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Old 06-01-2014, 09:40 AM  
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Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions



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Old 01-17-2016, 09:24 PM   #271
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Man. It was right on.
This.... Wow! The leg-lock designers must be frustrated right now.
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Old 01-17-2016, 09:25 PM   #272
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This.... Wow! The leg-lock designers must be frustrated right now.
Check out the video. Elon's caption suggests that it might have been related to the fog from launch, as weird as that sounds.
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Old 01-17-2016, 09:37 PM   #273
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Check out the video. Elon's caption suggests that it might have been related to the fog from launch, as weird as that sounds.
Now I feel bad for my "Love the mist" post... Ugh!
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Old 01-18-2016, 06:14 PM   #274
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Here's a fan-created video that compares the three barge landing attempts. It's pretty clear from this that it's not just random chance - they're definitely getting things fine-tuned each time. I'll give the February 6th launch a 75% chance of sticking the landing on a barge finally.
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Old 01-18-2016, 06:16 PM   #275
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They had it stuck too. So freaking close.
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Old 01-18-2016, 07:52 PM   #276
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Here's a fan-created video that compares the three barge landing attempts. It's pretty clear from this that it's not just random chance - they're definitely getting things fine-tuned each time. I'll give the February 6th launch a 75% chance of sticking the landing on a barge finally.
So, from:



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Old 01-23-2016, 04:24 PM   #277
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Hope I'm not breaking a rule here (Blue Origin vs. SpaceX), but the New Shepard just flew again. The same one that flew in November:
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Old 01-23-2016, 05:18 PM   #278
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Hope I'm not breaking a rule here (Blue Origin vs. SpaceX), but the New Shepard just flew again. The same one that flew in November:
Meh, no real rules here. As far as I'm concerned, anything about cool space stuff is more than welcome.

It's cool that they were able to reuse it relatively easily, and I hope that bodes well for SpaceX's reusability program as well. It almost seems inevitable that reusable rockets are the way of the future at this point.

I do hope that Blue Origin eventually figures out how to do something more useful than shuttling tourists up and down to "space," but more innovation is certainly what we need in the industry, so they're to be commended regardless.
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Old 01-23-2016, 05:42 PM   #279
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Meh, no real rules here. As far as I'm concerned, anything about cool space stuff is more than welcome.

It's cool that they were able to reuse it relatively easily, and I hope that bodes well for SpaceX's reusability program as well. It almost seems inevitable that reusable rockets are the way of the future at this point.

I do hope that Blue Origin eventually figures out how to do something more useful than shuttling tourists up and down to "space," but more innovation is certainly what we need in the industry, so they're to be commended regardless.
Woohoo, no space geek rules rules.

Indeed, it's almost like the early days of the space race between us and the Soviets. The race to be first. I welcome the competition.
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Woohoo, no space geek rules rules.

Indeed, it's almost like the early days of the space race between us and the Soviets. The race to be first. I welcome the competition.
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Launch is scheduled for 5:46 p.m. Central on Wednesday (2/24). Weather's looking a little iffy at the moment, though - currently a 60% chance of favorable conditions. That said, there's about a 1.5-hour launch window, so hopefully they'll find a break in the weather there somewhere long enough to get it off the ground.
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Well...yeah. What did you expect?
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