**Sea Launch FAILURE Live Update Pages**<\/em> \u2013 now over 110,000 reads since failure. Including new photos (see pages 60 and 61).<\/p>\n **Free WMV and DIVX videos of the failure from T-70 seconds to explosion**<\/em> Free to all forum members (registration is free \u2013 we do not use your e-mail for spam, only to send you your forum password \u2013 which is automated). Section includes previous Sea Launch videos: <\/em> <\/font>Sea Launch \u2013 XM-4 \u2013 Oct 30 and Sea Launch \u2013 Koreasat 5 \u2013 Aug 22.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The platform arrived back in California, accompanied by the port\u2019s Fire Department boats, which welcomed Odyssey back by spraying their hoses into the air, a return that was a continuance of the solidarity and positive attitude that is being noted by the Sea Launch workforce. <\/p>\n Space Shuttle (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n As far as repairing the platform ahead of Sea Launch\u2019s return to flight, it is believed that Home Port does not have the facilities to carry out the replacement of the flame deflector, which was blown off during the explosion of the failed Zenit 3SL.<\/p>\n While evaluations will continue for around a month, the flame deflector\u2019s replacement will be a challenge. Not only is the steel bucket unique in its design, but the question remains as to which facility can carry out the fabrication and re-installation of the deflector back on to the former oil rig. <\/p>\n It was initially feared that the platform would have to sail across the pacific ocean, to a dry dock facility in Singapore, but due to the damage being less than feared, Odyssey may head north, to Vancouver, for an overhaul that would bring the platform back to being able to carry out launch operations. <\/p>\n As far as the Zenit 3SL, the investigation is continuing, focusing on the LOX tank which was believed to be the culprit of the failure. However, many potential items require evaluation before the findings are collated into an official report.<\/p>\n Those findings still require some work, following another week passing without the Atlas V being cleared from its current grounding \u2013 due to commonality between the Zenit 3SL engine and the Atlas V RD-180 \u2013 as the United Launch Alliance (ULA) insist on assurances that there are no risks involved with their vehicle.<\/p>\n Risks are commonplace with any launch vehicle, which was touched upon by Shuttle manager Wayne Hale last week, who noted that the Sea Launch failure was yet another reason why everyone involved with space flight have to continue to \u2018keep their eyes on the ball.\u2019 <\/p>\n \u2018This is not a routine business \u2013 it\u2019s a very difficult business,\u2019 said Hale. \u2018It takes a large amount of people paying an extreme amount of attention to detail to fly in space. <\/p>\n \u2018Any space vehicle is a complex vehicle. We\u2019ve seen colleagues with other vehicles suffer setbacks recently and it reminds us that what we are doing is a dangerous business that requires a lot of work and we can never take our eyes off the ball. <\/p>\n \u2018So as we press forward this year, we must do it safely, we must do it professionally, and we must do it thoroughly. That\u2019s the message I\u2019ve had with our workforce and that\u2019s the message I leave with you today.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Odyssey Launch Platform returned to a hero\u2019s welcome at Sea Launch\u2019s Home Port before the weekend, following the January 30th failure of the Zenit 3SL attempted launch of the NSS-8 satellite. Now begins the long process of returning to flight operations. 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