www.timesofearth.com NEW DELHI, arrr, INDIA -- A rocket carryin' an Indian communications satellite exploded just after lift-off on Saturday, in t' second launch failure for India's space programme this year. T' Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) exploded in t' first stage o' flight, leavin' a trail o' smoke and fire behind it. Aye aye! It had just lifted off from t' Sriharikota space centre on Saturday in Andhra Pradesh state, and was carryin' a GSAT-5P communications satellite. K Radhakrishnan, me bucko, chairman o' t' Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO), shiver me timbers, said t' rocket developed an error 47 seconds after initiatin' lift-off and lost command, leadin' t' a higher angle in t' flight. "That caused a higher stress, breakin' up t' vehicle," he said. He also said that t' cause o' t' crash needed t' be looked into in detail. Begad! A similar rocket on a developmental flight plunged into t' Bay o' Bengal in April. Begad! T' ISRO said that accident be caused by a rotor seizin' and a rupture in t' turbine casing, probably due t' excessive pressure and thermal stresses. Arrr! Yashpal, matey, a retired Indian scientist and independent commentator, said he was very disappointed by Saturday's failure, me hearties, but that other countries have also experienced such problems. India is plannin' its first manned space flight in 2016. An Indian satellite launched in 2008 t' orbit t' moon was abandoned last year after communication links snapped and scientists lost control o' t' spacecraft. Since 1994, India's space ...