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1. Video of Greg Selinger’s news conference from earlier today.

2. …and THAT’s why they keep spectators ‘way,’WAY back!

3. Blowed up real good!!

4. In Regards to the “related” post. It is no surprise to me that Obamislam is totally concerned
   with the Muslim world even if he doesn’t realise they would eliminate him as fast as any one else..

5. Danielle Smith’s political ambitions?

6. No, not related. That big glow above the rocket right at liftoff is not supposed to happen. It was as bright as the rocket exhaust. That suggests a huge capacitive discharge, and it looks like it set off the solid rocket engines in some of the payload upper stages. Hopefully the launch pad isn’t too badly damaged.

7. HEEEE, Heeee, Heeeeeeeeee…………..
   Going up in………..greenhouse gasses?????

8. And this is why we need wind/solar rockets…..”clean up on aisle two….”

9. That glow looked like lens flare to me ? It wasn’t visible later from other angles.
   Gravity won today.

10. Uh-oh, head for the hills!
    President Obama promised Americans this afternoon that “we are going to solve this particular problem” of Ebola “just like we’ve solved every other problem.”
    http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/10/28/obama-promises-to-solve-ebola-just-like-weve-solved-every-other-problem/

11. Tell them there are Jews on the moon, I’m sure that will spark their interest.

12. Would it be appropriate to say, “You didn’t solve that”?

13. WRT the “related”, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to be a Palestinian, but it will get you instant tenure at their so called institutes of higher learning. Retirement arrangements not so attractive.

14. The most expensive fire crackers in the world

15. “Engines at 108%”
    Boom. It’s called “catastrophic failure”.

16. JOOOOOOOOs did it to embarrass Islam.

17. Well that makes me want to sign up for Virgin Galactic.

18. Those poor Kerbals.

19. GERMAN V 2 ROCKET TESTS AND FAILURES w/ Wernher Von Braun
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7uwp1SRIM
    I blame Wernher Von Braun who eventually succeeded in putting a man on the moon…
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group “True North”

20. Engines made in Putin-stan, complete first stage made in the Ukraine.
    What could possibly go wrong?
    Oh well, at least NASA still have their Glowbull Warming scam and muzzie outreach program.
    Is there nothing that president Obola can’t do?

21. And here is what it looked like from 3000 ft up in a Cessna 177 Cardinal!
    (via the RightScoop)

22. That was one heck of a shout-out to the muslims!

23. Russian rocket engines have been rock solid for many years.
    Perhaps the fault that caused the explosion lies elsewhere.

24. Yes…Perhaps in Affirmative Action !!

25. No wonder America can no longer put a man in Space. They have to rely on Putin to do that.
    Thanks to Barry……

26. Only partly true. Let’s be blunt, every administration back to Nixon has neglected the man in space program.

27. And this was not a NASA vehicle. It was built by Orbital. Orbital, not Obama, has some explaining to do.

28. And they use liquid fuel, hydrazine, not solid fuel.

29. NO, hydrazine was NOT INVOLVED.
    First stage is “safer” kerosene and LOX–proven technology.
    Question, was the 24 hour delay caused by a sailboat wandering into the ocean under the flight path a factor. With the delay there was a 24+ hour cooling, warming, cooling cycle of the pumps and motors as well as refueling involved.
    Dan Kurt

30. Ny point was that the Russians use hydrazine, not that Orbital does.

31. We really won’t know until they’ve analyzed the telemetry and all video cameras. That glow could indeed be lens flare. The burn-through on the side (left side when viewed from camera 12) is not lens flare.

32. Yeah well, not that I know anything but it is typical of a turbo-pump explosion.
    These things were developed initial by Goddard (US rocket pioneer) and the key component that made the V2 rockets work.
    Basically they are turbine motors fueled by the rocket fuel to drive turbo pumps to feed the main engine. Typically there are two….one for the LOX and one for the kerosene. These turbo pumps are high horsepower(up to 250,000hp) devices…pumping the fuel at high pressure and high volume.
    https://webfiles.uci.edu/dbeerer/rockets/Turbopumps%20Historical%20Perspective.pdf

33. The Germans made extensive use of hydrazine(S stoff) in combination with high test hydrogen peroxide(T stoff)…..which ignite/explode on contact.
    This made their rocket planes extremely hazardous mounts…often exploding when fueled, or on landing…residue in fuel tanks or spills….Any surface/piping in contact with (T stuff) had to be surgically clean…any oil or grease and boom.
    However, the V2 rocket used alcohol and LOX.
    Post war the Brits and Soviets experimented with this stuff….an experimental ST torpedo for example destroyed a submarine….the Soviets never deployed any ST devices….