On 10/31/2014 10:39 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 10/30/2014 06:09 PM, dave wrote: > ... snip > >> Well, Russian built rocket engines incinerated more than a few Russian >> cosmonauts. >> Apparently, when they work they work well...and when they fail ..... >> opps! At least we were not launching people. ;-) > Going back to traditional rockets with a crew capsule on top restored a > tried and true escape system. I think if a crew had been on the Wallops > rocket, the escape system would have kicked in and the crew would only > have suffered the indignity of being ungracefully plucked from the > ocean. I certainly would rather be on top of the rocket than close by on > the ground. >
In this case that would not have worked so well. CNN reported that the "operator" of the rocket initiated the self destruct sequence to kill the rocket. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/us/antares-rocket-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 National Geographics take on the situation: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141030-first-person-rocket-explosion-antares/# Soon after it launched they realized that the rocket would not make it to orbit, so they killed the rocket to prevent it from possibly landing on a populated area! So if they did have astronaunts on this rocket they would have had to make a choice. Kill the astronaunts by detonating the rocket, or possibly kill civilians if the rocket crashes onto the mainland. That would be a tough choice that would have to be made very quickly. Either way, apparently that rocket was doomed from the start. Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
