You did not go into space that day
November 5, 2015 10:41 AM Subscribe
Remember that Antares rocket that blew up shorty after launch in October of 2014? NASA just released several startling gorgeous photos of it exploding.
Added, vaguely similar bonus: The Kerbal Space Program version of the failed launch
Added, vaguely similar bonus: The Kerbal Space Program version of the failed launch
Shorty, no!
posted by shmegegge at 10:48 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by shmegegge at 10:48 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
In case anyone's worried: it was an unmanned rocket, and NASA reported no injuries from the incident. Enjoy the fireworks.
posted by reprise the theme song and roll the credits at 10:49 AM on November 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by reprise the theme song and roll the credits at 10:49 AM on November 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
also, this previous post is one of my favorite in all of MeFi history, specifically recreating real life space flight.
posted by shmegegge at 10:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by shmegegge at 10:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Jebidiah, you will be missed. (At least until you respawn.)
posted by JHarris at 10:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 10:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
I bought a whopping fistful of Orbital stock two days after that accident and now it's up 50%. Thanks, Kuznetsov Design Bureau!
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:53 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:53 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
Was wondering if there was any follow up to this. Had the family outside looking towards the launch area, with the live-stream playing on a laptop. Camera on tripod ready for the long-exposure shot and everything. Kids were bummed that it blew up ("why'd it blow up dad, what happened, ...").
posted by k5.user at 11:12 AM on November 5, 2015
posted by k5.user at 11:12 AM on November 5, 2015
Wow, beautiful photos. I felt like the "agony of defeat" bit from Wide World of Sports should have been playing as I checked out the photos.
posted by longdaysjourney at 11:36 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by longdaysjourney at 11:36 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
The FPP of the launch failure includes one of my favorite comments ever.
posted by figurant at 11:49 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by figurant at 11:49 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
In case you missed it, here was the view of the explosion from multiple remote video cameras set up near the launch pad.
While Orbital (now Orbital ATK) is updating the Antares rocket with newer (less explodey) engines, the next couple of Cygnus resupply vehicles will instead launch on ULA Atlas V rockets out of Canaveral; next launch on December 3rd.
posted by brownpau at 11:50 AM on November 5, 2015
While Orbital (now Orbital ATK) is updating the Antares rocket with newer (less explodey) engines, the next couple of Cygnus resupply vehicles will instead launch on ULA Atlas V rockets out of Canaveral; next launch on December 3rd.
posted by brownpau at 11:50 AM on November 5, 2015
BIG BADDA BOOM!
posted by brundlefly at 11:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 11:51 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Beautiful. Here's a link to a Saturn rocket launch...not an explosion but backwards and very trippy.
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:06 PM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:06 PM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
If you're gonna blow something up in my bay, do it right.
After all, you've got big shoes to fill.
posted by sonascope at 12:09 PM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
After all, you've got big shoes to fill.
posted by sonascope at 12:09 PM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Here's a direct link to NASA's photo set on Flickr, where Gizmodo got the shots but without any interstitial blog advertisements to get in the way.
posted by frijole at 12:14 PM on November 5, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by frijole at 12:14 PM on November 5, 2015 [5 favorites]
> Jebidiah, you will be missed. (At least until you respawn.)
I disagree with NASA's findings, and conclude based on my photo analysis that this rocket had an insufficiency of both boosters and struts.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:36 PM on November 5, 2015
I disagree with NASA's findings, and conclude based on my photo analysis that this rocket had an insufficiency of both boosters and struts.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:36 PM on November 5, 2015
Think I found my new rotating wallpaper set for Ubuntu 15.10. Neat!
posted by pwnguin at 3:43 PM on November 5, 2015
posted by pwnguin at 3:43 PM on November 5, 2015
A pair of explosions decimated the rocket, the second one releasing the force of 200 tons of TNT.
Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:54 PM on November 6, 2015
Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:54 PM on November 6, 2015
Think I found my new rotating wallpaper set for Ubuntu 15.10. Neat!
Images of exploding technology? I would caution you, the computer fairies tend not to look well upon such hubris.
posted by JHarris at 6:09 PM on November 6, 2015
Images of exploding technology? I would caution you, the computer fairies tend not to look well upon such hubris.
posted by JHarris at 6:09 PM on November 6, 2015
I am well acquainted with the hubris of exploding rockets -- the cover of my Programming Logic textbook was a series of photos of Arienne V exploding due to an typecasting overflow. I can't find a picture on amazon, but apparently the Second Edition does list on Amazon at 500 dollars, so I probably should have kept it...
posted by pwnguin at 11:58 AM on November 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pwnguin at 11:58 AM on November 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
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