Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by kijin on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @08:43PM
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The students from Houston and New Jersey must have been so disappointed. I really hope that they get another chance to send their projects to space before they graduate, and that some of them will eventually take up a career in rocket science despite this minor setback.
Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff
by InclinedPlane on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @09:42PM
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> - A reentry breakup recorder
Right, there was to be a video recording of the Cygnus spacecraft as it reentered and broke up (it's designed to disintegrate). Kind of ironic now.
- A pea growing experiment from students in Houston
- A human health study investigating blood flow to and from the brain in space
- 19 student projects from New Jersey
- A reentry breakup recorder
- A meteor dust analyser
- 1,360 pounds of food
- Spacewalk equipment
- Flight crew equipment
- Fight procedures books
- Computers
- Classified "Crypto equipment"
Source: https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/527235620578787328/ph...