NASA Morpheus Lander Test Ends In Explosion 237
First time accepted submitter DishpanMan writes "For every success story from NASA like Curiosity, there is a failure story, like today's Morpheus project test flight at Kennedy Space Center. The project is trying to build a low cost Moon and Asteroid lander using clean fuels on a shoestring budget. While tethered flight test were successful, today's actual flight test ended in a crash and a ball of fire followed by a spectacular explosion. Initial feedback points to hardware failure, but the investigation is still ongoing."
I aim for the stars (Score:5, Funny)
Sometimes I hit the parking lot.
Obviously it wasn't the One (Score:5, Funny)
Last message sent by the onboard computer: (Score:5, Funny)
That was almost comical (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All I can say is... (Score:5, Funny)
The real test was a success. (Score:4, Funny)
Congratulations everyone!
We have discovered a folding chair that will hold up while watching failed test flights.
Order a hundred and we can sell tickets for the next launch.
Next test: Goggles for the enjoying the view at the 2:00 and 6:20 mark.
Re:Obviously it wasn't the One (Score:5, Funny)
Precedent (Score:2, Funny)
King Arthur: One, two, five!
Sir Galahad: Three sir!
King Arthur: THREE!
Re:"We have to expect this sort of thing"... (Score:4, Funny)
Fire-fighters show up at 8:30 after crash. Is 8 minutes good for response time? It does seem awfully slow, especially considering that they had to have been on standby just in case of something like this happening.
Then another 7 minutes to put it out. Very stubborn fire.
Bob, I'm going to go ahead and ask you to move our helium tanks a little further away. And don't forget that laptop on the chair. That would be terrific, OK?
Re:All I can say is... (Score:4, Funny)
Unless you're in San Diego; there you'd get at most a few seconds between the explosions.
Re:Not sure I would categorize this as a "Failure" (Score:5, Funny)
Well I'm not sure, but my guess is that several of the test objectives did not get checked off.
Re:Obviously it wasn't the One (Score:5, Funny)
Look, you have to take risks, if you are going to advance the sum of our shared, human experience and understanding.
Sometimes, you have spectacular and awe inspiring occurrences - that thrill as much as they inform.
Other times, you just successfully land on Mars.
Re:All I can say is... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Obviously it wasn't the One (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obviously it wasn't the One (Score:4, Funny)
But then, they can name the next lander "Neo" and see if they get better results...
Actually, the next one is named "Michael Bay". They decided to go for realism in their naming schemes.
beer (Score:4, Funny)
Why would they need to lift that much beer on the moon??
Drop a keg or two and it might fly.
Re:All I can say is... (Score:1, Funny)
A hot piece of dead animal waiting for me when I get home. Also blowjobs. You asked.
Re:All I can say is... (Score:5, Funny)
>>>And you can't put in a kill switch for the existence of the fuel.
brb.
filing patent.