Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff

Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by vermontdevil on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:45PM (#8524500)

Wonder if the boat didn't stray into the restricted area yesterday, things would have been different?

I know we might never know but I did wonder if the draining and refueling the fuel caused an anomaly somewhere and lead to this?

Such a big loss for us.

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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by toufka on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:59PM (#8524562)

Or different in the other way - where had they launched with the boat there and it still had exploded. Then ORB/NASA would have to deal with a lot more than simply economic consequences.

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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by seanflyon on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:50PM (#8529081)

I don't think the rocket made it that far.

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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by jessaustin on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @05:10AM (#8526182)

If so, it's better to discover now. Later on, lives could be lost in a similar situation.

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