Foton M1 Launch failure space cosmos roskosmos

Foton M1 Launch failure space cosmos roskosmos

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[spectremuffin]

That is the absolute milestone in failed launches by the USSR! Such a good explosion, kudos to the dude video taping it.

[draqonofwhitestars]

this isnt USSR, this is Russia. And US had failed launches too.

[SacreliciousPeanut]

'fockin hell' lol

[draqonofwhitestars]

hell is Nedelin Catastrophe.

[tostarteko]

It's 6 years from the crash now.

Congratulations to all my fellow Fotonians on our re-birthday.

GO FOTON !!!

[spectremuffin]

@Ferrariman601 Personal opinion. I wouldn't trust it because it's made in Russia, end of story. Of course it has a higher sucess rate based on launch stats because they have shot that beater off 700 times vs 120-sum for a shuttle that IS REUSABLE and can haul a much larger payload in size and weight than that standard rocket. Sure it was a money pit, but that thing will run circles around a Soyuz in almost all mission capabilities. Besides, the ruskies stole the design and failed

[Ferrariman601]

@spectremuffin Umm....

The Soyuz is the best launcher ever built. It's success rate is better than any other launcher given the number of flights it has made.

Put it this way:

I'd fly on Soyuz any day of the week and not worry too much about it. Couldn't say the same for the now retired space shuttle.

[wizardmori]

I throw away all one's and devote oneself body and soul aid completely and do it again the life. I start all which "should have done it this way" again.

己の全てを捨ててでも全身全霊尽力傾注し人生やり直す。「こうす­べきだった」全部やり直す。

[yaksham]

What a stupid british people on the footage! It's too stupid to yell "Go Foton!" when it was obvious by the sound that the rocket engine was shut down and every people with a brain would fall on the ground opposite to that launch.

[maksphoto78]

There was 1 fatality from the xplosion. The explosion killed 20-year-old soldier Ivan Marchenko, who had been watching the launch from behind a large glass window in a processing facility a kilometre from the launch pad. Eight other soldiers who were with Marchenko were injured, six being hospitalized.

[deutscherjoel]

Just to add some factual information for those who couldn't care less about the degenerative flame-war posts:

This was the failed launch of an unmanned ESA mission in 2002, using a Russian Soyuz U launch vehicle (the same type used for unmanned resupply missions of the ISS). This rocket has a 97% success rate (19 losses in 714 launches), which is only 1% less than the Space Shuttle (2 losses in 132 launches).

One observing soldier was killed and 8 others injured. No civilians were harmed.

[spectremuffin]

@akula2shark When was the last time you watched an american rocket launching a satellite take off and fucking fall back to the ground again in the same position? Didn't something called the N1 do that too? Like 3 times? Yeah buddy, doesn't get much safer than hypergolic rocket fuel.

[akula2shark]

@spectremuffin

9 or 10? This shows your depth in the subject! Now, go back to your school or whatever and learn more about the costs, risks, disasters etc., only then open your mouth. Till then, STFU!!!

[spectremuffin]

@draqonofwhitestars Sure, if you can afford to actually do it, why not? How many people died total? 9 or 10? I'd spend the money any day for the safety of the country's astronauts.

[draqonofwhitestars]

@spectremuffin

Spectre, shuttle as a program is a total disaster, it was an extremely expensive and inefficient project. The maintainance costs for shuttle and its lack of 60 flights per year to make it better than the worst rocket performance made it a trash collector for money. That is why Buran program was canceled too...the so called reusable spacecraft currently lack the technology needed for them to be money-wise smart solution to space access.