Russian Booster Rocket Fails to Deliver Satellites

NY Times ^ | ANNA KORDUNSKY

[taxesareforever]

They should sell it to Iran.

[dr_lew]

Acknowledging the starkly different outcomes, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri O. Rogozin, who oversees Russia’s military industry, suggested in a Twitter post that the national space agency, Roscosmos, was struggling because of aging leadership. “As long as the youngest Roscosmos director is 62, we can only dream of Mars rovers,” Mr. Rogozin said.

As a sixty three year old, I resemble that inclination. And, as a sixty three year old, I would hope that the engineering staff was a lot younger. Are they? Or maybe it's nothing to do with age, but rather with institutional vitality based on freedom of thought and action, which is absolutely necessary for the motivation, and even the ability, to succeed.

[Jyotishi]

They must be using parts made in China.

[gleeaikin]

Pretty gutsy statement by Mr. Rogozin. Wonder how Putin feels about such honesty? SC - Of interest to science ping??

[Pontiac]

During the launching, the Briz-M booster activated as scheduled but switched off after only seven seconds instead of the more than 18 minutes

This to me sounds like a safety system shutdown.

The rocket booster’s monitor computer detected an unsafe condition and shutdown the booster after 7 seconds.

This could be something like a valve that failed to fully open in its allotted time of a bad temperature sensor.

And talking about a bad sensor could be they are buying Chinese parts.

[Winstons Julia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrhVo1WA78

[dr_lew]

Mmmmm. Well, as a matter of policy, one should never gloat!

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link, but are our American astronauts now using a Proton rocket, with a Briz-M booster when they go to the International Space Station?

[The Cajun]

And talking about a bad sensor could be they are buying Chinese parts.

Nah, they buy them from Walmart.
Oh, that's right, never mind :^)

[Pontiac]

Well policies are for companies, organizations and governments.

So as individuals gloating okay then, right.

So let me be the first.

Ha Ha

[Gene Eric]

>> Wonder how Putin feels about such honesty?

Doesn’t seem to care much for honest pussy.

[DAC21]

How long before they kill one of our Astronauts shuttling them up to the Space Station.

[Condor51]

Speaking of 'Boosters'.....

I heard from a 'good source' that Vlad Putin has 'contributed' about $1 Million Dollars to Obama's reelection campaign. And not though some PAC, but directly 'to Obama'!

Obama HAS TO ANSWER these serious charges and PROVE that Putin did NOT 'contribute'!

I bet he CAN'T!!

[1010RD]

Right. Nothing like age and experience to cause a malfunction.

[bert]

As you get old, at last half of what you know no longer matters. Bert

Likely Russian reality:

The old men could not have possibly kept up and their vehicles while working, are relics.

[listenhillary]

“They must be using parts made in China.”

Wish FR had a like button.

[Venturer]

Russia’s space program, which has been plagued by malfunctions, crashes and failed launchings
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I bet that inspires confidence in the Astronauts on their taxi-cab ride to the Space Station.

[New Jersey Realist]

NEWS FLASH: Russian scientists mysteriously disappear!

[Kenny Bunk]

You capitalist people are just so unrealistic.

On the space jobs the Russkis handle for us, they only charge us $65 Million per delivery. Comrade, for that kind of chump change you don't get the new Lincoln Town Car, OK? You get the 1958 Checker with the leaky water pump. Igor will be taking care of that as soon as he gets back from dialysis. He grew up with it. He knows that Checker like the back of his hand!

Of course, in Obamanomics, this saves us a fortune as compared to maintaining our own space program, not to mention doing wonders for our Carbon Footprint.