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Don't forget, they have a backup rocket ready and waiting! So it (emp) could still happen.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../18105933/
The lost materials will be replaced and flown to the 260-mile-high space station
The Antares rocket's failure leaves SpaceX as the only U.S. company able to fly cargo to the orbiting laboratory for the near future, raising the stakes of SpaceX's next launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., which is planned no earlier than Dec. 9.
And: the very, very bad news—is what this means for Orbital as a continued player in the competition to supply the ISS. ( did they fail to pay the VIG?)
http://time.com/3544723/antares-explosio...elon-musk/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../18105933/
The lost materials will be replaced and flown to the 260-mile-high space station
The Antares rocket's failure leaves SpaceX as the only U.S. company able to fly cargo to the orbiting laboratory for the near future, raising the stakes of SpaceX's next launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., which is planned no earlier than Dec. 9.
And: the very, very bad news—is what this means for Orbital as a continued player in the competition to supply the ISS. ( did they fail to pay the VIG?)
http://time.com/3544723/antares-explosio...elon-musk/