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Russian Supply Vehicle To ISS Burns
First time accepted submitter Oxford_Comma_Lover writes "The Russian cargo spacecraft 'Progress' developed problems and burned up in the atmosphere shortly after its launch at 1300 GMT. From the article: 'The Russian space agency said the Progress M-12M cargo ship was not placed in the correct orbit by its rocket and fell back to Earth. The vessel was carrying three tonnes of supplies for the ISS astronauts.'"
Houston, we have the DT's.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Mmmm... BBQ.
it was automated. No loss of life, thank goodness. Here's hoping the engineers find the fault quickly so we can keep our astronauts on schedule.
We have a backup.
'I don't know what it's called. I just know the sound it makes, when it takes a man's life.' ~ Four Leaf Tayback
I got this game. Learned how to put a rocket into orbit. Pretty cool.
Could the Russians use a little sim training, perhaps? Orbital insertion is really not that hard, once you get the hang of it.
One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel / the next it's rolling over me / I can get back on / I can get back on
how much of that was people?
You know, SpaceX is looking pretty good about now.
Life is not for the lazy.
In related news, food prices on the ISS are expected to spike in early trading tomorrow.....
In more news, 17 Murdock newspapers printed leaks about concerns that relatives of ISS crew have about their safety.
-Charlie
Since Progress uses the Soyuz rocket, I was curious about the Soyuz escape system. Looks like it's pretty well thought through.
Still, I'd like to see Space X's Falcon 9 ready to replace the Soyuz rocket.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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They had a lot of bad luck lately. Losing at least three launches this year. I hope they get back on track soon. Who else could transport new people up and down to the ISS. Freight can be done by ESA's ATV, but human space flight is right now Russia only.
Maybe it's time to bring the shuttle back out of retirement?
Hoping there wasn't anything important on that Progress .. crew consumables and delta-V definitely being in the "important" category .. :p
Things are not looking good for the Russian space program right now. This is the second loss they've had in a week. On August 18, rocket failure resulted in a new communication satellite going into an essentially useless orbit. The real worry about this sort of thing is what it will do to the human space program. The US may not be as willing to hire the Russians to go into space when things are running this badly. I can't imagine a PR disaster much worse than American astronauts getting killed on a Russian spacecraft. On the other hand, I'm very happy that this problem occurred on an unmanned supply vehicle rather than anything with people on it. It is also a bit scary to note that even a very well-understood set of systems like the Soyuz still sometimes runs into such severe problems. Hopefully they will be able to identify what precisely caused this problem.
Wait, are we relying on these guys to get us into space... great.
Nasa better step up their game..
supply ship burn on you!
l just don't trust Russia now, don't trust their space program to serve the U.S., never trusted them in the past and Putin's statement show me I can't trust them in the future.
Our legislators need to revisit how they direct and fund NASA. It doesn't mean NASA doesn't need to change, but NASA overseeing plans to keep us in space are a matter of the Federal Government's proper duty under the constitution to protect the U.S.'s interests and protect our borders.
The ISS Burns? Excellent...
If it had only made it higher and exploded, they would have lost 0 tonnes of supplies.
Damn you gravity. Damn you!
Something witty.
We're all saying "well thank goodness it's not a manned spacecraft, no big deal."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a Progress basically a Soyuz with the seats ripped out? Which is to say, don't unmanned Progress mission failures tell you something important about the likelihood of manned Soyuz disasters?
Just make sure to use the small straw for the roast beef dinner, it'll last longer that way.
Yard Sale?!?! Wonder where it's gonna land. I could use some supplies. :)
Though the capacity is rather small, I wonder if the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle could carry critical supplies to the ISS? It's designed for quick turn-around and maneuverability. Would have to spacewalk for those supplies, though. No docking system on OTV that I know of.
Invenio via vel creo
THis was super weapon used to shoot down missle with standing electromagnetic wave EM shield. Was confused thinking it was a missle and blew it up. Possibly was not on mission to bring supplies to IIS and maybe had nefareous intent.
Rule number one for Russian Space Missions:
No critical business during summer and white nights !!!
At least it wasn't people.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Um. It looks like you folks will have to re-read all that old porn for a while longer.
Have gnu, will travel.
And maybe some new private American ones in a couple of years. Only the Russian may be passenger-rated. Most of these are one-way with no shielding to return to earth. You fill with garbage, and jetison into the ocean if it doesnt burn up first.
So NASA should get that Space Elevator gig going, right? Although geostationary orbits are WayTF (26.200 mi.) out there, huh? Or maybe launch supplies with the old 'Railgun' - perhaps a good project to build along the Equator in Africa - and build up some of those economies.
Please have respect for people with different abilities, especially children.
"Storage Area Nine self destructed last week and destroyed the ship's entire supply of toilet paper."
My word is EXCELSIOR!
In Soviet Russia, the Vaccuum of Space blows you down rather than sucks you up.
"My name is Cornholio and I need TP for my bunghole."
Hooray! The ISS has finally been named! For Mr. Burns!
And yet, in under 6 months, US private dragon will undergo final testing, to be followed by first full cargo launch. Not the couple of years that you claim. Likewise, in 8 months, OSC will be there as well (assuming that all goes well). And Dragon not only has shielding, but it is the ONLY one that is designed to come from Mars/asteroids/etc. Soyuz can only come from the moon and even that is not tested. Thankfully, unlike all others, Dragon lands under chutes so, they will likely have humans up in 3 years. Of course, there is now a push for more money to private space, which might speed them up to 2 years. Issues solved. Add a fuel depot and a tug and lo and behold, the ISS has no real issues left. Nor will other private space stations such as Bigelow.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
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