Contact Lost with European Rocket Carrying NASA GOLD, Satellites (Update)

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[SaveFerris]

O.K. I won’t do it .... but you know it’s coming .....

[WayneS]

Oops.

[Ken522]

How do you say “Oh darn!!” in French???

[txhurl]

Guiana Space Center in French Guiana

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I think I see the problem.

[SaveFerris]

sacré bleu

[Rio]

Seems like they payload(s) deployed anyway. Pretty unusual.

vhttp://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=42215.240

[gov_bean_ counter]

I think I saw this in a Bond movie a long time ago.

[Steely Tom]

How do you say “Oh darn!!” in French???

Eet iss muy tragico!

Oh, wait.

[deks]

Self-driving rocket :-)

[SaveFerris]

Those poor Russian cosmonauts ....

http://fantastic-plastic.com/SpectreRocket34.jpg

[Steely Tom]

How do you say “Oh darn!!” in French???

Oh, I know.

"I understand monsieur, and we are extremimont sorry of course, but nonetheless... ze bill must still be paid, monsieur.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Hahahaha!

Made my day.

[Rebelbase]

“I want to present my deepest excuses to our customers, who have entrusted us one more time. “

Never heard that one before.

[Revel]

“https://pagesix.com/2018/01/25/lynyrd-skynyrd-announce-farewell-tour-starting-may-4/?_ga=2.112430273.416714016.1516752666-913461671.1516228159";

This sounds like satire.

[Eddie01]

Zoot Allures

[SaveFerris]

I always loved the Angry Alligator.

Well, unless it was your space capsule being captured and returned to those evil villains.....(isn’t that redundant?)

[eldoradude]

Another communications satellite, called Al Yah 3, launched on the same rocket

Al Yah?

[tet68]

Another communications satellite, called Al Yah 3, launched on the same rocket.

Yes, it was heard to communicate “Allah Akbar!” before
communication was lost...

[gov_bean_ counter]

Hahahaha!!

Perhaps so.