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From: gregc@cimage.com (Greg Cronau)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Soviet rocket blows up during launch?
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.065253.20469@cimage.com>
Date: 25 Oct 90 06:52:53 GMT
References: <3330033@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
Reply-To: gregc@dgsi.UUCP (Greg Cronau/10000)
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In article <3330033@hpindda.cup.hp.com> mears@hpindda.cup.hp.com (David Mears) writes:
>A couple of weeks (or was that months?) ago, I saw a small sidebar
>article in the local newspaper about a Soviet heavy lift rocket
>blowing up early during launch, maybe even on the pad.  It wasn't

Was this article about a recent event or historic event?
Around 1967-68 the soviets were working on a booster which we designated the
"G-1". From satellite photos it became clear that a *major* explosion occurred
on the pad. No G-1 was ever launched. The G-1 was on about the same scale as
a Saturn V.

gregc@cimage.com