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----- Shamelessly stolen from reddit, this is a nice summary of all the stuff that's in the works for 2016. It's missing a few things (like a space suit reveal), but it covers most of the big stuff. -- In any long-term program, the real value of an achievement along the way is the forward momentum it carries toward the next one, and the next, and the next. When I see SpaceX take another step forward, I'm not awed as much (though of course quite a lot) by the accomplishment itself so much as what further accomplishments it unlocks - to crest the local hill and see a larger context laid out beyond. To the best of my knowledge and research, we (the interested public) have the following to look forward to in the near future (though they may occur in different orders):
----- Now with horizontal accuracy and more detail: ![]() Last edited by DaFace; 12-23-2015 at 02:05 PM.. |
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#228 |
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Yeah, Udvar is a regular stop every time I'm back in DC. Love the aviation hangar, but the space hangar could really use some more stuff. Although I love the views from the elevated walkways.
![]() Lot of cool stuff. Was hoping for a thruster landing of the Dragon 2 though. Of those items on the list, most looking forward to 5 (Bigelow has big ideas on space hotels) and 9 (shear economic impact on cost of space access). Oh, and thanks for adding all the updates to this thread! |
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#229 |
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#235 |
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That gif is awesome. Here's the full "recap" video. Nothing new, but it's a cool compilation regardless.
Next launch is Sunday morning. Can't wait to see if they can get the barge landing down this time. |
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#236 |
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I hadn't seen this perspective before. Hopefully tomorrow goes better:
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#237 |
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T-minus 1.5 hours, and everything is still a go. Hopefully the launch fares better than the Chiefs did yesterday.
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#238 |
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I'm hoping they have a decent live stream of the landing this time. The last time they had a barge landing attempt, it took a few days for this video to come out so that we could see what happened.
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#239 |
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Two webcast choices today:
Hosted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0 Just the rocket and countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkz_lclGXNg |
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Do we know who's carrying it? The NASA channel has the Jason-3 launch.
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