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A supply rocket carrying cargo and experiments to the ISS exploded shortly after liftoff. NASA and Orbital Sciences (the company operating the rocket) have not released any information about what may have caused the incident, pending further investigation.
The mission was unmanned, and all personnel are safe and accounted for. The extent of the damage to the launch facility has not yet been determined.
Phil Plait, author of the Bad Astronomy blog speculates that the 60s-70s era refurbished Russian engines the vehicle used will come under heavy scrutiny.
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ISS Resupply Rocket Explodes Shortly after Launch
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ANN JILLIAN'S HAIR makes LONI ANDERSON'S HAIR look like RICARDO
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(Score: 1) by Darth Turbogeek on Wednesday October 29 2014, @08:47PM
Just being a bit pedantic here - the Mini came out in 1959 and Citroen have had FWD since the at least the 30's. FWD was very much a thing in the 1950's,
Actually, the things that didn't exist in the 50's was computer powered EFI, and remote locking. The rest actually did, just not in say your average GM car - absolutely everything else did exist. What has happened is that all of the various tech has merged into one design. Point to something on a car that is not ECU controlled, I can almost certainly point to it's existence and even beginning to get into mainstream. So to be honest, you arent right.
Now if you said Body control computers, ECU's and the like, I'd agree. But the mechanicals? Not by a long shot.