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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:16:47 AM EST
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Boat out in the no-go zone....

Someone is about to have a bad day....
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:18:40 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:19:52 AM EST
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It’s probably Hunter trying to get rid of evidence…
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:21:48 AM EST
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Are we a GO ?
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:28:28 AM EST
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As of now.

T-minus 24min.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:44:23 AM EST
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I hope I'm not the only one who thinks they're going to say "Butch & Sundance."
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:46:49 AM EST
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You're not.

Let's just hope the Bolivian Army doesn't show up.

Criminy, another pre launch speech! Can this wait until you're above the Karman Line!?
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:48:38 AM EST
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4min mark
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:50:27 AM EST
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How close will we get before the abort?
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:52:22 AM EST
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Holy shit, it launched.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:53:32 AM EST
[#11]
go space penis go!
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:55:43 AM EST
[#12]
Finally.  Safe journey astronauts.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:59:19 AM EST
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Stage separation.

Things seem to be going well so far.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:59:23 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 9:59:54 AM EST
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So when does the booster land?
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:00:57 AM EST
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I'm having flashbacks of hitting my apogee. Frackn kerbals!
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:01:52 AM EST
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Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:06:08 AM EST
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The multiplex countdown timer stop button actuator digitizer recoder must have malfunctioned
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:06:20 AM EST
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It still has to make it to space Buc-Eeeees and back.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:06:30 AM EST
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Main Engine Cut Off.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:06:42 AM EST
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Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean.

That sounds pretty wasteful IMO.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:08:37 AM EST
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That's the way it's been done for decades. But not for too much longer. Atlas uses Russian engines and I think they only have 16 or so of them sitting around.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:12:10 AM EST
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That sounds pretty wasteful IMO.
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:12:28 AM EST
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That's the way it's been done for decades. But not for too much longer. Atlas uses Russian engines and I think they only have 16 or so of them sitting around.
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That's the way it's been done for decades. But not for too much longer. Atlas uses Russian engines and I think they only have 16 or so of them sitting around.

I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:16:13 AM EST
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I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster.
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All the American launches to the space station for many years and 90% of lifts to LEO land the boosters.  


This thing is so antiquated it launches on a 50 year old rocket using surplus Soviet hardware. It even looks 1962 on the inside.

It is a fucking waste of our tax dollars.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:25:48 AM EST
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Good show. This was getting a little long in the tooth.

I don't know where in the timeline it comes up but they will be doing a hand flying maneuvers test sometime this afternoon.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:26:09 AM EST
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Not much of a crowd at my spot. Video didn't turn out.



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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:28:34 AM EST
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All the American launches to the space station for many years and 90% of lifts to LEO land the boosters.  


This thing is so antiquated it launches on a 50 year old rocket using surplus Soviet hardware. It even looks 1962 on the inside.

It is a fucking waste of our tax dollars.
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lol
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:39:32 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:40:53 AM EST
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Interesting that after the Centaur burn the perigee was about 77 (unknown units).   I will have to check the orbital parameters after a Falcon 9 Crew Dragon launch.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 10:51:17 AM EST
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I understand that they kept it low in case of an abort. Once Starliner separated from the Centaur they used the thrusters in the service module to bump it up to the desired orbit.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:11:07 AM EST
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I understand that they kept it low in case of an abort. Once Starliner separated from the Centaur they used the thrusters in the service module to bump it up to the desired orbit.
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Also so ULA could dispose of the Centaur stage.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:11:19 AM EST
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km
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:19:00 AM EST
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I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster.
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SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:25:17 AM EST
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SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it.
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Rocket Lab is the only other outfit that recovers boosters with the intent to refly but none of them have reflown yet. The Russians and Chinese sometimes recover bits and pieces but that stuff is not reflown. Other companies are working on this but its a hell of a technical challenge. To do a re entry and landing burn you have to relight a rocket engine in the face of supersonic wind.

At the moment it looks like RL is going to be the next to successfully land a rocket. But we will have to see. Neutron is scheduled to fly sometime next year but I wouldn't be shocked if that prediction slips. Relativity Space and Stoke Space are hot on their heels.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:27:41 AM EST
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:33:23 AM EST
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Yep.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 11:34:16 AM EST
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That's real white of him.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 12:06:37 PM EST
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From A1A in the area of Melbourne Beach.

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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 12:18:09 PM EST
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Also so ULA could dispose of the Centaur stage.

Yep.
Tory just said a large part of the trajectory and configuration they use is crew safety. They can abort at any point in the burn without injuring the crew.  Also they would have a free return if they aborted after SECO (Per Tory Bruno during press conference).
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 12:24:15 PM EST
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While I wish them well, I think that using the term "heroes" for the people in the spacecraft is a bit overused.  Sure it takes lots of skill and preparation and courage, I'm just not sure it is "heroic".
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 12:26:53 PM EST
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Given all the issues with Boeing as a company and that specific spacecraft... youd have to be a crazy and heroic motherfucker to fly in it
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 12:36:53 PM EST
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Why are Elon Musk's rockets pointy?
Did Elon Musk Seek Inspiration From 'The Dictator' For ...
Mr Musk stated that Starship, the 165-foot-tall spacecraft, was also originally supposed to have a blunt head, however, he told his engineers to make the vehicle more pointy. "You literally told them to make the Starship more pointy because of the movie 'The Dictator?' " Mr Rogan asked in the podcast. "Yep.Nov 8, 2023
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 1:02:44 PM EST
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Given all the issues with Boeing as a company and that specific spacecraft... youd have to be a crazy and heroic motherfucker to fly in it
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While I wish them well, I think that using the term "heroes" for the people in the spacecraft is a bit overused.  Sure it takes lots of skill and preparation and courage, I'm just not sure it is "heroic".
Given all the issues with Boeing as a company and that specific spacecraft... youd have to be a crazy and heroic motherfucker to fly in it


I would gladly go up in a Crew Dragon. I would go up in a Soyuz if it was my only option.

I would not go to space in a Boeing product... Maybe at gunpoint.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 1:05:36 PM EST
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Mr Musk stated that Starship, the 165-foot-tall spacecraft, was also originally supposed to have a blunt head, however, he told his engineers to make the vehicle more pointy. "You literally told them to make the Starship more pointy because of the movie 'The Dictator?' " Mr Rogan asked in the podcast. "Yep.Nov 8, 2023
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The ones flying now are prototypes. The ones that will be carrying payloads will be less pointy and probably even bigger.

If Musk weaponizes Starship I can guarantee that his enemies will be terrified to see these things coming after them. No matter how rounded they may become.
Link Posted: 6/5/2024 2:33:01 PM EST
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SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it.
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I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster.


SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it.

I guess since ULA throws away rockets that's why NASA needs to pay them ~50% more than SpaceX.
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Link Posted: 6/5/2024 4:08:54 PM EST
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