North Korean rocket launch (womp womp)

[Kulantan]

In other news, "classified imagery sources" lead analysts to believe the cause of the crash was the structural collapse of the third stage due to aerodynamic loading: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyper ... h-fai.html

Paint me highly sceptical about the idea of western intelligence analysts who have access to "classified imagery sources" not trolling the NK missile folks by telling them a complete lie.

[maxQ]

Paint me highly sceptical about the idea of western intelligence analysts who have access to "classified imagery sources" not trolling the NK missile folks by telling them a complete lie.

Certainly possible... but it seems like they should've picked something to blame that required NK to spend a lot of money to develop or waste time with instead of Rocketry 301.

"Apparently N.Korea either doesn't have a spin-stabilized inertial grokreel or it at least it failed. If it's not functional during first stage ascent, the rocket loses the heliocentric reference frame, particuarly in a polar orbit insertion. That cost NASA $697 million dollars in 1963 money and caused years of delay in the Delta rocket program. Good luck NKers."

[addams]

Paint me highly sceptical about the idea of western intelligence analysts who have access to "classified imagery sources" not trolling the NK missile folks by telling them a complete lie.

Certainly possible... but it seems like they should've picked something to blame that required NK to spend a lot of money to develop or waste time with instead of Rocketry 301.

"Apparently N.Korea either doesn't have a spin-stabilized inertial grokreel or it at least it failed. If it's not functional during first stage ascent, the rocket loses the heliocentric reference frame, particuarly in a polar orbit insertion. That cost NASA $697 million dollars in 1963 money and caused years of delay in the Delta rocket program. Good luck NKers."

Yeah. See? Someone should send them a note of condolence. It is hard to make a good rocket.

[eran_rathan]

Paint me highly sceptical about the idea of western intelligence analysts who have access to "classified imagery sources" not trolling the NK missile folks by telling them a complete lie.

Certainly possible... but it seems like they should've picked something to blame that required NK to spend a lot of money to develop or waste time with instead of Rocketry 301.

"Apparently N.Korea either doesn't have a spin-stabilized inertial grokreel or it at least it failed. If it's not functional during first stage ascent, the rocket loses the heliocentric reference frame, particuarly in a polar orbit insertion. That cost NASA $697 million dollars in 1963 money and caused years of delay in the Delta rocket program. Good luck NKers."

Yeah. See? Someone should send them a note of condolence. It is hard to make a good rocket.

(not directed at you, addams - just the thought of NASA trolling NK is too funny to pass up.)

[addams]

Paint me highly sceptical about the idea of western intelligence analysts who have access to "classified imagery sources" not trolling the NK missile folks by telling them a complete lie.

Certainly possible... but it seems like they should've picked something to blame that required NK to spend a lot of money to develop or waste time with instead of Rocketry 301.

"Apparently N.Korea either doesn't have a spin-stabilized inertial grokreel or it at least it failed. If it's not functional during first stage ascent, the rocket loses the heliocentric reference frame, particuarly in a polar orbit insertion. That cost NASA $697 million dollars in 1963 money and caused years of delay in the Delta rocket program. Good luck NKers."

Yeah. See? Someone should send them a note of condolence. It is hard to make a good rocket.

(not directed at you, addams - just the thought of NASA trolling NK is too funny to pass up.)

So, funny. I am not easily offended. My mom was easy. She was easy to get along with. That may be where I get it.