Monday, September 17, 2007

New Rocket Crash Alarms Kazakhs

Investigators in Kazakhstan have found a huge crater and debris from a Russian rocket which crashed in unpopulated countryside. The Proton-M rocket was carrying a Japanese communications satellite. Fragments weighing up to 880 lbs and a crater 49 yards wide were found in a cattle grazing area near the city of DZhezkazgan. Further Proton launches have been suspended. The rocket was carrying highly toxic fuel when it crashed.

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