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New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad

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2014/11/26 18:21:22 (permalink)
Has several good views of the rocked going BOOOM on the lunch pad
 
http://www.iflscience.com/space/watch-catastrophic-explosion-antares-rocket-launch-pad
 

 


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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/11/26 20:53:56 (permalink)
    Sweet vid. That was a massive explosion!
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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/11/27 23:54:08 (permalink)
    How not to launch a mission to ISS.

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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/11/28 00:09:31 (permalink)
    This is surely the result of using crappy old engine design.

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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/11/28 03:04:43 (permalink)


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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/12/01 10:22:25 (permalink)
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    This is surely the result of using crappy old engine design.




    Exactly my thought, how much did they try to save vs. lost?? Why cheap out on what is supposed to launch you into space??


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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/12/01 15:21:38 (permalink)
    rjohnson11
    This is surely the result of using crappy old engine design.




    Not a crappy design, infact one of the best designed rocket engines ever. However they are 40+ years old, not the best thing to do with rocket engines(yay semantics). Although Orbital can now buy the RD-180 which they're going to use on a new rocket I believe. That or as an interim until they develop a brand new engine and launch vehicle (antares MK2)

     

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    Re: New footage of the Catastrophic Explosion Of The Antares Rocket From The Launch Pad 2014/12/01 20:45:37 (permalink)
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    This is surely the result of using crappy old engine design.




    Not a crappy design, infact one of the best designed rocket engines ever. However they are 40+ years old, not the best thing to do with rocket engines(yay semantics). Although Orbital can now buy the RD-180 which they're going to use on a new rocket I believe. That or as an interim until they develop a brand new engine and launch vehicle (antares MK2)


    Metallurgy wasn't up to snuff in the 60's, so even though you might claim that it's one of the best designed, that does not mean that it was one of the best manufactured. Design and manufacturing are two different ballgames. Do you happen to know what NDT was done to certify them for flight?
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