News: Houston, we've had a problem.

[FlyTexas]

Holy cow!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29812139

Brian

[airboatr]

"These are actually modified Russian-built power units that were originally developed for the ill-fated Soviet Moon rocket, the N-1.

Doh!

[FlyTexas]

"These are actually modified Russian-built power units that were originally developed for the ill-fated Soviet Moon rocket, the N-1.

Doh!

Ah, I thought the explosion looked a bit familiar.

[Airspeed]

Indeed.
To make matters worse, I cringed to hear an assumed "professional" BBC broadcaster inform her audience that, not only did it:
"implode on itself"
but that the NASA (which sounded a bit like NATZA) crew expected the rocket to function properly......where did she get that information without an interview?