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#917 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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So apparently someone with a **** ton of money is paying SpaceX to fly them around the moon next year.
http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/2...moon-next-year It'll make for a hell of a story if nothing else. |
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#918 |
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And be a kick in the ass to the 2019 SLS/Orion unmanned trip around the moon. Not that I expect SpaceX to be on time, but if they launch a manned mission within months of NASA's unmanned mission? Wow. Can you imagine man's first trip back to the moon being a couple of rich tourists?
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#920 |
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#921 |
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Location: Donkey Land
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For the night owls tonight/tomorrow morning:
Seems weird to see one without legs. Admittedly, assuming it goes fine, this won't be the most exciting launch to watch. |
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#922 |
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Weather is iffy, but as of this moment they're planning to go for it in an hour. 2.5-hour window, so even if it's not there at the beginning, they could possibly postpone.
Don't think I'm staying up if it gets delayed though. EDIT: Scrubbed for weather. Good night. Last edited by DaFace; 03-13-2017 at 10:58 PM.. |
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#923 |
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Not sure I'm gonna make it tonight, but in case anyone's a night owl.
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#924 |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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I'll probably watch if I can't sleep.
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#925 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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The first previously-flown booster is now on the clock. This one I'm excited for. (Glad they didn't blow Echostar up, though.)
---- This has since been bumped to March 29th due to a conflicting ULA launch being delayed. Last edited by DaFace; 03-21-2017 at 04:56 PM.. |
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#926 | |
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#927 |
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Location: Donkey Land
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Yeah, certainly wasn't the most exciting launch they've done in a while. Next one should hopefully make up for it though. If they successfully re-launch it and re-land it, it's gonna be a hell of a party in Hawthorne.
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#928 |
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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I'd love to see #1 what the refit/refurb effort amounts to, and #2 what the criteria is for a go/no-go decision reusing the 1st stage..
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#929 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Couple of cool developments this week. First, SpaceX has apparently engineered and produced some sort of crazy robot (being referred to as a giant roomba) called Optimus Prime that will live on the drone ship and automatically go out after a landing to secure the rocket to the ship. According to theory, that will help to eliminate some of the dangerous aspects of securing the ship and hauling it back. There aren't very good pictures out there, but this gives you the idea (more here):
![]() Second, they have leased a big warehouse at Port Canaveral that they are going to use specifically to refurbish rockets, so they won't have to ship them across the country to clean them up anymore. Pretty cool to see the effort they're now putting toward IMPROVING the recovery process rather than just landing them in the first place. First launch of a previously-flown rocket is coming up in a week. -----
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#930 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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24-hour bump. Tomorrow's launch will be historic if nothing goes wrong. If they can successfully launch and re-land this booster for a second time, things are gonna accelerate quickly.
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