[2banana]

Environmentally friendly prototype???

For the toxic environments of Mars, Venus or Saturn?

Or just for testing on earth?

[NormsRevenge]

Before..
NASA's Morpheus lander prototype and the new hazard field at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seen in this view. Image released August 2, 2012.

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After..

NASA's Morpheus lander prototype in flames during a failed free flight test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2012.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Pathetic beyond belief...”green” rocket fuel that doesn’t pack much energy per pound, all in the name of not polluting some distant rock. People at NASA are now certifiably insane. Shut them down and start over.

[Musketeer]

Did We pay for that Hot dog Cooker?

[wjcsux]

NASA's 'green' planetary test lander crashes (Morpheus - cheap, environmentally friendly prototype)
Old School is the best school.

[Vince Ferrer]

I actually don't mind them working with methane, since it is a major component of useable fuel off the earth. NASA is very skilled at public relations, so of course they are going to market it as "green."

The bad part about this is there are private companies making equipment like this, and I have seen videos of them not exploding. Why doesn't NASA just buy those?

[ari-freedom]

keep trying

[FlingWingFlyer]

Obviously, since it has to be “environmentally friendly”, they must intend to use this “lander” to explore some place on Earth. I might suggest they just tow it out to the site on a trailer pulled behind a Volt or Prius.

[MasterGunner01]

Is the crash a product of NASA’s new focus? That is, Muslim outreach?

[SuziQ]

The crash may not have anything to do with the type of fuel used. Don’t forget, there are many such explosions during the testing phase of any new vehicle. That’s why they test them

[rawcatslyentist]

It was a mudslime outreach prototype.

It blowed up real good!

[Lancey Howard]

You would think NASA would have learned its lesson when the agency used “green” foam on the Columbia space shuttle and murdered seven astronauts.

[waus]

I knew it.

I always thought Laurence Fishburne couldn’t fly, now, finally, proof.