SocraticGadfly: Ooops on that NASA CO2 satellite

February 25, 2009

Ooops on that NASA CO2 satellite

It’s now sitting at the bottom of the ocean.

Seven seconds after the ignition of the third stage, the payload fairing — a nose cone that protects the satellite as it rises through the atmosphere — failed to separate.

I say Rex Tillerson inserted some secret ExxonMobil tracking device!

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