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#1501 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Heard a "recovery vessel AOS" in the callouts a bit ago. Guess that means they're still experimenting with fairing recovery. No one has seen the crazy spider arm ship on the east coast, though, so tough to tell what they're trying.
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#1502 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Perfect. Now bring on FH dammit!
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#1503 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Holy shit...
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#1504 | |
Starter
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Holy shit that is awesome. Even when they aren't trying they succeed. Curious. How far ahead of everyone is spacex time wise. It doesn't seem like any other company is anywhere near ready to land rockets yet (out side of blue origin but they are still pretty far from spacex's scale). How far before other people catch up. Over or under 5 years? |
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#1505 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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I don't think anyone else has a chance. |
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#1506 |
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2008
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This was the first launch I've watched live, YouTube sent me a notification about 30 prelaunch or I would have missed it. Really insightful and informative coverage. Exciting first 10 minutes. I was pulled away so I missed the fairing separation, I'll go back and try to find it.
Can someone explain the significance of how difficult it was to recover the booster? Elon sounded like it was pretty impressive it survived |
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#1507 | |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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The expectation is that the booster would tear and explode after hitting the water, but this one apparently slid down into the water so smoothly that it remained pressurized and intact. Mind you, this booster is trashed and will absolutely never fly again. The salt water will damage pretty much everything even ignoring it'll be dragged through the water 100 miles. But they might be able to get some good data from it or otherwise learn from it. |
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#1508 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Cool shot of the flames from today.
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#1509 |
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2013
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SpaceX confirms it will try to land all of Falcon Heavy's boosters
Elon Musk's outfit has confirmed that it will attempt to land all three boosters on Falcon Heavy's launch, which is now slated for a 2.5-hour window starting at 1:30PM Eastern on February 6th. https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/03/...nding-attempt/ |
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#1510 |
MVP
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Iowa
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Any guess how likely it is the FH will launch the 6th or 7th? I'm thinking of taking my 7yo down, but really worried about wasting the money.
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#1511 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#1512 | |
Starter
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Weather will be a Sunny 75 degrees with 10 MPH winds. The weather will not delay this launch. Any of the South beaches or the Titusville river front parks will give you a good view without the sun in your eyes. |
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#1513 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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24(ish) hour bump for FALCON HEAVY!!! Looks like we're gonna have all sorts of cameras on the car and its passenger...
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#1514 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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I believe this is unofficial, but should be pretty close. Doubt the fairing recovery is ready for prime time yet, though.
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#1515 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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What's the liftoff time?
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