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The Antares Rocket Launch Tonight

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    #2
    shanered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    Launch was "scrubbed" because of a boat off the coast, so ye didn't miss much, probably try again tomorrow at 9.45pm


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    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    must have a look later


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    #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,429 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Now scheduled for 22:22 GMT, that's 10:22 p.m. Irish time.


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    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    5minutes :)


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    #6
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    something went wrong there :(


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    #7
    Mr Bloat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭Mr Bloat


    Holy crap that was bad


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    #8
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    WOW


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    #9
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Presumably everyone is very far away from launch site, whats the price tag on that I wonder


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    #10
    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,429 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Was a minute late for the launch, I'm hearing them say there was a 'mishap' six seconds after launch. Did the whole rocket go kaboom when it was a couple of hundred feet in the air? I know it was an unmanned vehicle and there appears to be no casualties on the ground.


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    #11
    shanered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    I cant stream it what happened???


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    #12
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    A wry smile from Elon Musk


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    #13
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,878 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    No it didnt.


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    #14
    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,429 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    BBC Breaking news on Twitter....

    @NASA's unmanned #Antares rocket explodes shortly after take-off in Virginia

    B1EVZWGIUAAbrm6.jpg


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    #15
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,878 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    shanered wrote: »
    I cant stream it what happened???

    The rocket exploded. This is the aftermath


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    #16
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Was watching it- First time to see a live rocket launch: It took off, didn't get too far off the launch pad (6 seconds i think), fell out of the sky and exploded, massively.


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    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    8sA8Qt.jpg

    6wd7KB.jpg


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    Mr Bloat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭Mr Bloat


    There doesn't seem to be any casualties, thankfully. There will most likely be a lot of jokes made about it launching from Wallops Island... :(


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    #19
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,878 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Screen grab taken from the NASA live feed. Mission control came on and said it doesn't appear to have been any personel in the area.


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    #20
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    Someones insurance premium is going way up


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    #21
    shanered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    Wow!
    Just got to see it on sky news!
    What a disaster!


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    #22
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    Kerbal Space Program strikes again!


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    #23
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,446 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    The guy in the boat has a lot to answer for.


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    #24
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,211 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    skip to 3min for launch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK1mes_Qcus


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    #25
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    might be the last ever Antares launch

    spaceX must be loving this


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    #26
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Thats a sickener for sure. Looked like a flame out maybe?


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    #27
    space2ground1
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭space2ground1


    Maybe the guy in the boat was a lot luckier than we thought originally. Had they pushed on with the launch on Monday night and that exploded over the boat, there'd be war.

    Its an odd victory for the safety policy and plans and if a launch is going to catastrophically fail with lessons to learn, better its done with an unmanned. Who knows, the outcome of the investigation could save lives in 10 years time when something that could've gone wrong, won't.

    Still you'd feel for the small research groups who hit the jackpot being able to send science to the station. Will they have the funds/opportunity to recreate the hardware that was due to go? Many many hours of people's time and effort up in smoke.


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    #28
    Moaner Lisas Hairy Arse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Moaner Lisas Hairy Arse


    We really shouldnt still be crossing fingers to get a rocket in the air.

    All involved should be ashamed.


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    #29
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    Moaner Lisas Hairy Arse wrote: »
    We really shouldnt still be crossing fingers to get a rocket in the air.

    All involved should be ashamed.

    It's not exactly trivial to even run a rocket engine. Every part is designed to be as light as possible, which means that every moving part is operating right on the edge of failure, including impellers, bearings, hoses, thrust chamber etc. It's an incredibly delicate balance and is not easy. On average, only 1% of launches fail to get the payload into orbit. That's pretty good when you consider the tolerances imposed by strength, weight and cost.


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    #30
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    Moaner Lisas Hairy Arse wrote: »
    We really shouldnt still be crossing fingers to get a rocket in the air.

    All involved should be ashamed.
    Please don't hesitate to submit your plans to the patent office. I wish you every success


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    #31
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    The One Doctor wrote: »
    It's not exactly trivial to even run a rocket engine. Every part is designed to be as light as possible, which means that every moving part is operating right on the edge of failure, including impellers, bearings, hoses, thrust chamber etc. It's an incredibly delicate balance and is not easy. On average, only 1% of launches fail to get the payload into orbit. That's pretty good when you consider the tolerances imposed by strength, weight and cost.

    no thats not the way it works, nobody builds a rocket that opperates on the edge of failure, if they did nothing would reach orbit


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