NASA Satellite Crashes minutes after launch

[jet_porkins]

Fail:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364902/

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, a new satellite dedicated to mapping Earth's carbon dioxide levels, crashed into the ocean near Antarctica just after launch Tuesday when a shroud designed to protect the spacecraft accidentally doomed its mission.

The glitch occurred just minutes after the $280 million spacecraft blasted off

$280 million spacecraft

$280 million spacecraft

 

[kineaesth]

Just what NASA needs :/

 

[AtomicSpark]

Well, that just proves it then...

 

[Warped]

thats like $1 lost from every Real American!

 

[lefty]

It's like raiiiiaaaaiin on your wedding day.

 

[Warped]

It's like raiiiiaaaaiin on your wedding day.

isn't ironic??

 

[lefty]

Don't ya think?

a little tooooo ironic.

 

[Tyguy]

mistakes are bound to happen, I hope this doesn't ruin their funding...

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Poor NASA, money just got burned.

 

[Tyguy]

well, when you take into account the excellent statistics of the American education system, this type of mistake is quite rare...

 

[No Limit]

I bet global warming did it.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

I hope it didn't hit a Polar Bear.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Poor NASA, money just got burned.

Sick burned.

 

[Sir Phoenixx]

I hope it didn't hit a Polar Bear.

Well, considering it crashed over 12,000 miles from the nearest Polar Bear (not including ones in captivity), I'm sure they're all alright. :thumbs:

 

[AJ Rimmer]

I think it's obvious that this is a sign that NASA needs a bigger budget, a new, clear long-term goal, a short-term plan to work towards that goal, full backing of the congress and support from the American people.


...but then that's what I always think.

 

[Raziaar]

$280 million? That's not so bad, at least when compared to things like military expenditure of planes and tanks and shit. Many planes are like 40-50 million dollars.

thats like $1 lost from every Real American!

Don't make me smack you, Sarah Palin! I will back-hand you!

I think it's obvious that this is a sign that NASA needs a bigger budget, a new, clear long-term goal, a short-term plan to work towards that goal, full backing of the congress and support from the American people.


...but then that's what I always think.

With so much anti-scientific mentality in this country, that's not bound to happen.

 

[Warped]

Don't make me smack you, Sarah Palin! I will back-hand you!

Don't make me use you as target practice from my awesome helicopter!