International Space Station-Bound Supply Ship Explodes

[Ringel05]

An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said.

A brief statement from Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, did not specify whether the Progress supply ship that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan had been lost. But the state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Alexander Borisov, head of a the Choisky region in Russia's Altai province, as saying pieces of the craft fell in his area some 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) northeast of the launch site.

International Space Station-Bound Supply Ship Explodes, Crashes In Siberia | FoxNews.com

 

[ABikerSailor]

Anyone else think we shut down the shuttle program too early?

 

[Missourian]

Anyone else think we shut down the shuttle program too early?

Definitely.

 

[rdean]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

 

[American Horse]

This is the same craft that carries crew to the ISS. There will be no more missions until the cause is determined.

 

[Nate]

Anyone else think we shut down the shuttle program too early?

Eh, screw Russia. We have "Corporate America" to the rescue;

Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight — a mission designed to demonstrate that a privately-developed space transportation system can deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has given us a Nov. 30, 2011 launch date, which should be followed nine days later by Dragon berthing at the ISS.

NASA has agreed in principle to allow SpaceX to combine all of the tests and demonstration activities that we originally proposed as two separate missions (COTS Demo 2 and COTS Demo 3) into a single mission. Furthermore, SpaceX plans to carry additional payloads aboard the Falcon 9’s second stage which will deploy after Dragon separates and is well on its way to the ISS. NASA will grant formal approval for the combined COTS missions pending resolution of any potential risks associated with these secondary payloads. Our team continues to work closely with NASA to resolve all questions and concerns.

SpaceX - Updates

A lot of people will bitch about it but I for one am excited at the prospect of corporations taking the reins... IMHO, competition breeds innovation.

 

[Unkotare]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

You really think that comment belongs on this thread, asshole?

 

[Ringel05]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

You really think that comment belongs on this thread, asshole?

It's just deanie, his output command is stuck on a perpetual print-repeat loop. The DNC programmers are working on it but being the code is so old............

 

[Rat in the Hat]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

Go sit in the corner and color, asshole.

 

[Mr. H.]

There goes the Cheeze Whiz.

 

[Rat in the Hat]

There goes the Cheeze Whiz.

And a year's supply of Tang.

 

[Missourian]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

You really think that comment belongs on this thread, asshole?

No use replying to it.

Rdean is a liberal propaganda spambot.

It's responses are limited.

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[Rat in the Hat]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

You really think that comment belongs on this thread, asshole?

No use replying to it.

Rdean is a liberal propaganda spambot.

It's responses are limited.

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rdean is worse than a spambot. He's a Chicagoan.

 

[westwall]

What do right wingers care? They believe science is a faith. They have no interest in space. They only hate Obama.

You really think that comment belongs on this thread, asshole?

It's just deanie, his output command is stuck on a perpetual print-repeat loop. The DNC programmers are working on it but being the code is so old............

Exactly. I wish we could retire deanie

 

[KissMy]

We have SpaceX Corporation here in the USA that will take care of it for 1/10th of what NASA charged us.