Americas Antares explodes seconds after Launch, destroying Cygnus CRS-3 Spacecraft destined for ISS

[F-22Raptor]

nope

Do you really want me to compare the accomplishments of NASA to those of Roscosmos? I think not...

 

[mike2000]

Sorry to hear this....accidents do happen unfortunately. Been reading comments of this around the net, an the level of ignorance is astounding.

Yes bro, some members here are talking as if no country involved in space launch has ever witnessed an accident of this sort. All space powers have encountered such incidences one way or another. So its just ignorance laughing at the U.S in such a case. Moreover the U.S is a top tier 1 space power, so if they want to be laughing at the U.S, at least they have to be better than the U.S in this respect, before they indulge in mockeries.

@senheiser
For people who do not know about the rocket and why the Americans use modified Russian Engines, Here is a beautiful documentary of how the US accepted Russian superiority in Rocket engine technology and started using the engines once used in ICBM's pointed at themselves :

Please do not laugh at the failure of hard work of people.. be it Russians or Americans.

Dont mind your Russian 'friend/brother' . He's just making such comments simply because he has a beef with the U.S, and also due to the sanctions the U.S imposed on Russia(which is affecting the Russian economy), so anything remotely negative that happens in the U.S will be cheered.lol Also expect to see more funny(or even hostile) comments(like the Russian ambassador to India comments about Chinese S27 fighters being superior to the rafale.lool) coming from Russia towards permanent weapons client India as India moves closer to the West/Israel/U.S for its arms needs. So seems the more things move unfavorably for the Russians, the more paranoid/irrational they become with some of their statements.

 

[nvKyleBrown]

great and how big the budget is from America vs Russia?Also proton is about satellites and unmanned missions, this antaras missle is supposed to bring food to the ISS which america is planning to be independent of from russia. This is what america gets for not using russias help, god punished them

lol Indian crybaby is mad that i rediculate his favorite nation, do you see americans defending india if i would bash india? nope, you have sick slave mentality dude

America used Russia's help. The rockets engines were Russian, purchased and refurbished by an American contractor. Time will tell if there was a flaw in the rockets themselves, or if there was a problem with the refurbishment.

There are several companies in the US that do rocketry, so this was the low bidder on this particular project. I wouldn't take it as a referendum on American rocketry in general, at this point.

 

[jerry_tan]

Shit happened, this private contractors using ripped-off russian engine ? Oh c'mon Americans bring back NASA glorious days

 

[gambit]

America used Russia's help. The rockets engines were Russian, purchased and refurbished by an American contractor. Time will tell if there was a flaw in the rockets themselves, or if there was a problem with the refurbishment.

There are several companies in the US that do rocketry, so this was the low bidder on this particular project. I wouldn't take it as a referendum on American rocketry in general, at this point.

Whenever something like this happens, whether it happened to the US, to China, or any country, there is always a rush to judgement as to causes, and always within hours of the event. Do these people have ANY technical education AT ALL ? I wonder. You see people who can barely tell the difference between a hammer and a screwdriver but have no problems making declarations about the plumbings of rockets, the electronics of flight computers, and the experience of others.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Yes bro, some members here are talking as if no country involved in space launch has ever witnessed an accident of this sort. All space powers have encountered such incidences one way or another. So its just ignorance laughing at the U.S in such a case. Moreover the U.S is a top tier 1 space power, so if they want to be laughing at the U.S, at least they have to be better than the U.S in this respect, before they indulge in mockeries.



Dont mind your Russian 'friend/brother' . He's just making such comments simply because he has a beef with the U.S, and also due to the sanctions the U.S imposed on Russia(which is affecting the Russian economy), so anything remotely negative that happens in the U.S will be cheered.lol Also expect to see more funny(or even hostile) comments(like the Russian ambassador to India comments about Chinese S27 fighters being superior to the rafale.lool) coming from Russia towards permanent weapons client India as India moves closer to the West/Israel/U.S for its arms needs. So seems the more things move unfavorably for the Russians, the more paranoid/irrational they become with some of their statements.

