Sunday 16 November 2014

7 Of Mankind's Biggest Screw-Ups In Space

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Space isn't having a great few months - from the exploding mishaps of Orbital Science's Antares rocket, to the terrible tragedy of Virgin Galactic's test flight, and the yay-but-oh-shit rollercoaster that's been the ESA's comet landing, things aren't going entirely to plan.

This isn't without precedent, though: if you shoot enough things into the sky on top of volatile rockets, some of them are going to let you down. Here's a brief look at mankind's finest facepalm moments in the final frontier.

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