@dalek14mc Not surprising that the Challenger astronauts survived initially....the shuttle broke up and a huge fireball ensued. It was not an abrupt detonation/explosion but burning propellants we all see.
@dalek14mc I was speaking of "manned" rockets - not prelaunch that killed people. If you would like another death add Titan 1 prealunch 1960 when a man was killed by an external rocket that ignited. I will carefully write
my words in the future that no manned rocket after launch killed anyone except Challenger.
@jimyjim36-First of all, I have to thank you for responding to a comment that I made 3 months ago. Secondly, I wasn't really sure, but he was wrong. Russia had several incidences where rockets killed people. I wasn't right about the N-1.
@dalek14mc where did you read this? The N-1 rocket was only ever tested unmanned. The Soviets didn't even try sending cosmonauts on a circumlunar flight with Zond, although they had in fact managed a successful unmanned circumlunar with the man-ready Soyuz 7K-L1 spacecraft.
@Camerameister Good post, meister. what a bunch of morons. I do believe though that if an N1 had successfully reached orbit they would have rushed a manned mission. Probably sacrificing the cosmonauts despite the LES.
At least artwleb knows something about it. There were NO cosmonauts on board this or any other N-1 rocket. The Soviets were not actually totally committed to the Moon. This was their only chance and Korolev knew it was a rush job. The N-1 was a failure: 4 out of 4 launches failed, mostly through explosions. The Soviets were not THAT committed to the Moon, in fact their budget was 1/10 of NASAs. For more detail read T.A. Heppenheimer's book "Countdown".
@dalek14mc Not surprising that the Challenger astronauts survived initially....the shuttle broke up and a huge fireball ensued. It was not an abrupt detonation/explosion but burning propellants we all see.
artwleb 8 months ago
@dalek14mc I was speaking of "manned" rockets - not prelaunch that killed people. If you would like another death add Titan 1 prealunch 1960 when a man was killed by an external rocket that ignited. I will carefully write
my words in the future that no manned rocket after launch killed anyone except Challenger.
artwleb 8 months ago
@artwleb-The Russian R-16 killed 78 people. Trying doing some research next time.
dalek14mc 8 months ago
@jimyjim36-First of all, I have to thank you for responding to a comment that I made 3 months ago. Secondly, I wasn't really sure, but he was wrong. Russia had several incidences where rockets killed people. I wasn't right about the N-1.
dalek14mc 8 months ago
@dalek14mc where did you read this? The N-1 rocket was only ever tested unmanned. The Soviets didn't even try sending cosmonauts on a circumlunar flight with Zond, although they had in fact managed a successful unmanned circumlunar with the man-ready Soyuz 7K-L1 spacecraft.
I'm fascinated in knowing your source...
jimyjim36 8 months ago
@artwleb-Actually, I do believe that this killed seven people. I could be wrong.
Just FYI, nasa has evidence that the astronauts survived the explosion but were killed when their capsule landed in the ocean.
dalek14mc 11 months ago
@Camerameister Good post, meister. what a bunch of morons. I do believe though that if an N1 had successfully reached orbit they would have rushed a manned mission. Probably sacrificing the cosmonauts despite the LES.
jtp0321 1 year ago
Dear, oh dear, oh, dear...
At least artwleb knows something about it. There were NO cosmonauts on board this or any other N-1 rocket. The Soviets were not actually totally committed to the Moon. This was their only chance and Korolev knew it was a rush job. The N-1 was a failure: 4 out of 4 launches failed, mostly through explosions. The Soviets were not THAT committed to the Moon, in fact their budget was 1/10 of NASAs. For more detail read T.A. Heppenheimer's book "Countdown".
Camerameister 2 years ago
Only one "rocket" killed people at launch and that was a Space Shuttle. No rockets shown in any video killed anyone.
Just FYI. Please no more RIP comments.
artwleb 2 years ago
I believe what you saw in the at the end was the escape rocket and that they probably lived.....
phxfreddy 2 years ago