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grunden
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: HOUSTON *cough*..I mean.. SEOUL--WE HAVE A PROBLEM |
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What happened to the launch, sounds like some of the Russians will be
blacklisted from helping with the Russian (woops!) I mean Korean rocket program.
South Korea's first space rocket successfully lifted off from the country's launch pad on the southern coast Tuesday but failed to put a scientific satellite into the target orbit, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.
The rocket, called the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), soared into the sky at 5 p.m. from the Naro Space Center and had to separate from a scientific satellite at an altitude of 306 km. Instead, the rocket separated at an altitude of 340 km.
It means that the rocket launch has been a partial failure, researchers said.
Mission controllers said the first contact with the satellite will take place 11 to 13 hours after the liftoff. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| Well, we've finally found something North Korea can do that the South can't; put a satellite into space! |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Good for them for trying, but very Korean-like, everyone popped the champagne bottle too early. All my students were celebrating befire it even happened, and now they're disappointed.
What a waste of money anyways. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| Well, we've finally found something North Korea can do that the South can't; put a satellite into space! |
The North also failed to put a satellite into space...
The South already has numerous satellites in space (having been put up there on other countries space rockets).
Both the North and South just cannot do it using their "own" rockets.
In a way - I am happy that it was a partial failure..
could you imagine if it had been successful? We would never hear the end of it on the streets and at work - about how "Koreans are the best and most expert people in rockets and space" |
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Eedoryeong
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah they're so lame compared to the US/Russian first rocket launches which we all know were 100% successes and never ever failed. cough *Apollo* cough what was that number? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah they're so lame compared to the US/Russian first rocket launches which we all know were 100% successes and never ever failed. cough *Apollo* cough what was that number? |
I'm thinking the same thing but show some respect to Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chafee. My parents were alive when that happened and that was a SAD day, Challenger was bad too.
For some reason Columbia didn't have the same impact.
And yes, the Korea haters need to take a chill pill too. Looking forward to some country's rocket failing and dancing over it is just as sad as all the celebrating Koreans. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Eedoryeong wrote: |
| Yeah they're so lame compared to the US/Russian first rocket launches which we all know were 100% successes and never ever failed. cough *Apollo* cough what was that number? |
Not only the first. We lost 7 astronauts in 2003. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
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| Yeah they're so lame compared to the US/Russian first rocket launches which we all know were 100% successes and never ever failed. cough *Apollo* cough what was that number? |
I'm thinking the same thing but show some respect to Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chafee. My parents were alive when that happened and that was a SAD day, Challenger was bad too.
For some reason Columbia didn't have the same impact.
And yes, the Korea haters need to take a chill pill too. Looking forward to some country's rocket failing and dancing over it is just as sad as all the celebrating Koreans. |
I remember the Apollo tragedy well (the Time Magazine that came out after it is still burned in my memory). They weren't even off the launch pad when it happened. |
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benji
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| benji wrote: |
| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
never let the truth get in the way of nation building |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| earthbound14 wrote: |
| benji wrote: |
| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
never let the truth get in the way of nation building |
And never let the truth get in the way of a good let's bash Korea post.
Give me the name and addy of the museum.
I can see how this story evolved- some kid made a diorama or did some drawing where it showed Korean astronauts on the moon- this of course gets fish-storied into benji's post.
I mean come on, they made a huge deal about the first Korean astronaut. I think they do have SOME critical thinking here to realize that Korean's were not the first people on the moon...  |
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benji
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| earthbound14 wrote: |
| benji wrote: |
| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
never let the truth get in the way of nation building |
And never let the truth get in the way of a good let's bash Korea post.
Give me the name and addy of the museum.
I can see how this story evolved- some kid made a diorama or did some drawing where it showed Korean astronauts on the moon- this of course gets fish-storied into benji's post.
I mean come on, they made a huge deal about the first Korean astronaut. I think they do have SOME critical thinking here to realize that Korean's were not the first people on the moon... |
Im not lying and I know what I saw. It was some science type museum somewhere around Bucheon. They had some fish in a tank and some big plastic dinosaur models. The moon diarama was not some kids school project but a display at the museum.
If you tell a seven year old that Korea landed on the moon he is going to have the knowledge and "critical thinking" skills to refute this? |
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E_athlete
Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Location: Korea sparkling
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| benji wrote: |
| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
lol. I wish you took pics. |
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grunden
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Eedoryeong wrote: |
| Yeah they're so lame compared to the US/Russian first rocket launches which we all know were 100% successes and never ever failed. cough *Apollo* cough what was that number? |
Oh!!! Oh the bitter feelings....I would bet 100,000 that you are from..
canada?? |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| benji wrote: |
| It cant be true that the Korean rocket failed. At some museum here there was a little moon landing diarama with rockets, moon vehicles, astronauts, and a Korean flag planted on the lunar surface. The students learned that day that Korea had been to the moon. |
Without knowing the context of the display, it is hard to comment on it. It could possibly have been an artist's conception of what Korea would like to accomplish in the future. What information was given with the diorama (artist's conception or "historical fact") would make a big difference. If you look back on magazines of the past, such as Popular Science, they often had drawings with artists' conceptions of what a future space mission (Mars, moon, etc.) might look like. |
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