On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here in London, we have free access to the Russia Today TV station. The > launch failure is the major news item. They report it was due to a third > stage failure. Even had an interview with an eye witness who said the area > where it crashed was an area popular with people picking nuts in the summer. > The next lauch was due on October 28th and they are speculating this will be > brought forward. > > The report is probably available on the web site www.rt.com > > They also said that a satellite launched on August 18th (The EDUSAT launch?) > suddenly veered off course. - Not sure if this was a single satellite or the > whole launch vehicle >
I guess the ISS Crew is going to have to brush up on their "rock, paper, scissors" skills to see who gets dessert until another supply rocket is shot up! [I am only kidding, I read already they have enough supplies to last them till the next supply ship is launched] With that said, I am very curious on what is NASA's contingency plan if our Russian friends for whatever reason can't or won't deliver fulfill their promise? -aps (KC2ZSX) _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
