Zenit-3SL/ NSS-8 Sea Launch rocket vehicle failure

[bmurr360]

wow that was bright

[kennerfreak7]

The sky is the other way

[sniffinwhitelines]

oh well.. better luck next time guys

[paco40a]

todo exploto para la chingada!

[nancyfanai]

Ed perez rules. thank you very much.

[shuttlemasterbkg]

Love how they cut the tranmission...all they needed after that was the classic tv test pattern. Ha! Ha!

[crapper1]

go inertial??? ok BOOOOOM is that how you go inertial

[the06bug]

I thought she said, "Go in ocean" lol

[Hirnlappen]

ZOMG! loooool

[hootowl2112]

it went inertial all right!

[dominokat07]

If you look closely, you can see the label at the bottom of the rocket:"THIS END UP!"

XD

[obteene]

...aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnndd­ddddddddddddddddddd cut to commercial!

[JRCrowley]

Sucks.

[pilapawe92]

it went the wrong way lmao

[Thecomi]

Why a Sea Launch, whats wrong with being on the ground?

[loetlampe]

Because you need much spach to create a safety area. The other reason is that the perfect launchsite for rockets is directly on the equator, because turning speed of earth in relation to orbit is the biggest.

[Thecomi]

But the cost is so much higher, is it worth it?

[theczechfamous]

It is also a cover for testing submarine launched ballistic missiles such as polaris or trident.

[ethicsg]

If you launch from the equator you need less energy to reach geo-stationary orbit at 24K km. Btw this is the lowest cost per lbs. to orbit system, based on Russian engines and US assembly.

[xxnaughtycaxx]

A friend of mine who works for Sea Launch told me about this incident yesterday. Luckily, the platform itself only had minor damage (which you can't tell from this video).

[Lolimaster]

xDDD OWNED!