With commonplace rocket launches, sometimes we take rocket science for granted. On Tuesday January 30, a Zenit 3SL rocket exploded atop the Odyssey Sea Launch platform in the Pacific Ocean. Aboard the rocket, was a sophisticated telecommunications satellite payload (NSS 8). The condition of the Odyssey, a converted Norwegian oil-drilling platform is unknown as of present.
The disaster reminded the aerospace industry that there's still much to learn and even more for quality control. A committee is being created to review the launch and the conditions of the rocket.
Read more at SpaceFlight Now.
1 comments:
I am glad to hear that all of the ground operations people were safely out of harm's way at the time of the explosion! I often think the amount of precautions taken during launches is almost too much. Thank goodness they know what they're doing and were faaaar away.
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