On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 02:23:19AM -0800, Clint Bradford wrote:

Launch failure ... fairing did not deploy ... not sufficient speed to maintain ... launch failure.

Very sad indeed, but due to the name of the spacecraft,I can't help thinking of an old campfire song (He jumped from 40000 feet), which is sung to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. I really shouldn't, and do feel for the folks who worked on all the spacecraft on that launch, but:

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! And she ain't gonna fly no more.

(Google the words of the 40k version, and you'll prolly see why I made the link)

Yes, I know, bad taste, call it almost gallows humour

73s

Iain