NASA launch failure this evening. BOOM B**CH

[Strychnine]

Antares rocket designed by Orbital Sciences Corp. Was carrying 5000 lbs of cargo to the ISS

[inline 6]

whoops! hope they didn't really need any of that stuff.

[Denny]

Nitrous puddled up in the intake.

[Strychnine]

whoops! hope they didn't really need any of that stuff.

Total Cargo: 4,883 pounds

Science investigations: 1,602.8 pounds
Crew supplies: 1,649 pounds
Flight crew equipment: 273.4 pounds
Food: 1,360.3 pounds
Flight procedures books: 15.4 pounds

Vehicle hardware: 1,404.3 pounds
Spacewalk equipment: 145.5 pounds
Computer resources: 81.6 pounds

[inline 6]

I thought that kind of shit only happened to lesser countries that had not figured this stuff out yet.

[talisman]

Damn. Was just seeing NASA talking about the launch of this thing on my FB feed a couple hours ago. When was the last time we had something like that happen? I can't remember anything since Challenger blowing up on liftoff.

[BoostedD1]

We are a joke right now.

[01vnms4v]

We are a joke right now.

i second that one.

[orphan Shelby]

Dont they have a backup on hand?

[Wanderer]

I would have liked to been a fly on the wall to hear what they had to say when that thing blew the fuck up.

[Scott Mc]

They better,I am betting they don't have a lot of extra food and also thinking a trip to QT real quick isn't feasible for them lol.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I bet they're thinking "damn, it crash'd"

[Mach1]

I bet they're thinking "damn, it crash'd"

Lol

[SMKR]

Well, at least it went out with a bang

[Strychnine]

We are a joke right now.

Because of a rocket launch failure? Do you fully grasp what goes into something like this?

I mean there's the physics obviously, but then the engineering that has to happen to take physics theory and put it into practice... Then the precision manufacturing, logistics, management, etc.

Do you really know?

Because I feel that if you had any idea how fucking crazy even the thought and concept of rocket launches are and then you knew the actual success rate and number of launches every year that you would not say that.