http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/ Engadget Comments for Cosmos 1 solar sail didn't fly http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
Oh man... that's pretty bad.

But yeah. This sucks, I was really interested to hear about how it worked. Hopefully they get another one up there and learn from whatever they can this time around.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
Too soon, man, too soon.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
In either event the statement wasn't necessary.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
"Pulled a Challenger"?

The next time a building collapses, will it have "pulled a WTC"?

Poor taste folks.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
Regards,
Barb]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
There I said it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/it's me, the bloke who wants to throw away your rubbish for you.

All I have to say is:

"Now why did they have to go and throw away a perfectly good umbrella?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

Now look at it - it's just another piece of space junk, rubbish, garbage, trash, what have you -

and all us Earthlings can say for it is:

"We're glad that we can contribute to fill up the immense void called space with some of our own earthly rubbish for future generations to enjoy."

I am sure Douglas Adams would be proud.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
Not trying to be unpatriotic, but let's be fair about this. The US has essentially lost a lot of their functional, as in tangible, space ability.

If it weren't for Russian rockets, there'd be skeletons in the space station instead of astronauts and cosmonauts.

The shuttle program is still of questionable safety and they've had 30 years to work on it. Read the CAIB report, basically losing "only" two shuttles was incredible luck...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/:)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/cosmos-1-solar-sail-didnt-fly/
As to the subject at hand. I remember seeing a claim, during the cold war, that something like 2/3 of all Soviet ICBMs were expected to malfunction during the boost phase*. I'm just sorry such a neat idea failed to make it into space.

*I though littering nukes across the Soviet countryside was supposed to have been *our* job, but hey, each to their own.
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