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#541 |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Newport, Or
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I am so stoked that private companies are finally pushing this boundary. This is our future folks and we are getting to watch it unfold!
I have always heard that "May you live in interesting times" was supposed to be a curse but man, we sure do live in interesting times! |
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#542 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Updated OP for the next launch. Currently scheduled for May 26th. Thankfully, I won't have to set an alarm to wake up for that one.
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#543 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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#544 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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If anyone's feeling REALLY bored tonight, the landed stage on the barge is floating into port right now. You can see it here:
http://www.portcanaveralwebcam.com/ Shot from earlier today: ![]() |
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#545 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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They must've gotten back close enough to get a good data transfer done. Three angles of the landing. ****ing cool.
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#546 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Those are sweet. Thanks DaFace.
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#547 |
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Those landing videos are awesome.
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#548 |
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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sxstats is reporting May 27. I know a lot of people have been questioning the May 26 date, as the range is supposedly closed for maintenance. Haven't found a reference for the range dates.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...ussion_thread/ |
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#549 | |
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Location: Donkey Land
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#550 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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The latest booster is now safely stored at KSC. FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> 000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Moving recently landed rocket to hangar at Kennedy Space Center c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A video posted by SpaceX (@spacex) onThe bottom of it looks a little beat up though from the aggressive landing. Compare this photo to this photo and this photo. I'll be curious to see if the damage is "looks bad but no big deal" or "we'll never re-fly this one." |
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#551 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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And then there were three. They're gonna have to start re-launching these things soon, or they're gonna run out of room!
![]() Landed rockets in hangar 39A by SpaceX, on Flickr -- A guy accidentally captured the 2nd stage streaking over the horizon and the first stage landing (brief flash behind the tree). Nice shot of the Milky Way as well. ![]() Full story here: http://petapixel.com/2016/05/18/capt...ont-milky-way/ Last edited by DaFace; 05-18-2016 at 08:08 PM.. |
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#552 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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It's on for Thursday.
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#553 |
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Location: On the water
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#554 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Liftoff currently scheduled for: 26 May at 9:40PM UTC (5:40PM EDT)
Core: F9-025 Destination orbit: Geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) to 78.5° East Longitude Landing attempt: Yes - Downrange of Cape on ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mission success criteria: Successful separation of Thaicom 8 into the target orbit Payload mass: 3,100 kg Payload: Thaicom 8 comsat for Thaicom PLC Static fire currently scheduled for: 24 May - Complete Vehicle component locations: [S1: Cape Canaveral] [S2: Cape Canaveral] [Satellite: Cape Canaveral] [Fairings: Cape Canaveral] Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.2 (25th launch of F9, 5th of F9 v1.2) https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...ussion_thread/ |
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#555 |
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