Wallops Island Launch in 1 Hour

So looks like they saw a problem with it reaching orbit and to make sure it did not hit a populated area they hit the self destruct button!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/us/antares-rocket-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

was going to post the above story. It's ok dudes you can pack up all your tin foil hats and go back tou your parents basements.

 

RC, that's just SubOrbital trying to cover their azz a little bit and put some positive spin on their disaster. Sure, their range safety officer probably sent the flight termination signal but it clearly came after the rocket had already fallen back down on the pad and blown up.

Range safety destructs have a very specific look to them. The pyrotechnics are designed to break up the vehicle and spread the fuel out as much as possible to avoid a large detonation. They do not look like the vehicle falling backwards onto the pad and then causing a huge explosion that sends hardware flying through the air in all directions.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedo...asts-doubt-on-u-s-commercial-launch-strategy/

Even Forbes knows Orbital is up S creek without a paddle at this point. The COTS strategy is sound, so long as they pick the right companies. And I was sorta wrong, Oribtal got the engines from Aerojet, which got them from Kistler (when they went out of business), which got them from the Russkis in the 90's. So this is obviously a Russian conspiracy, just like that one imbicile on here said.

 

what if the launch control officer is a scientolgist?

 

I still don't see what Orbital or NASA have to gain from sabotaging their own rocket. Or are you claiming the Russians sabotaged a rocket they didn't actually assemble? Even if they did some shady stuff with the old stages, Orbital should still be to blame for letting that get passed their safety and quality checks. My buddy was a material science guy on the shuttle program before it ended. NASA used to double and triple check every system, every panel, and every bolt. If Orbital isn't doing the same, then shame on NASA for using them.

 

tl;dr Yankee is a rocket scientist cia secret agent

 

So why didn't Russia sabotage the Atlas V launch on the 29th, instead? It would make a lot more sense, and been somewhat more plausible:

Antares:
- Civilian agency launch.
- Resupplying a Russian / Western space station.
- Ancient soviet engines which have been in the United States since the 90's. Putin's agents would have to time-travel back to the fall of the USSR to sabotage it.

Compared to:

Atlas V:
- US Military launch.
- Lofting a military satellite (GPS) directly in competition with the Russian's own GLONASS system.
- New Russian engine (RD-180). Putin could've strolled down to the factory and poked a hole in a critical component just a few months ago.

There are no stupid theories here, just stupid people with theories.

 

Why do you automatically conclude that Putin's agents are not engaged in large scale time travel?

 

damn russians are at it again!! http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/virgin-voyage/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-crashes-during-flight-test-n238376

 

bad week for private space flight.

 

It's those damn time traveling KGB agents trying to discredit the free market again

 

told 'ya that cowboy was up to no good.

 

also, was the wallops rocket destroyed on purpose i.e. was my house/family/butt in danger that night?

 

i guess they saw something in the control room that suggested the rocket was a) not functioning properly and b) could impact human life.

 

yeah; that.
nice to find out a week later..

 

is this a thread about the spaceship that blew up?