BREAKING NEWS: NASA Sucks at Rockets

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  1. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Looks like they need to go test a few things in KSP.

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  2. bgolus

    bgolus Uber Alumni

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    To be fair to NASA, that wasn't a NASA rocket.
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  3. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Yeah but "random space company with the most generic name ever" sucks at rockets didn't sound as cool.
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  4. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    There goes a shitload of money, luckily nobody got hurt in this. Cool explosion though ^^
  5. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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  6. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    International space station: 150 billion dollars
    Antares rocket: 472 million dollars
    Crazy awesome explosion: Priceless.

    There are some things money can't buy; for everything else, there's government funding.
  7. LavaSnake

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    and that's why you don't use ancient Russian engines for your pricey new rockets.
  8. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    That wasn't a NASA rocket.
  9. nofear1299

    nofear1299 Active Member

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    Regardless of whether it was NASA or whoever, this is a royal **** up. How do you stuff that up so badly? Surely pre-launch checks should have picked it up?
  10. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    You haven't played KSP, have you.
  11. mered4

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    I could list about a thousand off the top of my head.

    It's so true it's actually a little ridiculous.
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  12. nofear1299

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    I have, and I still don't **** it up that badly :O I figure it has to have been a fault in flight as opposed to them miscalculating the thrust needed to launch properly.
  13. mered4

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    making a rocket work is about a thousand times more complex than *Do we have the right amount of thrust in the right places?*
  14. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    In the video it looks like the whole engine for some reason exploded. No engine anymore = 0 thrust = fireworks.
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    mered4 Post Master General

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    I suspect hydraulics or a leak, but I'll wait for the exact report to be sure.
  16. cola_colin

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    sounds reasonable yeah
  17. Bsport

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    werent these engines the Russian ones spacex tried to get stopped?
  18. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Fix is obvious:

    Needs more boosters.
  19. knickles

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    fyi the explosion was a self destruction

    thanks for the intentional misinfo and click bait tier post
  20. stonewood1612

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    It contained Belgian experimental science equipment... Which is why it made it to the front page of the Belgian news. Though the news didn't say anything about Russian engines or whatever may caused the explosion. It remains a mystery apparently. Nice explosion:cool:, but very sad in the end though. :(


    Also, isn't this the perfect place for Brad to say 'BOOM'? He might edit bgolus' post if he sees this. :eek:(What am I even thinking...)

    edit: I do also request a slight title change since this isn't a NASA rocket, they were just ordered to launch it.
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