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Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Anomaly Revisited



"Anomaly" really is the word you least want to hear at launch.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousThursday, September 04, 2008 1:19:00 am

    Well, I'd call that a big OOPS! It's pretty impressive watching all that rocket fuil rain down on the area!

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  2. SnoopyTheGoonThursday, September 04, 2008 1:22:00 am

    No pain - no gain. It happens.

    But the recording is quite impressive.

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  3. Lori DThursday, September 04, 2008 1:36:00 am

    Well at least no one was hurt. Since I watched the Challenger disaster explode live, these are painful reminders of that dreaded day.

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  4. mythusmageThursday, September 04, 2008 11:42:00 am

    Actually, the very worst thing you will hear at a launch is, "Oops." It's so much more effective than a mere "anomaly".

    "Anomaly" sounds friendly, "anomaly" sounds cute. An anomaly is a minor mix-up, an "oops" means something has gone real bad, and all you can do is wait in dread anticipation until how bad makes itself known. An anomaly is a six toed cat. An "oops" is that same six toed cat dragging home a pissed off Australian eastern brown to give to mommy as a gift. As amberdarlene said, that was an "oops".

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  5. Zoe BrainThursday, September 04, 2008 11:59:00 am

    Listen to mission control.

    At 0:41 you hear the "Oh!" from the crowd as the stack explosively disassembles.

    At 0:49 mission control says "Er..We've just had an anomaly of the Delta-II launch vehicle..."

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  6. AnonymousFriday, September 05, 2008 12:50:00 am

    "Obviously a major malfunction..."

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  7. mythusmageFriday, September 05, 2008 1:18:00 am

    Zoe,

    That was understatement.

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