Sea-Launch "anomaly"

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  1. D H

    D H Some other guy Valued Senior Member

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    This sounds a bit ominous:

    http://www.sea-launch.com/
    "A Sea-Launch Zenit-33l vehicle carrying the NSS-8 satellite, experienced an anomaly today during launch operations. All personnel at the launch site are safe and accounted for."

    So what exactly was the nature of this "anomaly"? The video is on youtube:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMG2SBwIcrM
     
    D H, Feb 1, 2007
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  3. phlogistician

    phlogistician Banned Banned

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    I read about these guys a while ago, didn't realise they were up and running. That explosion can't have done the launch platform any good. Still, nobody got hurt, hopefully.

    Shame this happened, but that's rocketry.
     
    phlogistician, Feb 1, 2007
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  5. zenbabelfish

    zenbabelfish autonomous hyperreal sophist Registered Senior Member

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    Water doesn't seem like the ideal medium to lift-off from.
     
    zenbabelfish, Feb 1, 2007
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  7. weed_eater_guy

    weed_eater_guy It ain't broke, don't fix it! Registered Senior Member

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    "go inertial" it sounded like she said, then everyone just shut up... almost priceless

    still, that sucks, glad everyone's ok
     
    weed_eater_guy, Feb 9, 2007
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