Whoops

Posted on October 29, 2014 by LR

This is footage of last night’s NASA’s Antares Rocket launch which…could have gone better. (It was unmanned, so one was hurt, thank goodness.)

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14 Responses to Whoops

  1. flanny says:
    October 29, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    Let’s forget about this and just concentrate on how great the Mars Rover is.

  2. facetaco says:
    October 29, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    You guys, this is NOT going to get us any closer to being invited to hang out with the aliens. Come on, NASA, get your shit together!

  3. FRQ says:
    October 29, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    “My work here is done.”

  4. collin0truckasaurus says:
    October 29, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    That’s really scary, guys! I’m really glad no one was hurt!

  5. hotspur says:
    October 29, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    I love how calm space people remain at all times. “Houston, we’re experiencing a major fire in the cockpit.” / “Roger that. [pause] We recommend venting the fire.” / “Houston, we did attempt a vent prior to this message, with unsatisfactory results, over.” / “Roger. Have you attempted to flintlock the macgruber, over?” / “Roger Houston, we flintlocked and stopgapped. We attempted a double reverse, with exacerbating results. Any other ideas? The cabin is now [long pause] full of lava. Over.” / “Roger that, lava. Hang on… [tense nerds confer off-mic] We recommend a flurry mctwist. This will give you a one in 3.2 million chance, over.” / “Roger Houston, proceeding with snowball’s chance.”

    Space is amazing and space people are amazing.

    • hotspur says:
      October 29, 2014 at 2:49 pm

      That’s my new band btw. Tense Nerds Confer.

    • taoreader says:
      October 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      My sister and bro-in-law are planetary scientists (sis is working on a NASA grant) and I’m going to read this aloud to them and they will laugh so hard.

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