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Old August 1st 06, 09:48 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default Russian news blackout on Dnepr Crater photographs??



Jim Oberg wrote:

News descriptions speak of a wide, deep crater
where the intact Dnepr booster, half its fuel still
on board, hit the ground. A shepard nearby, who
witnessed it, has been interviewed from his
hospital bed.

But where are the photographs? Has anything
been published anywhere showing the hole in
the desert? Or is Soviet-era coverup back
in effect, a la Panarin?



You wouldn't have read this in The Moscow News back in the Soviet era:
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/07/30/rocket.shtml
Here's an interesting photo of another Dnepr failing at lift-off (or
cold launch in this case) :
http://www.sploid.com/images/dneprygoodness.gif

Pat