Space Cygnus truck was blown up by the operator after a failed launch

A couple of days ago there was a rather sad news that the Cygnus space truck exploded at Baikonur, during startup. Who is to blame and what to do - find out until the experts.

Nevertheless, there is a new interesting information about the explosion. It turned out, the ship was blown up by the company Orbital Sciences Corp., immediately after it became clear that the ship would not be able to go into orbit.

This was done in order to prevent possible casualties and destruction, if the ship would fall into any settlement after launch. It could happen anywhere - the ship would take off, as far as possible to understand, but the orbit would not be able to get out.



While it is unclear what caused the failure. Some experts argue that the most likely reason - problems with the engines. Nevertheless, all the participants of the production process related to the engine rockets, denies his guilt. Russian experts say , that first-stage engine AJ-26 (modified NK-33) operates in the normal mode without any bugs or problems.

As it became known, the total value of the goods, which the spacecraft was to deliver to the ISS, was 200 million US dollars.

Via CNN

Source: geektimes.ru/post/240852/