Re: SpaceX Falcon Fails on Third Launch Attempt

On Aug 3, 10:10 am, "Mark R. Whittington" <mwhitti...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The third attempt by the private space launch firm SpaceX to launch
its Falcon 1 rocket into orbit has met with failure. The failure of
the second stage to separate from the first stage after launch seems
to be the cause.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/926881/spacex_falcon_1_fails...

Perhaps the growing “Compost heap of NASA crap” is finally perking,
fermenting and flowing up hill like it should. Perhaps their next
Mars mission should be launched by Falcon 9 or F9 Heavy, thus once
having fallen back into the ocean they’ll have discovered water (salty
water none the less), and if their orbit destination manages to get
submerged deep enough, they might even discover an entirely new
species of complex life surviving where it’s entirely inhospitable to
us mere humans.

http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php (fully submersible orbit capable)

http://www.spacex.com/falcon9_heavy.php (bigger submersible payload
capable)

As per usual, rocket powered by our hard earned public loot and NASA’s
perpetual spew of infomercial hype and flatulence. To think, all we
village idiots have to do is keep forking out our hard earned loot,
and then suck it up each time a spendy mission goes for the deep blue
kind of station-keeping orbit.

~ Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth
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