The resupply mission to the ISS just blew up above the pad!

[a_pla5tic_bag]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.VFAY54ekWun

livestream right there. i was going to able to see it about 150sec after launch but...

 

[DIX~]

Oh fuck! Did you get to see what went down?

 

[a_pla5tic_bag]

it looked like it was going up a little and then if you're a frequent observer of space launches you could tell something was wrong. they say it blew up about 6 seconds in.

 

[DIX~]

it looked like it was going up a little and then if you're a frequent observer of space launches you could tell something was wrong. they say it blew up about 6 seconds in.

Oh fuck. So they did attempt the launch and something fucked up? Crazy. Gotta wonder how much this is gonna cost

 

[eheath]

Cant embed video but BBC put this up, the whole launch.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29813109

 

[PacificRimJob]

Such bad news... How do you even mess that up in 2014?

 

[toastyteenagers]

Thats sad, orbital sciences must be bummed.

Orbial aciences is the second comany to send cargo to the ISS

 

[1337]

Literally not NASA's fault at all. The Rocket was built by a private company who bought rocket engines that were supplied by a Russian company. This surprises you?

#themoreyouknow

 

[profa_212]

Such bad news... How do you even mess that up in 2014?

Yeah! Not like it's rocket science or anything.

 

[toastyteenagers]

Such bad news... How do you even mess that up in 2014?

fine, you do better.

 

[ZeMagnificentKev]

I heard it was supposed to launch yesterday too, but some douche in a sail boat was just chilling in the launch area and they had to cancel it

 

[PacificRimJob]

Literally not NASA's fault at all. The Rocket was built by a private company who bought rocket engines that were supplied by a Russian company. This surprises you?

This is true, but the NK-33 and it's variants are some of the most beast engines ever... They have a very solid track record so far, and have been retooled since coming into American hands after their discovery

The engines on use of the Antares rocket are retooled versions of the same engines that the Soviets had built for the Lunar Moon Rocket Booster - The N1. They are MASSIVELY advanced, and when the Americans came to see that these things existed, they realized how damn behind they were the Soviets when it came to rocket engine efficiency.

 

[El_Barto.]

Such bad news... How do you even mess that up in 2014?

Because they are shooting a massive fucking rocket it outer motherfuckin space. You think that shit is simple?

 

[Chubz.]

Funny how the title of the thread is 1 letter away from a happy thread.

The resupply mission to the ISIS just blew up above the pad!

Seriously read the title wrong and thats what i thought it said lol...

 

[Laurent.]

Because they are shooting a massive fucking rocket it outer motherfuckin space. You think that shit is simple?

Meet the Russian Soyuz family of rockets. Rugged basic Russian engineering from the 60's, and by far the the most reliable launch vehicle with over 1700 times launches and very very little failures. Hell, the current FG is going on for 23/23.

 

[PacificRimJob]

Yeah, the R7 above is reliable, but it also wouldn't have been adequate for the payload involved on this trip, as it was bringing 3 tons of supplies into LEO and the R7 can't hit that. They'd have required the Proton to have that amount of throw weight if Russia was contracted. Otherwise, it's either the relatively affordable Antares, or the Atlas family, which is far more costly.

Also... that is not from the 60's... that's from the FIFTIES... That same rocket carried Sputnik up and that same rocket was the first ICBM.

**This post was edited on Oct 29th 2014 at 2:19:35am

 

[PacificRimJob]

Because they are shooting a massive fucking rocket it outer motherfuckin space. You think that shit is simple?

Seeing as by the late 60's early 70's there were so few miscues with rockets, it's fair to ask the question of, with everything we've learned, how does this goof up?

...In defense though, I guess the Antares has only been launched on like 4 occasions - but the rocket engine involved has more/less been used in the Atlas family since the late 90's.

 

[PacificRimJob]

I always loved how the proton was designed to be an ICBM. It would have been complete overkill but pants shitting none the less.

Would have been so ridiculous. It was made to be able to drop the Tsar Bomba, basically... Pretty much created for the sole purpose of throwing a 100 megaton supernuke over the arctic sea to remove an entire landmass from existence. It also used highly toxic fuel... but I guess in the case of mutual assured destruction that's the least of anyone's worry.

Either way, the R36 is more than capable as an ICBM... fucker, like the Trident 2, can drop like 12 MIRV's or something and take out 80% of the population of either the eastern seaboard of the USA, or the general population of western russia, alone.

 

[FreedGucci]

I heard it was supposed to launch yesterday too, but some douche in a sail boat was just chilling in the launch area and they had to cancel it

Yep, drove 4 hours each way to go watch it and had to turn right back around. Words cannot express how much I want whoever it was dead

 

[a_pla5tic_bag]

I'm seeing some reports that the self destruct was triggered. Orbitals site doesn't say anything like that though.

I'm wondering if it would have blown up if it was able to go on the first day.

 

[fujarome]

Yep, drove 4 hours each way to go watch it and had to turn right back around. Words cannot express how much I want whoever it was dead

I've missed 3 space shuttle launches by less than a day as a result of slightly off planning, delays, or random reasons. Always disappointing that I was so close but never saw one.

and I say bring back the rocketdyne f1. The engine so powerful that it took years to perfect simply because they had to create new materials capable of withstanding it's power

 

[toastyteenagers]

Would have been so ridiculous. It was made to be able to drop the Tsar Bomba, basically... Pretty much created for the sole purpose of throwing a 100 megaton supernuke over the arctic sea to remove an entire landmass from existence. It also used highly toxic fuel... but I guess in the case of mutual assured destruction that's the least of anyone's worry.

Either way, the R36 is more than capable as an ICBM... fucker, like the Trident 2, can drop like 12 MIRV's or something and take out 80% of the population of either the eastern seaboard of the USA, or the general population of western russia, alone.

don even try and act like your a head of a space agency

 

[PacificRimJob]

and I say bring back the rocketdyne f1. The engine so powerful that it took years to perfect simply because they had to create new materials capable of withstanding it's power

The RD 180 is capable of 20% more thrust. I doubt with that kind of tech, the F1 will ever be brought back due to it's own inefficiencies.

 

[PacificRimJob]

don even try and act like your a head of a space agency

I mean, this information is public domain, so...

...not to mention a space agency wouldn't be in charge of military ICBMs.

 

[a_pla5tic_bag]

They should use a giant linear aerospike. NASA was/is testing one. I'm sure they'll never get enough money to put it on a rocket. Poor NASA, taking flak for this even though it really their rocket. Not to mention the killing they took from Obama, thanks Obama.

I take it Russia's craft made it up there?

 

[Laurent.]

I take it Russia's craft made it up there?

Without a hitch.

And it has docked safely to the ISS.

 

[daOyster]

I though that SpaceX and their Dragon won the contract for exclusive cargo delivery to the US side of the ISS?

 

[daOyster]

Never mind, upon second reading it appears they won the contract for flying Astronauts to the ISS.