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A question like that was asked on the NK forum, who are really to blame, the fool workers who installed the sensors a wrong way, or the designers who didn't design them fool-proof. The response was, fools aren't supposed to work in space industry.

"Use of the force detected"... http://russianspaceweb.com/proton_glonass49.html#official So it appears that the sensors were just hammered into the sockets. It finally should be understood that just boosting QA staff won't assure reliability if the production is done by hands of those who...

One small plunge for a little return capsule... :facepalm:

So... According to the info leaks on NK forum, a whole assembly of angular velocity sensors and attitude angle transducers was simply installed upside down on this unhappy rocket, and that is what was clearly seen in the wreck pieces... How that was possible to do and escaped quality checks, is...

Cool. My translation of this song to Russian which I made few years ago. "Блюноуз" Как и встарь, почувствовав свежий прилив, Пробуждаешься ты ото сна. По фарватеру каперов путь твой лежит, Оживают в снастях ветра. И когда ты вырвешься за грани створов, Захлебнется восторгом волна... Ветер...

Google SketchUp, mostly.

Few of my friends invested their efforts in the 3D reconstruction of Pripyat' town like it have been before Chernobyl accident in 1986. Their project isn't finished yet, but they've made a video presentation of the current state. The project lead guys are former citizens of the town, which is...

What do Russian drivers typically do, when they see a 200 kt explosion heads-on?

Strange that there's no mention of Sikhote-Alin event at this infographic.

One astronomer guy gave his estimations in a blog (http://al-pas.livejournal.com/143916.html), based on eyewitnesses' impressions, video recorder footage and other known data. Source data: - Light luminosity of the flash was around 300,000 lx at 15 km away from the source - Some people got...

Meanwhile some voluntary smashing of people's own windows, done in hope of a free replacement by the regional government, were reported across Chelyabinsk. Oh well, this is reported by the regional press service...

NOAA's picture's of the meteorite's contrail:

What the videos with Chelyabinsk meteor blast reveal, that Russia is by far less Orthodox as some hope, no one shouts "God forbid!" or "Mercy on me!", but rather people are swearing like 10,000 devils! :rofl:

This sums up the situation pretty well: A note by some local housing and utility administration for a house inhabitants: "In case you discover a damage to your block's window glasses caused by the emergency situation, you will have to repair it yourselves". :facepalm:

It's actually more like a resort place, good spot for mountain hiking: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.1161067&lon=59.7802548&z=13&l=0&m=b Noticeable for having a mark of the border between Europe and Asia. Not sure why did it ever get to the news.

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ A golden star to somebody?..

http://en.ria.ru/science/20130215/179484907.html

In case anyone's wondering, the thing simply came down from a blind spot of Russian OTH radars (mandated by START treaty, by the way):

Video of a warehouse door smashed in by a shockwave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bvJKoQE8uwE#! A building destroyed by a shockwave as well: