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NASA Constellation programme Ares I-Y flight test animation

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• Constellation
• programme
• Ares
• I-Y
• flight
• test
• animation

[Jontheking100]

Have you ever seen these rockets explode with people in them, The shuttles weren't very safe.

[TheBosnianson]

yes

[JuanGMSG]

in defense of shuttle program: challenger and columbia accidents were both human errors and not vehicle deficiencies.

[metaknight95]

i wish Nasa would be about exploration, as opposed to strictly science..it seems they're scared to take a step forward. they just use the same old technology for observation, as opposed to exploration..

[Realfoxhawk]

@ti994apc I actually agree with all you just posted. In what I wrote I didn't place all my opinions down. I feel that the shuttle was the wrong way to go. They should have continued on from the Saturn and advanced rocket technology. I agree - you did get lucky, which is why I say that the shuttles have done very well considering. One thing is sure - governments will stuff it up again and probably waste money trying for the moon when they should just forget it and go for Mars.

[ti994apc]

@Realfoxhawk Actually, we got lucky that only 14 people lost their life out of 135 missions. Shuttle was the most dangerous manned rocket ever made. Here are a few reasons why: No launch escape system. Solid rocket fuel that "cannot be turned off" (one reason VonBraun left NASA) (SRB's should never be used on human missions!) Cockpit inline with main fuel tank. Glued on heat shield. Winged shape craft not good for atmospheric re-entry. Overly complex design.

[ma049]

I suppose hindsight is easy but I think it a shame that NASA didn't focus on disposables. Think of the things that could have been done instead of the shuttle.

[Realfoxhawk]

@Jontheking100 Lol. I just realised that a few of my posts the other day did the same. So I look silly too!

[Jontheking100]

@Realfoxhawk WTF? Thats freakin weird...Does it do that when you keep replying comment after comment, me and this guy were getting into a stupid argument, he said that the Challenger didn't explode when it took off. It seem as though I was talking to my self, but really I was just replying a buttload of times....That does make me look silly.

[Realfoxhawk]

@Jontheking100 Why are you talking to yourself? It makes you look silly.

[Realfoxhawk]

@Jontheking100 Actually the shuttles have done very well considering how long ago they were developed and the number of times they were used. They were made in an age where rockets were expensive. Who knew one day rockets would suddenly go back to being the cheaper option.

[Boy75402]

@Boy75402

In any event, the relevant portion is

"A combustion gas leak through the right Solid Rocket Motor aft field joint initiated at or shortly after ignition eventually weakened and/or penetrated the External Tank initiating vehicle structural breakup and loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger during STS Mission 51-L."