Watching evasive or obfuscatory use of the language gives me no pleasure: use
words for what they mean. I didn’t read that quote until just now, but I have
to confess to feeling a degree of irritation similar to the Rumsfeld’s rubbish
several years ago.
However, it’s rather disappointing that the commercial use of space vehicles
has had such a setback. I gather they use old Russian rockets which are in
short supply.
Chris
> On 29 Oct 14, at 20:38, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Just once I'd like to hear one of these guys say, "HOOOWEEE, that thing
>> just blew up like hell!"
>
> Yup. But I did get a kick out of that quote.
>
> It's not so much that the rocket blew up, but the way it did
> devistated the launch site.
>
> Looks like a rocket motor went kapooie and it came right back down and
> exploded on the ground.
>
> Impressive, and a yet a gentle reminder that this space thing is still
> highly experimental.
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