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Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch, Just Before It Fails

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...  
 
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than217 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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"Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space."

-Buzz Aldrin (Simpsons)
Winnuting (9 months ago) Show Hide
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guess someone didnt want that thing to get to space. Maybe because it would have proved manbearpig is a fraud.
RIKiSORSAnVEL1 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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boooooooooooring....
zeldageek7 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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i didn't get this video i don't know what's goin on
Digeridude (9 months ago) Show Hide
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A rocket broke and fell back to Earth.
taofledermaus (9 months ago) Show Hide
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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.
taofledermaus (9 months ago) Show Hide
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LOL, isn't that ironic? It is burning solid fuel. It has to be tons of CO2...
taofledermaus (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Very impressive video. 5 stars
switch3453 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Nasa uses hydrogen based propulsion systems. Nice try though.
taofledermaus (9 months ago) Show Hide
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The Taurus XL uses all solid fuel in all stages, switch3453.

The total weight of the vehicle is 160,000 and much of that weight is fuel.

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