Meanwhile in Russia...

[Bailey Guns]

It seems they would've destroyed that rocket before it went all out of control and crashed into the ground. Then again, it's Russia. They probably aren't too worried about stuff on the ground it the launch goes bad.

And as far as NASA goes, they're too busy trying to confirm global warming and other bullshit leftist agendas. The NASA from my childhood in the 60s isn't the same NASA of today. NASA was once an organization to hold in awe. Now it's just another government agency. It's really sad.

[Duman]

So THAT'S how the Russkies drill for oil.....

[KevDen2005]

Oops.
Wonder if they forgot to convert to the metric system......

I hate the metric system

[ZERO THEORY]

global warming...bullshit

[ruthabagah]

I hate the metric system

In russia, metric system hates you!

[HoneyBadger]

It seems they would've destroyed that rocket before it went all out of control and crashed into the ground. Then again, it's Russia. They probably aren't too worried about stuff on the ground it the launch goes bad.

And as far as NASA goes, they're too busy trying to confirm global warming and other bullshit leftist agendas. The NASA from my childhood in the 60s isn't the same NASA of today. NASA was once an organization to hold in awe. Now it's just another government agency. It's really sad.

Yes, and yes.

[vossman]

They put three other Glonass birds in the Pacific a year or two ago. Hail GPS.

[ruthabagah]

They put three other Glonass birds in the Pacific a year or two ago. Hail GPS.

No, these are in fact submarine beacons.

[HoneyBadger]

They put three other Glonass birds in the Pacific a year or two ago. Hail GPS.

Things are not working out well for the Europeans either:
http://spacenews.com/article/launch-...s-is-a-failure

PONTE VEDRA, Florida — The Aug. 22 launch of the first two fully operational Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites, initially cheered as a success, will now be registered as a failure of the Europeanized Soyuz rocket’s Fregat upper stage, which left the satellites in a useless orbit, government and industry officials said Aug. 23.

As of midafternoon Central European Time Aug. 23 — 24 hours after launch and 20 hours after the Fregat stage inserted the satellites into orbit — launch service provider Arianespace and the European Space Agency said they were still investigating the injection anomaly and could not conclude what, if any, effect it would have on the two satellites’ functionality.

Arianespace released a statement late on Aug. 23 saying the satellites, for reasons unknown, were placed into a wrong orbit by the rocket's Fregat upper stage.

[ruthabagah]

Things are not working out well for the Europeans either:
http://spacenews.com/article/launch-...s-is-a-failure

Yep: Russian Fregat rocket..... See a pattern here?