Blast at desert spaceport kills 2, injures 4
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html[^] This has just set back private spaceflight a few steps. I was wondering when something like this would happen. Ironically, Scaled Composites was completely sold off last week.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html[^] This has just set back private spaceflight a few steps. I was wondering when something like this would happen. Ironically, Scaled Composites was completely sold off last week.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html[^] This has just set back private spaceflight a few steps. I was wondering when something like this would happen. Ironically, Scaled Composites was completely sold off last week.
yeah, but considering the set backs to the international space race, its not much... will be interesting to see how this gets handled. and how it happened.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html[^] This has just set back private spaceflight a few steps. I was wondering when something like this would happen. Ironically, Scaled Composites was completely sold off last week.
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During an engine test noone should have been close enough. Basic precautions I'm afaid. Yes, NASA blow a lot of money but they do take these kind of precautions.
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Trollslayer wrote:
During an engine test noone should have been close enough. Basic precautions I'm afaid. Yes, NASA blow a lot of money but they do take these kind of precautions.
I didn't read the article because of time... You mean this was an engine test, not an accident? foolish! You don't start an engine without a blast wall between you and the engine. You don't launch a rocket without everyone far away. That's like calling a guy bungee jumping into electrical lines "an accident."
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Trollslayer wrote:
During an engine test noone should have been close enough. Basic precautions I'm afaid. Yes, NASA blow a lot of money but they do take these kind of precautions.
I didn't read the article because of time... You mean this was an engine test, not an accident? foolish! You don't start an engine without a blast wall between you and the engine. You don't launch a rocket without everyone far away. That's like calling a guy bungee jumping into electrical lines "an accident."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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It was an accident during system testing. They should have known the risk with the nitrous oxide and taken precautions.
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Trollslayer wrote:
It was an accident during system testing. They should have known the risk with the nitrous oxide and taken precautions.
loading fuel into a rocket is no different than loading a gun. It's ready to do damage. Even if you aren't going to shoot something, you don't point it at someone. A rocket is a controlled bomb, so it is ready to go off. You put fuel in it, you better be prepared for it to go off. Even if it doesn't all the precautions are worth the time.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html[^] This has just set back private spaceflight a few steps. I was wondering when something like this would happen. Ironically, Scaled Composites was completely sold off last week.