Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by Xophmeister on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @06:50PM
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"Property" meaning, presumably, their infrastructure (e.g., the tower that holds the rocket up before it launches, etc.); and "vehicle" is the rocket itself... Don't worry, they didn't launch this and blow-up over suburbia!
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by pdabbadabba on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @06:48PM
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I imagine that the "property" that was damaged is to the launch facility itself. The launch was on Wallops Island, VA which is largely (if not entirely) uninhabited. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Island
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by veemjeem on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:09PM
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The rocket's payload may also be considered property. Lots of expensive equipment inside.
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by snowwrestler on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @11:51PM
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The town of Chincoteague is a few miles away from the pad. I'm guessing the worst impact there was some windows got rattled by the shockwave from the destruction of the 2nd stage.
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by jonlucc on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @06:49PM
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I'm guessing they mean the launch tower.
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by whoopdedo on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:16PM
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And to be clear, the debris field is over the Atlantic Ocean. The launch was scheduled for last night but had to be scrubbed because a boater had entered the restricted area.
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by Crito on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @08:15PM
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The debris field would have been over the Atlantic, had the rocket made it that far. However it failed while it was still over the launchpad, fell out of the sky, and exploded when it fell onto the launchpad.
This wasn't launched in a desert/uninhabited area?
Edit: Thanks for clarifying below.