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Looks like NASA deliberately blew up the Antares rocket due to some kind of launch irregularity they deemed dangerous. -- (link)

Posted by mara Oct 30 '14, 15:15

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141030-first-person-rocket-explosion-antares/ (news.nationalgeographic.com)

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Same thing happened when I was watching one go up on my high school spring break. Spy sat, detonated 30 seconds into launch - Max Oct 30, 15:58
someone was telling me the engines were from a 1960's Russian rocket. -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 15:43 2
- That's not far off, although probably warehoused rather than actually taken out of a rocket. -- (link) - mara Oct 30, 15:48
- yes, that was elon musk. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:45
That's usually how it's done. Sometimes I think there's even code to do it without asking a human. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:27 5
- Right, I just didn't realize that this one was deliberate. -- nm - mara Oct 30, 15:32 4
  - Oh. Neither did I, really. It does potentially remove engine malfunction as the likely culprit, though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:37 3
    - I think it might heighten that possibility, that it was engine malfunction. -- nm - Loyola Oct 30, 15:47
    - Although the initial deviation may have been caused by an engine malfunction. -- nm - MonsterMom Oct 30, 15:46 1
      - Yes, this is true. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 15:48
Controlled destruction so it doesn't fly off to some populated area. -- nm - Not Your Boo Oct 30, 15:19

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