Space Cargo Ship Explodes on Takeoff

[grainfedpraiboy]

An unmanned supply rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded during its launch from the US state of Virginia.
Antares, a 14-storey rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp, combusted seconds after leaving the seaside launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility.


The cause of the cargo ship malfunction has yet to be determined.


BBC News - Unmanned US rocket Antares explodes during launch


I understood earlier in the day that the launch had been scrubbed 10 minutes prior to lift off due to something unauthorised flying within proximity of the launch site.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...us/article1-1279992.aspx#sthash.sZAO0kKx.dpuf

 

[spaminator]

An unmanned supply rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded during its launch from the US state of Virginia.
Antares, a 14-storey rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp, combusted seconds after leaving the seaside launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility.

The cause of the cargo ship malfunction has yet to be determined.

BBC News - Unmanned US rocket Antares explodes during launch

I understood earlier in the day that the launch had been scrubbed 10 minutes prior to lift off due to something unauthorised flying within proximity of the launch site.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Might could have to do with the forty-year-old Soviet engines they were using.