$1.9billion Antares project Nasa Rocket Explodes on launch

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/28/1414536201485_wps_12_Nasa_Rocket_explodes_on_L.jpg



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/28/1414536172798_wps_10_Nasa_Rocket_explodes_on_L.jpg
Thats a mega amount of cash destroyed


[NASA cargo rocket Explodes on delayed launch to ISS in $1.9billion Antares project

Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft on board, was due to take off from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 6.22pm
Accident occurred 6 seconds after liftoff
Launch part of $1.9bn contract to launch cargo to space station
No casualties - and damage limited to Wallops launchpad ]


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2810128/Ready-liftoff-Nighttime-rocket-launch-International-Space-Station-visible-East-Coast.html#ixzz3HU4DVYiM

[T*]

omfg D:

[T*]

did anyone die?

[T*]

oh nvm

[Kizzy]

Wonder how those booked on Bransons space flights are feeling right now?

[arista]

Wonder how those booked on Bransons space flights are feeling right now?

They will be Alright
its a Private Enterprise
not Sloppy nasa

[Jessica.]

What a terrible loss of resources. :sad:

[James]

They will be Alright
its a Private Enterprise
not Sloppy nasa

This is a private company, that builds and launches these spacecraft, that is contracted to Nasa. The mission itself wasn't worth 1.9 billion, that's the overall value of the contract.