NASA Morpheus Lander Free Flight and Explosion
NASA's project Morpheus, a lander designed to carry heavy cargo to the moon, has crashed and exploded at Kennedy Space Center.
Designed to carry up to 1,100 pounds, the project was undergoing a free-flight test today when it caught fire and blew up.
Morpheus is fueled by liquid oxygen and methane — two fuels that
could someday be extracted from materials found on the moon and mars.
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Added: Aug-9-2012 Occurred On: Aug-9-2012
By: safetychuck2
In: Regional News, Science and Technology
Tags: NASA, Morpheus, Lander, Explosion, Free, Flight
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States (load item map)
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By: safetychuck2
In: Regional News, Science and Technology
Tags: NASA, Morpheus, Lander, Explosion, Free, Flight
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 3078 | Comments: 59 | Votes: 1 | Favorites: 1 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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and now you know why they test things first.
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByPenguinister (529.80) 
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Yeah, like they tested the mirror on Hubble before it was launched?
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Posted Aug-9-2012 ByEdselFord (66.62) EdselFord View Channel Send Message
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@EdselFord There's always one of you......
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByThe Grim (760.00) 
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@EdselFord if you do the research the errors were mainly the fault of the polishing company ignoring its own tests showing the mirrors were defective. NASA failed by not reviewing the tests (due to funding problems for the project) before installing the mirrors in the final assembly.
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByPenguinister (529.80) 
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You dont get much for 7 million dollars.
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByCatJuggler (392.00) 
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damn fail. too bad they didn't just give me the 1 billion dollars that just went up in smoke here. :-/
Posted Aug-9-2012 Byfobfob77 (14497.32) 
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7 million dollars..
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByCatJuggler (392.00) 
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I could live like a king for the rest of my life with that kind of money and invest it and grow it and make my entire family rich. It's still kinda surprising that that project was ONLY 7 million dollars, it's pretty cheap in the grand scheme of space expenses.
Posted Aug-9-2012 Bylucidx1 (988.90) 
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Yes it was cheap by standards... but very expensive for what it was..
And I agree that 7 million would set up you and me both!
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByCatJuggler (392.00) 
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@CatJuggler and me
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByThe Grim (760.00) 
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God... We really suck now... We had these problems figured out just fine 45 years ago when computers had 16k of ram and ran on 2 amps. Jesus Christ. WTF is wrong with us?
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByTheMule (1340.60) TheMule View Channel Send Message
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@TheMule Nobody else has been even remotely as successful. It's new technology being developed, these failures are expected to happen.
Russia is 0 for 19 in Mars missions. They just had their latest attempt burn up without leaving Earth orbit. 7 of 8 of our lander missions to Mars have been successful (wildly successful, exceeding all realistic expectations).
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByST0N3PONY (5223.42) 
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@ST0N3PONY Preach it brother Ston3pony!
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byelmerfudd13 (2101.40) 
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would you think it was possible that nasa maked something what fails so hard?
when i see this i think that they are lucky that only 2 spaceshuttles were destroyed
Posted Aug-9-2012 Bydennix (317.50) 
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Glad that didnt happen on Mars.
Posted Aug-9-2012 BySaros (859.10) 
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Ah, it reminds me of the good ol days with the early Apollo rocket tests. I love rockets. No technology in the world is more bi-polar. Rockets either succeed amazingly or fail spectacularly.
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByNeil Griffith (92.80) 
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...drat...
...haven't they been trying to perfect one of these craft since the space program began?...
...this looks very much like some of their mid-60's prototypes...
Posted Aug-9-2012 BySpIderZ (2636.62) 
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Engine issue or maybe weight issue? These things happen so let's not freak out about. They'll learn from it and carry on.
Posted Aug-9-2012 ByTommyr (1075.94) 
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Success is ultimately built on failure. Any entrepreneur can tell you that.
Posted Aug-10-2012 Byplokiju (1036.90) 
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Someone forgot to cut the tie-down cable!
Posted Aug-10-2012 ByLt_Col_ (57.80) Lt_Col_ View Channel Send Message
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dat blew up REAL gewd...
Posted Aug-9-2012 Bymoanranger (250.12) 
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Looks like a failed thruster. The others should have shut down but I guess that wasn't part of the programming.
Posted Aug-9-2012 Bymlivsey (1122.06) 
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