[oasis-members] Sea Launch Rocket Exploded

[Craig Milo Rogers]

	A Zenit-3SL rocket carrying a Dutch communications satellite
exploded during launch, on or very near the floating launch platform,
today.  The satellite that was lost was named "NSS-8", made by Boeing.
No one was injured in the accident.

http://www.sea-launch.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/30/failed.launch.ap/index.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070130_sealaunch_explosion.html
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21766

	The Register has a spectacular image of the fireball:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/31/satellite_launch_failure/

					Craig Milo Rogers