NASA unveils the most powerful rocket ever built
NASA has given members of the media their first look at the Artemis Project's Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket system which will be used to take astronauts to the Moon.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine showcased the new rocket system...
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And so the stage is set. What happens next is horrific.
R-16 ICBM
Catastrophic explosion of the R-16
Rest of this fascinating and sad piece of history can be found here : http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0179.shtml...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2008/10/23/why_are_we_giving_india_1_billion_in_aid_if_it_can_afford_moon_missions
LOL... they could have given it to us instead! :(