Saturday, February 28, 2009

NASA Satellite Due in Antarctica

foto berita artikel What if 9 years of work destroyed within 5 minutes? The fact that there befall NASA on Tuesday (24 / 2) ago, the newest satellite when they did for 9 years failed to achieve orbit and fell in the cold Antarctic seas.

NASA satellite worth 278 million dollars designed to monitor the actual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in global earth. This is one of NASA efforts to overcome global warming (globa warming), which increasingly threaten the world.

NASA satellite in fact have been successful through the launch on Tuesday at 01:55 local time from Vandenberg AU Pangkalan Air, California.

Satellite was launched with a Taurus XL rocket practice. But several minutes later, the nose cone on the satellite, which protect the satellite during launch, failed completely apart.

According to John Brunschwyler, Program Director of handling this case, the allegations show that while the satellite is not strong enough to reach orbit, so the fall in the Antarctic Sea. (Dna)

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