Russian Rocket Proton-M Crashes At Launch 145
First time accepted submitter Jade_Wayfarer writes "Today, at 02:38 UTC (08:38 local time), Russian rocket Proton-M crashed after only several seconds of flight. Proton-M was carrying 3 GLONASS-M satellites of the ill-fated Russian navigational system. There were no causalities, but evacuation of personnel was ordered because of toxic rocket fuel fumes. Video of the event can be found here."
probably... (Score:5, Funny)
...because the rocket was using GLONASS for navigation instead of GPS.
Re:probably... (Score:5, Funny)
Normally AC first post comments are throwaways, but the image of a rocket trying to follow the navigation satellites in its nose made me giggle...
Dashcam? (Score:5, Funny)
I want to see the dashcam footage!
Just have to keep trying... (Score:3, Funny)
I heard that the rocket was also carrying Edward Snowdens political asylum request [slashdot.org].
No Causalities (Score:5, Funny)
Must have been a pretty big explosion to break the laws of space time like that.