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Third Stage Design Problem Cause of Most Recent Proton Failure

Posted by timothy on from the no-richard-feynman dept.

schwit1 writes: The Russian investigation into the latest Proton rocket failure has concluded that the failure was caused by a design failure in the rocket's third stage. The steering third stage engine failed due to excessive vibration as a result of an imbalance in a rotor of a pump unit. While it is always possible for new design issues to be discovered, I wonder why this problem hadn't been noticed in the decades prior to 2010, when the Proton began to have repeated failures.

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  1. Is this the same Russian investigation team by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That think Russia didn't shot down that flight over the Ukraine?

    Don't trust the damn news from Russian source.

  2. Malware Install Problem Cause of /. Media Failure by Khyber · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    https://plus.google.com/+gimp/...

    Even the GIMP people don't want you bundling GIMP with your shitware.

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.