I know a couple people in that center, too. I worked for FSI for a year and a half at MCO.
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It's the Citation Learning Center.
Orbital Sciences Corporation is NOT the US government.
No PR about it. It's very specific engineering terminology, because it's a very technical operation.
Over like 10 years and many, many launches. Also includes facilities and support.
ISS has plenty of supplies. These resupply missions are not time-critical, never have been. There are multiple plans in place for this sort of thing, because rockets blow up, fail to reach the correct orbit, etc. frequently. They'll get another ride, hopefully on a more reliable launcher, in a couple months, and the…
Yes. And you'd think they'd also note that the Antares launcher uses recertified surplus Russian RK-43 rocket motors from the 1970s.
Lloyd's of London will insure pretty much anything. There was commentary on the NASA feed about proceeding within the insurance underwriting guidelines, so yes, it's insured. Launch insurance is big business; there's plenty of stuff going up to orbit that isn't reported on by everybody but the most boutique space nerd…
Not a NASA rocket.
Doesn't appear to be the case, based on the live audio. Contingency wasn't called until after the rocket had failed.
About $20M for the rocket. And this isn't a NASA launch, it's an Orbital Sciences launch using NASA facilities.
Also, it's all insured.
Typically 3 miles.
Do that many people REALLY not know that we haven't had a manned space program since 2011 and won't have a manned space program until at least 2019?
I met Dr. Tracy at NBAA '12. I spent probably a half hour talking with him about laminar flow and their wing designs - most of which was well over my head - and he's an incredibly sharp dude. I wish them luck, they've been trying to get the Aerion off the ground for quite a while now.
You don't say.
Wow, he really doubled down on the douchey-guy-with-a-guitar bits this video.
That's not a USN film, it's some film school "arteest"who thinks he is.
That's an absolutely lovely boat. Looks like something a Bond villain would have his base on.
No such thing as a 3.7L GM V6.