Sci/Tech Huge NASA Science Balloon Crashes in Australian Outback

[Vicboy]

A huge NASA balloon loaded with a telescope painstakingly built to scan the sky at wavelengths invisible to the human eye crashed in the Australian outback Thursday, destroying the astronomy experiment and just missing nearby onlookers, according to Australian media reports.

NASA: Huge Science Balloon Crashed Because of Human Complacency

Complacency in a variety of forms led to the April crash of a huge NASA science balloon carrying a multimillion-dollar telescope in the Australian outback, according to a new report released today (Oct. 22).

www.nbcnews.com

This was a multi million dollar machine.

NASA should stay in space!

 

[Samael88]

Awesome, they have found a new way to waste money

 

[NightShade]

Awesome, they have found a new way to waste money

another way.

something tells me someone's going to be pissed at nasa. it's kinda nasa's fault though.

 

[undeadorcjerk]

Last time one of NASA's crafts crashed into Austrailia, Austrailia sued NASA for littering. I wonder if it will happen again.

 

[SineCosine]

Last time one of NASA's crafts crashed into Austrailia, Austrailia sued NASA for littering. I wonder if it will happen again.

o.0
Really?

Did they succeed ?