[FPSPACE] a lack of Progress

[John]

I agree. Low cost, expendable supplied seem like a good idea on this test flight. Maybe something more useful (an explainable) than a wheel of cheese?

JBC
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Please forgive typos. 

On Aug 27, 2011, at 5:13, "Keith Gottschalk" <kgottschalk at uwc.ac.za> wrote:

> Thank goodness that Progress only fails once per 33 years.
>  
>      Talking from memory, is SpaceX doing an all-up test of Falcon 9 & Dragon, to see if its software will do an automated docking with ISS?
> If so, it will be smart to fill up Dragon with food, H20, CO2 scrubbers, O2, plus turkey & cranberry sauce  :)
>  
> - Keith
> 
> 
> >>> On 2011/08/26 at 10:19 PM, in message <D9936649153D48FCAC83276D73C1D548 at ownerfbf08f40c>, "James E Oberg" <jameseoberg at comcast.net> wrote:
> This message was stuck for two days, just as well -- the
> 'shattered' glass was a mistranslation, the guy actually
> said the blast NEARLY (chout nye) blew out the windows.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James E Oberg" <jameseoberg at comcast.net>
> To: "Chris Jones" <clj at panix.com>; "FPSpace" <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Progress launch failure (1st in history)
> 
> 
> > From Altay Region -- reports of an explosion...
> >
> > "Explosion was of such force that for 100 kilometers nearly all glass
> > shattered from the windows. I live here 40 years, we became accustomed to
> > the fact that fall the steps (carrier rockets), but there was no such 
> > strong
> > explosion, not once", said Borisov.
> >
> >
> >
> > According to him, there is no information about the victims as yet "and
> > there couldn't be", since it's already night and this locality is almost
> > inaccessible. The data about that, are whether there are victims, there 
> > won't
> > be any earlier than 11.00 AM local time (8.00 msk), since to reach them 
> > will
> > be either on helicopters or on the tankettes, he noted.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Jones" <clj at panix.com>
> > To: "FPSpace" <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:05 AM
> > Subject: [FPSPACE] Progress launch failure (1st in history)
> >
> >
> >> For the first time ever, a Progress launch failed today.
> >> Communications was lost during the 3rd stage burn and the spacecraft
> >> failed to reach orbit.
> >>
> >> Given that this is the same launcher used to launch crews to ISS, and
> >> there's no current alternative, any interruption in future flights is
> >> very bad news for ISS.
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