[chris]

This happened during the launch of a Soviet N1 Moon Rocket. The thing practically disintegrates at take off.

A Soviet super-heavy orbital launcher with three stages, designed to take a manned spacecraft and lander to the Moon and back. It was a behemoth, comparable to only a few other rockets like the Saturn V, and the twice-flown Russian Energia.

It was designed to lift to low Earth orbit more than four times the payload of the largest currently operational rocket, the Delta IV-H. It was never discussed by the USSR during its lifetime, though it was known to the West through espionage—particularly spy satellite photos of the Russian launch facilities at Baikonur. Official recognition of its existence didn’t come until 1989.

[William May]

I hate to see anyone's rocket fail. Reaching space is about the highest goal we have right now.

[PTSD Is My Life]

How many soul perished in that instant?

[rusa]

ALL RUSSKIES ROCKETS SUCK BIG TIME !!!

[William May]

Originally Posted by rusa ↗

ALL RUSSKIES ROCKETS SUCK BIG TIME !!!

All the U.S. current rocket launches are using Russian designed and built rocket engines. I believe they have 23 of them in stock at NASA. There are no producers of large rocket engines left in the U.S. They are built by the Russian company EnergiMash.

[GlowingGhoul]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

All the U.S. current rocket launches are using Russian designed and built rocket engines. I believe they have 23 of them in stock at NASA. There are no producers of large rocket engines left in the U.S. They are built by the Russian company EnergiMash.

That's due to the decimation of NASA and not the quality of US made rocket engines. Russian engines are "value", which is what NASA needs with its now tiny budget.

[253bumper]

And thats when the love for big explosions was born

[FunkPumpkin]

Reminds me of another "great" Soviet rocket failure, the Nedelin Disaster.

[Spiffyfable]

Back to the old Drawing Board

[Bletch]

That's some huge fucking rocket!