The first stage exploded today carrier rocket Antares is made in Ukraine. It uses a modified Soviet rocket engines NK-33.
The incident occurred immediately after the start. The rocket rose into the sky, but about 10 seconds of flight during the first stage engine explosion.
On the orbit of the rocket was supposed to bring the truck Cygnus with water, oxygen, food, equipment and fuel for the US segment of the ISS. Now astronauts can get all this only with the help of the Russian cargo ship “Progress”.
Military Observer newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, Viktor Baranez shared with the radio “KP” his views on the causes of emergency.
– exploded booster 6 seconds after launch. The first stage was designed Ukrainian CB “South.” It is not a new development specifically for this program? Just was adapted rocket, which had still the Soviet Union, to work with the American private truck program?
– Yes, you want to make a principled clarity. In the mid-90s of the last century in Russia were created unique engines, they are called NC-33. They seriously competed with similar Russian RD-180 engines. But in the competition for the sale of these engines in the US for a song won the RD-180, but these three dozen engines NK-33 remained in warehouses. And they too have bought Americans and decided to improve them, to call for help here this KB “Southern” Ukrainian. And together they Varganov this new system, digging deep into her personal belongings, apparatus, blocks and so on. And, finally, we can say that this is an emergency, which happened with the American missile and it is the work of US and Ukrainian experts, it is their joint trouble. We have here have no relationship to the first stage of the rocket, since there thoroughly remade all Americans and Ukrainians.
– How much this accident will affect the US space program?
– You know, the Americans, as always, boasting, say it is not serious, we amended. Especially because it was engaged in a private firm. She, of course, now his rating will drop sharply. But the fact is that the Americans have received from us for nothing, ponder, they bought our engines NK-33 for the price of 1 million. Dollars apiece. These unique engines as they were buying potatoes in the 95th year. Naturally, they have a good base and will now strive to improve these engines continue on the program.
But you have to admit that Americans are seriously lagging behind on the part of the cosmic engine, they are seriously lagging behind from the Russians and try to make money analogy. Moreover, we treacherously sold them a license to manufacture these engines. But with the drawings, with all the schemes, they do not know the most important thing – metals, some of which are made of know-how, just disassemble the engine, is not defined. In short, they are trying to use the Russian intellectual power its commercial benefit. But that they have, as we see, does not work.
And the Ukrainian engineers as a result of the collapse of its military-industrial complex, too, lost skills. Americans see on deshevochke Ukrainian guest workers decided to hire them to help them improve the unique Russian engine, trying to improve his muddled. Here they dousovershenstvovali and the result was this extraordinary event, which will cost them a lot of money.
– The Americans and the Russian Space Agency also stated that the ISS crew will be provided with all necessary. We shared a place in the truck? Or share what was sent to the ISS?
– Russian space officials have already told: do not worry, we will do everything possible to our people and our colleagues in the study of the cosmos were all necessary for normal operation. I think that now, and the Russians and the Americans agree. Because there are already economic and scientific benefits prevail over political considerations. His Majesty the loot, sorry, there will certainly prevail. We are very advantageous to show superiority in this respect. I think that we will turn to the Americans with a generous offer that we can somehow compensate them fairly serious loss.
If everything happened exactly the opposite, I already imagine the headlines, agencies, not to mention ukropatriotov Twitter. They were filled with all kinds of dirt would that be poured on our heads with you.
Why do we have now does not do the same? Against the background of an idiotic disaster in American spaceport our rocket successfully launched in the near future, I think, gets to the ISS, and so on.
And it is good that people today, even far from the cosmos, not descend to this animal joy when we happen dips. And the failures and we happen.
You know, in this respect, Ukraine and Russia are divided into some layers. In America, in particular, there are people who respond differently. Businesses react with regret, even offer their assistance in the investigation of the incident. Because it is a union of intellectuals who work in the same direction – in space exploration. And there is what we call “bydlyachestvo.” This is such an animal, gloating reaction to each puncture or miscalculation colleagues space exploration. We are all witnessing. Such is life. Probably will have to live with it until the culture of relations between our countries, between nations will be different, as it was in previous years. But to do this for a long, long time to live.
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