... by mission-control, after an internal failure.  The reporters and camera-people realized they were in the debris zone:

http://www.nasawatch.com/

I think there were over a hundred 'experiments' on board, from universities and sci-labs from all over the globe.  The launch was off the Virginia-coast. 

Quote from: kit saginaw on October 29, 2014, 08:54:52 AM
... by mission-control, after an internal failure.  The reporters and camera-people realized they were in the debris zone:

http://www.nasawatch.com/

I think there were over a hundred 'experiments' on board, from universities and sci-labs from all over the globe.  The launch was off the Virginia-coast.

This payload included the first experiments leading up to mining asteroids in space.


http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/news/how-to-mine-an-asteroid-11644811