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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:05 PM
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Russian Progress space freighter lost
Edited on Wed Aug-24-11 02:06 PM by eppur_se_muova
Source: BBC

By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

An unmanned freighter launched to the International Space Station (ISS) has been lost.

The Russian space agency said the Progress M-12M cargo ship was not placed in the correct orbit by its rocket and fell back to Earth.

The vessel was carrying three tonnes of supplies for the ISS astronauts.

With the retirement of the US space shuttle, there is now a critical reliance on robotic freighters to keep the station supplied.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14653371
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:08 PM
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1. Keep an eye on ebay
Edited on Wed Aug-24-11 02:09 PM by dipsydoodle
it's bound to show.

this might be it : http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPACE-1999-FREIGHTER-EAGLE-1-72-Aoshima-/120698744525?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1a34aecd
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:12 PM
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2. Craig's List ad to appear tomorrow.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:15 PM
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3. Update: found in siberia...
Russian spacecraft crashes in Siberia

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The wreckage of a Russian space freighter that malfunctioned while separating from a launch rocket crashed in South Siberia's Altai Republic, authorities said.

"At 5:25 p.m. Moscow time <5:25 a.m. EDT Wednesday> we received information about falling wreckage from the M-12M space freighter," a police source in the region told RIA Novosti.

In the republic's Choya District a powerful explosion was heard within a 60-mile radius, RIA Novosti reported.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08/24/Russian-spacecraft-crashes-in-Siberia/UPI-58511314208387/#ixzz1VyXUFLoF
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:07 PM
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7. heads up!
:scared:
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watajob Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:32 PM
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4. Ah, yes. Outsourcing.
A bad idea made even worse when it's literally a life or death situation and the recipient of said job appears to be incompetent. Lovely.
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Plucketeer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:41 PM
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5. Perfect timing!
Just after the last shuttle's put to rest.
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tawadi Donating Member (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 11:50 PM
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12. That was my thought. eom
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:47 PM
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6. I give it 6 months
before at least one shuttle is resurrected and put back into service.
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:23 PM
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8. They should have kept one ready to go at all times.
Idiots in Wash. D.C. AAAARRRRGGGGG!
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neverforget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 09:13 PM
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10. Or at least have something to replace the shuttle when it was retired
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Devil_Fish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 08:31 PM
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9. great. just fucking great. NT
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 09:39 PM
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11. Adventures in outsourcing!
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