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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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liftoff!

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No!!!!!

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Ignition!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Oh OH!

Failure!

Fireball!
« Last Edit: 10/28/2014 09:24 pm by Comga »
What kind of wastrels would dump a perfectly good booster in the ocean after just one use?

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It blew up

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Oh my God!!  They just had a massive engine explosion!

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OH WOW

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Failure.
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Oh frack!! Blew up! The Aj-26 isn't looking like a bargain.

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Oh no!  :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Bad day at Wallops.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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My sincere and heartfelt regrets to Orbital

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Lifted off...and then fell back onto  the pad...

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The launch pad looks to be badly damaged. Rocket blew up not more than 50 metres above pad

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