NASA/ATK Rocket Abort-Explosion

August 25th, 2008 Posted By Bash.

Explanation:

A suborbital sounding rocket made by ATK (Alliant Techsystems) suffered an anomaly during its launch early Friday morning (5:10 am) and was destroyed by the range safety officer.


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  1. foxops

    And that, gentlemen, was the most expensive bottle rocket seen in a long time…

    August 25th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
  2. Q_Mech

    Well, ya know, they don’t spend research money on stuff that already works. Next time, then.

    August 25th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
  3. Kurt(the infidel)

    that cameraman must have been 10 or more miles away when taping. even after the rocket blows it still sounds like its moving. then you hear a boom. and yeah i do know light is faster than sound. just cool to see that

    August 26th, 2008 at 6:50 am

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