Antares Rocket Explosion

Klingons good. Romulans bad...

 

You wouldn't have to get all the supplies to the moon. It's a planetiod with its own resources. A base can be built into the ground. The rocks contain a lot of oxides. A space station needs all its supplies shipped up out of a gravity well. Solving the problems for a moon solves them for any manned Mars missions.

 

While the other distances in the solar system are quite vast, the Moon is not nearly as far as you think

If you model the Earth as a volley ball (8.27" diameter), the moon will be a small apple (2.25", or 'schoolboy' in today's supersized world) at a distance varying from 20 to 22 feet. It would definitely fit in the same classroom, not be in exile out at the edge of the ballfield.

 

Virgin is having a bad day too: BBC News - Virgin SpaceShipTwo destroyed in test

 

The government doesn't make anything they oversee and from my experience nationalizing something only makes it more expensive and less efficient.

some of the Antares first stage work was contracted to the Ukrainian Yuzhnoye SDO, designers of the Zenit series.
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The Ukrainian Yuzhnoye SDO are the nationalized State Space Agency of the Ukraine.

I thought that was the only way we were going to get to Mars? Many scenarios I've read stated that we have to build a Moon station first.

 

Wait, which universe/time line of Star Trek are you talking about?

 

I'm guessing you guys don't know what a clingon is?

 

LLAP

 

What does Star Trek and toilet paper have in common?
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They both fly around Uranus and whip out Klingons!

 

Ah you do then.

TV tries to pronounce Uranus as Ur-an-us here, but that's no fun. It'll always be Ur-anus to me and I'll endeavour to encourage this throughout my life.

 

I worked on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory which was lost back in '09 when a Taurus rocket fairing failed to separate. We worked crazy hours for a couple years. Luckily I had a chance to help build OCO-2, the successor which is in orbit now. Many of my friends worked on the Glory program which also failed to get to orbit. Now more of my friends who built Cygnus also feel the loss when the spacecraft they built didn't get the chance to get into orbit. But we go back to work and we continue doing what we do. Hopefully they'll figure it out and everything can keep moving forward. It is a terrible shame but on a lighter note, I find the speculation and living room CEO comments on many of the other websites almost hilarious. Many hadn't heard of Antares or Cygnus, or the previous successful missions, until this one exploded.

I like this article....

Leroy Chiao: The rocket that blew up (Opinion) - CNN.com

 

I must be ancient. I worked on ERTS and Luster as a student intern.

Those who have NEVER been involved in research, development and manufacturing have no idea how much work and thought goes into designing one small part like a metal bracket.

 

Having supported two Landsat launches, satellite business is intense, only bring your A-game. It was the first time I saw an employer bring in folding beds so we could catch a nap without having to drive (or sleep in our car.)

Bob Wilson

 

Complacency has come into it you think Bob?

 

I also follow aviation accidents closely and have learned we really need to wait for the accident analysis. Certainly any man-made effort will eventually point to some human who could have done better BUT none of this is easy.

Bob Wilson

 

Well, looks like Virginia is on the hook for covering some of the damages to the Wallops Island launch pad.
Gee I hope there is not an implication that this launch site is not good, but I guess NASA has to look at all the facts and cost to rebuild. I dare to say this launch site is a nice technology feather in Va.'s cap.

State sorting out potential liability in space launch explosion - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia Politics

 

Wallops Island has been there since the 1950's. I remember going there in the 1970's to witness the launch of the LUSTER Project. It was a small sounding rocket, not a major launch.