. When you look at all the successes of a group of people, and ignore the rest, they have a very good record...

  9. Re:Evaluating the status? by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fucked
    Over
    Rebuilt
    Dodge

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