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Korea Delays Space Launch
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ScuttleMonkey
on Tue Aug 12, 2008 03:05 AM
from the over-budget-and-behind-schedule dept.
from the over-budget-and-behind-schedule dept.
Ashlynne9423 writes to tell us that South Korea has announced a delay to their first space launch. Holding off until the second quarter of 2009, the delays are being blamed in part on late delivery of the Russian-designed launch pad and ground equipment. "The Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV) is intended to be the first space craft to reach orbit from a launch site in Korea. The two-stage KSLV-1 is being developed by Korea with Russian assistance. The lower first stage of the craft is built in Russia, based on the Angara rocket design."
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yes, and like it *doesn't* say in the title.
Re:for the record (Score:5, Funny)
"RTFA" is a common enough phrase on Slashdot, but I see a very near future in which "OFFSALRTFS" will be used often. "Oh For Fuck's Sake! At Least Read The Fucking Summary"
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Fast forward 2009 (Score:4, Funny)
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After the Launch, the Koreans will no longer need Starcraft the game; it's just a training simulation to them. That's what the South Korean space program is really about, fighting the Zergs in real life.
Not Starcraft... (Score:2)
The problem is that the Russians wanted all communications by email....
So slow to the game (Score:2, Interesting)
Not the reason (Score:2)
They got zerg rushed and have to rebuild their base.
Cooperation == Dependence (Score:2)
KARI flew the 100% indigenous KSR-3 (Korean Sounding Rocket) five times from 1993 to 2002 with a 100% success rate. The original KSLV-1 was to be a KSR-3 core with two KSR-3s strapped on in parallel, a KSR-3 second stage, and an apogee kick motor based on the earlier KSR-1 and -2 solid motors.
Suddenly in 2005 KARI announced a switch to the Russian Angara booster, unbuilt much less unproven, using entirely contracted ground equipment, and 10 times bigger than what should have flown to orbit by 2007, instead