For the second time this year an Indian Space Research Organizations (ISRO) rocket has failed spectacularly mere moments after launch. This most recent failure, captured for all time in the image above, occurred 47 seconds after liftoff on Christmas Day.
NASA’s green supersonic dart, courtesy a design team at Lockheed Martin, isn’t all conceptual looks and aggressive lines, as there’s an environmental angle—pardon the pun—that’s present here too:
