Posted on 06/28/2015 1:24:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket traveling at 2,900 mph, about 27 miles above the earth disintegrated 2 minutes and 19 seconds into its flight from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station.
It was a severe blow to NASA, still reeling from two previous failed Space Station resupply missions. The SpaceX failure is a reprieve for Russia’s Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft that will remain the prime Space Station servicer, despite recently renewed US sanctions against Russia.
The SpaceX launch, its seventh robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station, was running at what NASA called “on course, on track” before the mission failure.
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I thought SpaceX- was a private company, not NASA. I thought the purpose of NASA was Muslim outreach.
Well that’s the cherry on top of a S#*t sandwich week!
Just damn.
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But we got Homosexual marrying & one step closer to a complete socialized medical system.
SpaceX is a private company, as are Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, and all the other contractors who have supplied NASA launch systems since the agency was founded in 1958.
As long as no Muslims were hurt, it’s a win.
Wrong. China is.
Well we can take some china made trampolines as Russia suggested and bounce real high. As long as Muslims feel good then it’s a success.
Do not forget globull warming “research”....
Many Muslims disappointed it didn’t explode in Israel.
Exactly. Putin may have space rockets that actually work, but WE have gay marriage. Everybody celebrate, celebrate,.....[/s]
Also, wonder if now I can go a day without reading what a genius Elon Musk is.
It’s the Obama Era.
Incompetents and idiots rule.
The nation that developed the A-Bomb, won WWII, and, using slide rules instead of computers, built rockets that put men on the moon and brought them home now has a government that cannot find its own butt with both hands, a searchlight and a GPS.
America used to have a space program.
Then we elected obama...
Plenty of money for illegals and importing muslim immigrants..
The final frontier is going to be Operation: Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Where we blast gay guys on a huge rocket to the new orbiting international disco we are going to cut the defense budget in order to fund.
That’s good. And it’s sad.
I guess Obama didn’t give Elon Musk enough money yet.
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