Comments on: Epic Fail: North Korean Bottle Rocket Assumes Underwater Trajectory

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:14:43 +0000

OK, it fell in the ocean. Are we going to get it? Are we going to let another country get it?
Nobody seems to be asking.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:46:27 +0000

Any chance we could recover the upper stage?

By: Max

Max — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:23:43 +0000

Though a lot of people see this launch as a failure I would argue that N. Korea is making progress towards getting a successful launch. This last launch went much better than their first, which disintegrated within minutes of launch. More info here, http://www.newsy.com/videos/north_korea_s_failure_and_success/

By: Valcan

Valcan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:52:14 +0000

Well if China and Russia will veto any punishment and sanction against Iran and North Korea, we the rest of the world should make them responsible for their actions.
Posted by: Ivan at April 6, 2009 05:57 AM
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But ivan!!! that would mean “going it alone” how dare we consider our rights over the reast of the worlds!!! I mean shouldnt we accept the rest of the worlds will. I mean sure by the rest of the worlds will we have stopped pverty…wait no, no.…well the world has stopped the wars in africa!!.…wait no they havent.…radical islam.…there kinda spreading it.…um…DARFUR!!!.…oh wait they just stopped talking about it…world hunger…emmm
Ok so maybe the world has done pretty much nothing but hey we dont have a moral right to judge.
Im so glade obama is in office now we can cooperate with the rest of the world in finacial systems and energy policy in geneva. Wait a minute…crap..didnt we have a huge war cause we decided that ppl in other countries werent going to tax us.…..sigh.
Ok im gonna go listen to the Who. and drink

By: Musson

Musson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:12:52 +0000

Do you think they might be getting tagged by a laser during launch phase?

By: Schrott

Schrott — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:54:16 +0000

Quote of the day, from the most righteous Arms Control Wonk blog: Oh-for-three. These guys really suck.“
Just like the equivalent early US long range rocketry efforts then ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_rocket
Posted by: Watching Them, Watching Us at April 6, 2009 06:45 AM…
Ok, can you please tell me WHEN the Vanguard program was? You DO know what year it is, right?? 2009, the last i checked, not 1949. By the time the Norks can pull their heads out of their bungholes and actually make it work, our interceptors should be dead on…
The norks can’t even feed their own people. Eventually, they will wake up and find out that it’s the 21st century.

By: Watching Them, Watching Us

Watching Them, Watching Us — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:45:36 +0000

“Quote of the day, from the most righteous Arms Control Wonk blog: Oh-for-three. These guys really suck.“
Just like the equivalent early US long range rocketry efforts then ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_rocket

By: Joe Buff

Joe Buff — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:29:59 +0000

it’s likely the usn sub force is picking the pieces off the ocean floor right now. more will be known in secret re what went right and wrong than the public will ever hear about.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:57:37 +0000

Well if China and Russia will veto any punishment and sanction against Iran and North Korea, we the rest of the world should make them responsible for their actions.

By: DGC

DGC — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:06:15 +0000

I consider an equal epic fail that either the US or Japan didn’t try to shoot it down despite so much talk in the previous days. Norks and their petty regime have acted bully and pissed so much out of the toilet since the 50s that they need to be confronted with more that strongly worded letters or puny sanctions from the UN.