NBC: North Korea rocket breaks up after launch

[Typical NYC Lib]

Source: msnbc.com

By NBC News and msnbc.com staff


PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea's long-range rocket failed early Friday, U.S. officials said.

The rocket broke up soon after taking off, the officials told NBC News.

"All indications are that it failed," one official said but went on to say that they are still looking into it.

The White House said it would issue a statement, NBC News reported.

Read more: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11168783-nbc-north-korea-rocket-breaks-up-after-launch?lite

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I know there's another thread reporting an actual launch, and replies within the threaad announcing its failure, but I'm posting this because the headline makes it explicit.

[kestrel91316]

1. Are the North Koreans going to give it a state funeral complete with fake mourning??

[bluedigger]

2. Is there some grainy black and white footage available to laugh at?

[IamK]

3. I cant wait to hear the excuse....

http://m.

[Renew Deal]

6. Lies. American propaganda!

Followed by the murder of all the "scientists" that know what really happened.

[Posteritatis]

16. Yeah, the designers and launch crew are probably doomed

That's the country that sends sports coaches to the gulag if they don't perform well enough.

As for the launch itself they'll probably just claim internally that it went off without a hitch.

[unkachuck]

10. they'll probably say we shot it down....

....but hey, try, again.....every sovereign nation needs a long range missile to launch a Sputnik....

[Drunken Irishman]

4. This about sums it up...

[secondvariety]

7. Ha!

Good one.

[Typical NYC Lib]

12. And that's probably how long the entire mission lasted

[olderlib]

5. the hampster astronauts parachuted to safety

so dont think this program's gone off track

they'll BE BACK

[David__77]

8. It would be worse for N. Korea if it were reported as a success.

This way, N. Korea is perceived as less of a threat.

[Codeine]

9. You'll have their back though. nt

[David__77]

24. No, I think N. Korea should refrain from "power projection" attempts. Not sure what you think.

You "have their back?" Strange.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

26. Not strange so much as just a personal attack

That one likes to throw rocks at people from a position of not having to really state much of what he/she believes.

[joshcryer]

23. Not really. Had they been successful they would have more bargaining power.

Nuclear warhead capable with ICBM capability to anywhere on the planet? What many don't know is that North Korea's sanctions were over attaining ICBM capability. So far it appears to be working but it's only a matter of time before they figure it out. Once they have it the sanctions make little sense.

No one is attacking North Korea, not even with "international support" (North Korea would have to attack first). Everyone knows North Korea could wipe out a chunk of South Korea in one fell swoop. It's not happening.

North Korea could make a persuasive argument to lift the sanctions after it had achieved this technological level.

[Kablooie]

11. Terrifying! We must stop them from destroying more rockets! We need a 6 parties talk or something!

[rayofreason]

13. Another quality DPRK product. n/t

[Mr.Turnip]

14. North Koreas endless failure train chugs onward.

[cstanleytech]

15. Why is though that they keep pushing this? It doesnt sway the more developed nations in aiding them

any in fact it does the exact opposite so why do countries like N. Korea insist on pushing for things that they just dont need like nukes for example?
Its not like the US or South Korea are intending to invade the north especially since China would defend them if we tried it so they really dont need the nuke unless their afraid of China nuking them.
Then there is Iran, if they would just stop the whole program with their nuclear reactors and use the vast sums of money they could get from their oil to invest in alternate energy sources like solar and geothermal their country could be one of the top nations of the world in 20 or 30 years because they would be prepared for when the oil runs dry.

[BadtotheboneBob]

17. Fizzle... Ffffft...

Sploosh...

[DaDeacon]

18. LIke the Beastie Boys Say....

I'm trying to tell ya'll it's - Sabotage!!!!!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. I would not want to be an engineer at mission control today ...

talk about "screwn", yikes!

the gulag will have some new residents.

[sofa king]

20. I believe the Japanese said they were considering shooting it down.

Yes, according to the CI--uh--VOA:

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/North-Korea-Admits-Rocket-Fails-Shortly-After-Launch-147283565.html

[malthaussen]

21. I have one word for you scoffers: Vanguard

Y'all will be laughing out of the other side of your mouth when North Korea gets an ICBM that works.

-- Mal

[LanternWaste]

22. In the United States, 164 launches failed....

In the United States, 164 launches failed. Most of the U.S. launch failures (101 out of the 164) occurred during the first 10 years of space exploration (1957–1966).

Source: http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2001/03.html

This being the case, it seems almost a North Korean exercise by trial and error in learning and practicing the balance between avionics, propulsion, structural engineering, etc., much as we learned the hard way too in our own early days of ballistic rocket propulsion.

Not to take away from American nationalism, or to add to North Korean nationalism, but this incident seems like the label for the entire NK program to many people, which I believe would be a logical fallacy.

[harun]

25. I shouldn't have to read to post 22 for a reasoned response *sigh*

[cstanleytech]

27. Yes but we could afford the failures because we had the resources but NK doesnt.

If they did they wouldnt need outside assistance to feed their own people.