NASA: Rocket explodes; damage is 'significant'

"An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket exploded early Tuesday evening along the eastern Virginia coast, causing a huge fireball but no apparent deaths. According to NASA, the Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft were set to launch at 6:22 p.m. ET from the Wallops Flight Facility along the Atlantic Ocean. It was set to carry some 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station." According to NASA spokesperson Jay Bolden, "There was failure on launch" along with no apparent deaths. There was very significant damage to the vehicle itself, specifically the engine. "Video shows the rocket rising into the air for a few seconds before an explosion. It then plummets back to Earth, causing more flames as it hits the ground. NASA tweeted that the failure occurred six seconds after launch." The amount of time it took for a very severe mishap to occur shocked me the most, six seconds is nothing in comparison to the mission's expectations. I genuinely feel we should feel grateful for the end result, clearly a successful mission is the best outcome; however, it seems better to have made a mistake this early as opposed to much later in the operation. Link to the video: Link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/us/nasa-rocket-explodes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1