Yesterday, North Korea attempted to launch a satellite into space, which pretty much everyone believed was just a cover for a long-range missile test. And, as you may have heard, the rocket broke apart shortly after launch and crashed into the ocean.
Whether or not the North Koreans were actually trying to send a satellite into space can be debated. However, what cannot be debated is that it was the worst-looking satellite ever.
That’s either an old speaker from the 70s or a hand-me-down mini-fridge from a college dorm room, complete with random crap sitting on top of it (it’s just like another shelf!).
Due to the secrecy of the North Korean government, or my general laziness in searching, no video of the launch and its failure can be found. Fortunately for us, video unrelated to the rocket launch does exist that can be used to demonstrate how the launch most likely went.
So, with a little help from former Ole Miss quarterback Jevan Snead, we can get a fairly accurate sense of how the rocket took off, then crashed into the ocean. First, here’s what we believe the flight path was like:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R_r-iLhh134?rel=0
Things started out in the right direction, but mechanical failure set in about one second after launch. Once mechanical failure took over, it was just a matter of time until the rocket blew up or crashed. Here’s what we believe that crash was like (in slow motion and from multiple angles):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yYR5zRU_CSU?rel=0
Not a pretty sight at all. Back to the drawing board, North Korea, and if the next rocket fails, we still have plenty of Snead video to demonstrate its failure.
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