This exclusive video from Wired.com's Dave Bullock shows the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory at Vandenburg Air Force Base.
Designed to map sinks and sources of carbon in Earth's atmosph...
This exclusive video from Wired.com's Dave Bullock shows the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory at Vandenburg Air Force Base.
Designed to map sinks and sources of carbon in Earth's atmosphere, the satellite failed to reach orbit. A protective shell did not properly separate, and its extra weight kept the OCO from reaching orbit.
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It's really too bad this didn't make it. It would have either proved or disproved the CO2 theory. At the very least, it would have shut up half the people, lol.
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-Buzz Aldrin (Simpsons)
The total weight of the vehicle is 160,000 and much of that weight is fuel.