Add to that the explosion of the SpaceX F9R during launch in August and the half failure of the 11 Oct Falcon 9 launch that failed to push an Orbcomm satellite into orbit and one can safely say that rocket science is still... yup... Rocket Science!
Things happen in clumps for some odd reason.
More important than "fatalities per year" is probably "fatalities per flight"...One fatality in 10 years of manned flight. That's actually a lower rate than I figured when they made their first flight.
More important than "fatalities per year" is probably "fatalities per flight"...
Well, the pictures shown on NBC Nightly News tell a pretty grim tale... looks really bad.
do you have a link to the footage,i haven't been able to find itUpon closer examination of the footage, it appears that the main combustion chamber let go. The oxidizer tank is largely intact, but everything else is pretty badly trashed.
This has not been a good week for private spaceflight.
I never would've expected to EVER see Antares fail, let alone SpaceShipTwo...
do you have a link to the footage,i haven't been able to find it
A good rule for rocket experimenters to follow is this: always assume that it will explode..[/R
Right! That's the Golden Rule of rocketry.
I never would've expected to EVER see Antares fail, let alone SpaceShipTwo...