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    NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    http://www.spaceflightnow.com/taurus/oco/failure.html

    NASA's $273 million Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite crashed into the ocean near Antarctica shortly after launch today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., atop an Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL booster. Telemetry indicated a protective nose cone fairing failed to separate early in the climb to space, weighing the rocket down and preventing the spacecraft from reaching orbit.
    that bit is fine

    The Orbiting Carbon Observatory was designed to study natural and man-made carbon dioxide emission and absorption to help scientists assess how the greenhouse gas might be contributing to global warming.
    Oh, how convenient! The satellite which would give us a better picture of how bad we are doing didn't make it to orbit? Well, isnt that a crazy coincidence. Nothing fishy about that at all

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    wonder how much c02 the rocket spouted

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    The Japanese were RIGHT!
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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    Quote Originally Posted by Marcos View Post
    [url]Oh, how convenient! The satellite which would give us a better picture of how bad we are doing didn't make it to orbit? Well, isnt that a crazy coincidence. Nothing fishy about that at all
    The cynic in me thought exactly the same - I wonder if the oil industry had a hand in its demise?

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    they were trying out new bio-fails.. obviously they're not as good as rocket fuel.

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    they were trying out new bio-fails.. obviously they're not as good as rocket fuel.
    so THATS why it went wrong
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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    wonder how much c02 the rocket spouted
    Not that much - I thought main product was water?

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Not that much - I thought main product was water?
    I don't know the exact fuel the rocket used, but I know it was a solid fuel. The by products of solid fuel is unlikely to be mostly water, alot of water but along with loads and loads of other stuff.

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    I read that it failed because the casing failed to seperate from the rocket. Who bets that someone forgot to remove the pin that holds it in place before launch?

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    Re: NASA environmental satellite lost in launch failure

    How convenient indeed...

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