• Russian rocket flips over
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It looked kinda wobbly right when it launched, not enough struts maybe?
That's what happens when you don't use enough hoverballs.
[QUOTE=gman_freeman;41275727][video=youtube;lKtxmXBRsBc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKtxmXBRsBc[/video] I had to do it[/QUOTE] Incorrect. Jebediah (what's up with the names? Different language?) should be grinning spastically all the way to the end.
[QUOTE=sltungle;41276317]Incorrect. Jebediah (what's up with the names? Different language?) should be grinning spastically all the way to the end.[/QUOTE] The newer versions of KSP have more than the original 3 kerbals. But, that's a story for [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1262906]another thread[/url]
Looks like on the video that as if one of the Liquid Fuelled Boosters had a malfunction causing the thrust to be unbalanced to the center of mass, leading to the rocket flipping over.
[QUOTE=dije;41277847]Looks like on the video that as if one of the Solid Rocket Boosters had a malfunction causing the thrust to be unbalanced to the center of mass, leading to the rocket flipping over.[/QUOTE] The proton rocket doesn't use SRBs.
That's unfortunate. GLONASS cannot into space.
[QUOTE=scout1;41274490]Oh man the way it swung the wrong way then back and overcorrected... it's just like Kerbal Space Program.[/QUOTE] This looks like literally straight out of KSP
[QUOTE=popbob;41277869]The proton rocket doesn't use SRBs.[/QUOTE]I stand corrected. One of the Liquid Fuelled Boosters then. [editline]2nd July 2013[/editline] Oh dear, Proton-M uses a bipropellant mixture composed of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine. Both of the fuel components are extremely toxic :v:
I'm not usually one to be into conspiracy stuff, but this is the [I]second[/I] time a launch vehicle carrying GLONASS satellites has crashed. It's probably bullshit and just a case of launch vehicles being poor, but the US isn't incredibly happy when people don't have to rely on its own GPS which it can turn off.
[QUOTE=rhx123;41277950]I'm not usually one to be into conspiracy stuff, but this is the [I]second[/I] time a launch vehicle carrying GLONASS satellites has crashed. It's probably bullshit and just a case of launch vehicles being poor, but the US isn't incredibly happy when people don't have to rely on it's own GPS which it can turn off.[/QUOTE] Rockets failing isn't really that rare.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;41277969]Rockets failing isn't really that rare.[/QUOTE] Yeah I thought as much. It's a silly thought really, but still made me think for a second.
[QUOTE=rhx123;41277950]I'm not usually one to be into conspiracy stuff, but this is the [I]second[/I] time a launch vehicle carrying GLONASS satellites has crashed. It's probably bullshit and just a case of launch vehicles being poor, but the US isn't incredibly happy when people don't have to rely on its own GPS which it can turn off.[/QUOTE] There's been a major failure of a proton rocket every year for the last 3 years, but for every failure there's a successful launch. You're only hearing about it when shit goes wrong.
the three satelittes alone cost $200 million
Man, the Range Safety Officer must have been asleep at his post. NASA would have destroyed the rocket once it was excessively off course, they don't wait for it to hit the ground and explode.
Little did we know it was actually just a big promo for Kerbal Space Program's Russian release. Surprise!
[QUOTE=dije;41277918]I stand corrected. One of the Liquid Fuelled Boosters then. [editline]2nd July 2013[/editline] Oh dear, Proton-M uses a bipropellant mixture composed of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine. Both of the fuel components are extremely toxic :v:[/QUOTE] on the other hand i don't think there's going to be any left
[QUOTE=dije;41277918]I stand corrected. One of the Liquid Fuelled Boosters then. [/QUOTE] Just saying, you can't shut off a SRB, so if it used SRBs and there was an engine (well, nozzle) malfunction, it'd just explode in midair.
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