[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Re-supply Spacecraft Fails

[Alexander Sack]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM,  <g0mrf at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Here in London, we have free access to the Russia Today TV station.  The launch failure is the major news item. They report it was due to a third stage failure. Even had an interview with an eye witness who said the area where it crashed was an area popular with people picking nuts in the summer.
> The next lauch was due on October 28th and they are speculating this will be brought forward.
>
> The report is probably available on the web site www.rt.com
>
> They  also said that a satellite launched on August 18th (The EDUSAT launch?) suddenly veered off course. - Not sure if this was a single satellite or the whole launch vehicle
>

I guess the ISS Crew is going to have to brush up on their "rock,
paper, scissors" skills to see who gets dessert until another supply
rocket is shot up!

[I am only kidding, I read already they have enough supplies to last
them till the next supply ship is launched]

With that said, I am very curious on what is NASA's contingency plan
if our Russian friends for whatever reason can't or won't deliver
fulfill their promise?

-aps (KC2ZSX)