tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6965145655564864820..comments2024-03-29T04:31:25.034-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: BIG badaboom!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26870179105348649772014-08-26T21:24:29.643-05:002014-08-26T21:24:29.643-05:00Russian launch vehicles don't have a destruct ...Russian launch vehicles don't have a destruct package on them. Since all their launch facilities are located in isolated places, with even less "stuff" downrange, if there's a major problem with one of their vehicles, the "range safety" function is accomplished by simply shutting down the engine, and letting the launch vehicle fall back to Earth.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13093082664535718572014-08-26T19:30:42.532-05:002014-08-26T19:30:42.532-05:00interesting... range safety asleep at the wheel on...interesting... range safety asleep at the wheel on this one. I watched a T-IV do something similar when some wires shorted out and reset the navigation system to sea level.. problem is T-IV was a ways up there. So US Space Command put the satellite into a 'sub-sea level' orbit *grins*Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90965188462383510862014-08-26T19:19:08.399-05:002014-08-26T19:19:08.399-05:00I'm surprised they didn't blow it as soon ...I'm surprised they didn't blow it as soon as it went seriously off course.FrankChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349761659165064987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1228779622814778522014-08-26T05:14:37.721-05:002014-08-26T05:14:37.721-05:00The decision to switch to Kerbal Engineering for g...The decision to switch to Kerbal Engineering for guidance systems, in retrospect, was not as much of a cost saving measure as it first appeared.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4782731016041218902014-08-25T22:40:10.176-05:002014-08-25T22:40:10.176-05:00Uhhhh.....Speed of Sound maybe?Uhhhh.....Speed of Sound maybe?drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86227284440971179692014-08-25T21:38:38.372-05:002014-08-25T21:38:38.372-05:00I counted ten seconds from biggest flash to glass ...I counted ten seconds from biggest flash to glass breaking. Anyone know how fast the shock wave was going?Ed Skinnerhttp://www.flat5.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67642815451798490882014-08-25T21:35:33.432-05:002014-08-25T21:35:33.432-05:00The missile test in Kodiak did the same thing, ear...The missile test in Kodiak did the same thing, earlier today. BIG boomer.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85102232148358365922014-08-25T20:52:46.171-05:002014-08-25T20:52:46.171-05:00Several of the accelerometers in that one were ins...Several of the accelerometers in that one were installed <i>upside down</i>, so the guidance system went all wonky trying to control it.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com