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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by bsilvereagle on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @09:26PM (#8524951)
I think it's important to realize that this is a NASA contractor, not NASA itself. Furthermore, Congress & the President have forced NASA into purchasing these transport contracts by killing off the Space Shuttle.
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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by seanflyon on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:39PM (#8529005)
The Space Shuttle which costs between $450 million [1] and $1.5 billion [2] per launch depending on who you ask and still blows up 1.5% of the time.

[1] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttl... [2] http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/re...

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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff by gohrt on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:38PM (#8529000)
A $200Million loss is better than the best of all possible Space Shuttle's outcomes.
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