This incident has brought out the anti-american bumpkins in droves. I can't tell you how many times I've read something to the effect of, "This is the end of NASA/America!" and other crap like that. It's like their hiding in the shadows ready to pounce on any mistake made. It's absurd.....

 

[Not Sure]

Man, it's cool to criticize rivals, and Russians can call potshots at NASA because Americans and Russians both are the pioneers of space race. But rest of us are so far behind that you cannot expect everyone to espouse your level of criticism, or even join you in it.

 

[vostok]

Sh1t happens, not big deal.

 

[boxer_B]

Why is NASA or US space Capability dragged into this ? Isn't this launch done by private outsourced company ?

 

[C130]

LOL your *** off now

ayy lmao. proton-m you drunk!! go home.

Atlas rocket launch successful day after explosion

well at least some good news Atlas-V was successful.

 

[nvKyleBrown]

Why is NASA or US space Capability dragged into this ? Isn't this launch done by private outsourced company ?

The choice to use contractors is NASA's choice. If that is the way they are doing it, and the contractors screw up, it is fair to ask NASA wtf. Expecting every launch to be perfect is probably a bit much, and you need to look at the program as a whole - what are you getting for the money you spend? Looking at a single success or failure is potentially misleading.

A slightly comical big-picture view: Interplanetary Lobbing

Overall, I think NASA is doing ok. I would like to see the manned missions dropped, as without a totally revolutionary propulsion system, there is nowhere to go with a human that is interesting to me. Probes serve better and cheaper for scientific investigation. Industrial/mining applications are totally economically infeasible without a revolution in propulsion - so spend the money on propulsion research over futile manned missions.

I don't mind using launch systems outside the US for this reason. If your trying to get bang for the buck, and India can put something into space for less, outsource it. The important part isn't getting something to space, that's routine. The work that happens after is what is important.

 

[senheiser]

Do you really want me to compare the accomplishments of NASA to those of Roscosmos? I think not...

 

[razgriz19]

First of all, NASA is supporting Orbital and SpaceX by giving them contracts and vice versa.
SpaceX for one, is a company that is developing reusable rockets, so yes these contracts given to them by NASA are expensive, but much needed money is being raised for such developments. I don't know much about Orbital, but i know one thing for sure,
THEY SELF DESTRUCTED THE ROCKET TO PREVENT FROM GOING INTO CIVILIAN POPULATION!
They found out seconds after the launch that it wouldn't reach the orbit, therefore they decided to self destruct it.

 

[gambit]

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He asked for accomplishments, not only of successful launches. Russia can have a thousand successful launches of dummy satellites and that would tilt the stats in Russia's favor. But if we are talking about real accomplishments, the Moon landing and the Space Shuttle program got everyone beat.

 

[nvKyleBrown]

Really, getting to orbit it old hat. Been done. Where are your Mars probes? Jupiter? Saturn? Neptune? Pluto? comets? Russia/USSR's Mars record is 5 out of 18 successes. Only China and Japan have worse rates, because they've each only tried once.

NASA has 16 successful missions to 5 failures at Mars. 9 successes to 1 failure at Venus. 2 successes and no failures at Mercury. 6 successes to 0 failures on Jupiter missions. 4 missions have looked at Saturn (no failures). NASA has done fly-bys of both Neptune and Uranus. NASA has probes on the way to both Ceres (an asteroid) and Pluto. Russia isn't doing anything like that - just launches, largely for other people.

In terms of people in space, NASA has put about 330 Americans in space, Russia about 120 Russian/Soviet citizens.

And of course, putting 12 people on the moon. Only Americans have been on the moon thus far. Looks like China will be next, at the rate things are going. Russia does not appear to be in the running for that.
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Getting to orbit is what we outsource. It's like hiring Mexicans to mow your lawn. Thanks, here's your payment. Come back next week, maybe we'll have more work for you.