Or as we said in the 70s, "This rocket will self-destruct in five seconds."
Meanwhile, the broader-based TOPIX keeps on trucking, now at 1,871.47, up .23 points or 0.012 percent. Back to you, Thalia. On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 9:35 PM danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote: > [AFP via RTL] > > Japan space rocket ordered to self-destruct after failed launch > Japan's space agency said it sent a self-destruct order to its Epsilon > rocket after a failed launch on Wednesday because of a problem that meant > the craft could not safely fly. > > The unmanned rocket, on its sixth mission, was taking satellites into > orbit to demonstrate "innovative" technologies. > > "The rocket can't continue a safe flight, because of the danger it would > create if it falls on the ground," a JAXA official said in televised > comments. > > "So we took measures to avoid such an incident, and we sent the signal (to > destroy the rocket)," he said, adding that information on the cause of the > issue was not immediately available. > ...... > Japan's last failed space rocket take-off was in 2003, when the country > aborted the launch of a pair of spy satellites to monitor North Korea. > ====== > rest: > https://today.rtl.lu/news/science-and-environment/a/1978016.html > > ummmmmmmmmm..... > > I'll take "high value targets in North Korea for $1,000, Alex" > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > dan...@panix.com > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/CAGPJw12Lb7rV%3D_onWmbrWeV--GT3MgEqBRyi22DnPEZcWc4ncg%40mail.gmail.com.
