On Apr 4, 3:39*pm, Jeff Findley wrote:
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"Brian Gaff" *wrote in ...

So though I wish Orbital well, their track record for trouble free first
launches is not great. Lets hope this one is an exception!

Incidentally what was that *launch vehicle called in the 90s that launched
from the same site but *blew up leaving a couple of *out of control solids
racing upward? I believe it was cancelled shortly after that failure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)

Is this the one you're thinking of?

Clusters of solids with low payload to orbit. *Not my idea of low cost,
especially once the "surplus" Minuteman stages are all gone.



It used new GEM motors and had nothing to do with Minuteman