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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:48 AM Original message |
NASA scrubs launch of Ares I-X rocket |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. : ( |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. It seems so top heavy. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Appears to be more suitable for launch than the space shuttle ever looked to me |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. A lot of the weight's probably in the lower sections |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not ballast. Dead weight is the LAST thing you put on a rocket. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There actually is some on the first stage. (nt) |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well the top section is fake for this test. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Are you sure it will be cancelled? |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I can't say that with 100 percent certainty, but there's very good chance it will. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Didn't they try it before and it went to oscillations? |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, I remember something about potentially shaking the astronauts to death... nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's it. |
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Ludwig_1963 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. yeah... |
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benh57 (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. This should be cancelled |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Exploration is hard work better left to Democrats as Republicans don't |
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