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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:08:55 AM EDT
[#1]
99th successful landing.
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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:08:57 AM EDT
[#2]
99th successful recovery of the first stage.
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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:11:16 AM EDT
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I just happen to see this thread five minutes before launch. We are about 170 miles from Cape Canaveral but went out to our backyard and our son and my wife were able to easily view this and binoculars made it better. Completely clear night except for the full moon.
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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:12:07 AM EDT
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Did the first stage go over a thunderstorm right before the landing burn? I was trying to figure out if it was the clouds underneath it lighting up or the plumes from the thrusters on the stage.
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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:15:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hoosierhick: Did the first stage go over a thunderstorm right before the landing burn? I was trying to figure out if it was the clouds underneath it lighting up or the plumes from the thrusters on the stage. it's possible, there is a line of storms off the coast. |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 12:21:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2021 1:50:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FG8WqjqWYAsb4_p?format=jpg&name=large I thought porn was not allowed on here?  Seriously, you need to some how sell that photo to Elon. |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 2:12:27 AM EDT
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I hope some of the dinosaur space company old guys are feeling ashamed.
This could have been happening in the mid-80's, if they'd only had the vision. And the balls. |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 2:49:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By airmandaniel: I thought porn was not allowed on here? Seriously, you need to some how sell that photo to Elon. I'm amazed how many iconic images that SpaceX has created.  Attached FileThis one from the Inspiration 4 mission is probably my favorite. |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 10:18:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: I'm amazed how many iconic images that SpaceX has created. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/383325/image_jpeg-2209176.JPG This one from the Inspiration 4 mission is probably my favorite. That's awesome. I wish this view from last night would have been in better quality. 
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Posted: 12/19/2021 4:52:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By webtaz99: I hope some of the dinosaur space company old guys are feeling ashamed. This could have been happening in the mid-80's, if they'd only had the vision. And the balls. and the computing power |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 4:56:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By theskuh: and the computing power Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By theskuh: Originally Posted By webtaz99: I hope some of the dinosaur space company old guys are feeling ashamed. This could have been happening in the mid-80's, if they'd only had the vision. And the balls. and the computing power That's a bigger deal than a lot of folks want to admit. Yes, NASA fucked the dog for a long time, but the computing power needed for the rocketry we're seeing today hasn't been available for very long. Elon basically came along at exactly the right time to make SpaceX possible. |
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Posted: 12/19/2021 5:08:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: That's a bigger deal than a lot of folks want to admit. Yes, NASA fucked the dog for a long time, but the computing power needed for the rocketry we're seeing today hasn't been available for very long. Elon basically came along at exactly the right time to make SpaceX possible. There were plenty of websites that offered streaming videos. YouTube just happened to be the one that got big when high speed internet became widespread. Over and over again I seek examples of things that weren't successes simply because they were ahead of their time. Heck, if 2008 had been a worse year for Elon SpaceX might have gone bankrupt and then where would we be? Rocket Lab probably wouldn't be planning a Falcon 9 competitor, we would be even angrier at Boeing for going so slow on the Starliner program and Blue Origin might be as big a thing as its leadership and lawyers make it out to be. |
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Posted: 12/20/2021 12:48:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Falcon 9, CRS-24
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its fourth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the 24th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.." 2) Launch window: 5:06 AM EST (21 December 2021) 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  CRS-24 Mission c. Likely on NASA TV such as here: NASA TV 5) Launch preparations: a. Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) on its way. Source: SpaceOffshore twitter  b. Payload and booster on way to launch pad:  Source: SpaceOffshore twitter c. Ready to launch   Credit: NASA and NASA's Kennedy Space Center 6) First stage return/disposal: JRTI drone ship recovery. 7) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:31 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:35 Stage separation 00:02:42 Second stage starts 00:06:31 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:00 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:18 1st stage landing burn begins 00:08:40 Second stage engine cutoff 00:08:44 1st stage landing burn ends 00:11:51 Dragon separates from second stage |
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Posted: 12/20/2021 7:48:54 AM EDT
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"The launch team could be facing a challenging weather forecast, according to 45th Weather Squadron.
The latest weather report shows conditions only to be 30-percent favorable for Tuesday’s launch. “Less than favorable conditions are expected for the primary launch window early Tuesday morning, with the main concerns associated with this weather the Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layer Rule, and Surface Electric Field Rule,” said 45th Weather Squadron in a released statement." |
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Posted: 12/21/2021 5:59:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
[#16]
The webcast is live. Weather is No Go at T- 5 minutes but may become green for launch.
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Posted: 12/21/2021 6:05:43 AM EDT
[#17]
Weather is now GO.
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Posted: 12/21/2021 6:17:22 AM EDT
[#18]
100th successful first stage landing.
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Posted: 12/21/2021 6:25:07 AM EDT
[#19]
Successful Dragon deployment.
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Posted: 12/21/2021 6:40:42 AM EDT
[#20]
Couldn't see it, barely heard it.
Mist/fog so thick that not even the glow of the launch could be seen. Good landing. Booster has a pronounced lean to it though. JRTI goes for it's complete makeover when it returns to Port, it will be a twin to ASOG when finished. |
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Posted: 12/21/2021 8:45:28 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: 100th successful first stage landing. 
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Posted: 12/21/2021 9:00:03 AM EDT
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One of my prized possessions is a part of the grid fin assembly from the first booster to successfully land on a barge and be re-used. Still has the “Flown hardware” tag attached.
Going to get a large shadow box made for it. |
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Posted: 12/21/2021 9:24:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dorobuta: One of my prized possessions is a part of the grid fin assembly from the first booster to successfully land on a barge and be re-used. Still has the “Flown hardware” tag attached. Going to get a large shadow box made for it. That's pretty cool. How did you obtain it? |
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Posted: 12/21/2021 10:01:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2021 2:06:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2021 2:10:52 PM EDT
[#26]
When did they move "Of Course I still Love You" to the West Coast?
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Posted: 12/21/2021 2:14:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By david05111: When did they move "Of Course I still Love You" to the West Coast? June/July (pg 60) |
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Posted: 12/21/2021 2:37:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2021 3:55:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: david05111]
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: June/July (pg 60) Ah interesting, thanks. Always thought that was a cute name for the ship |
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Posted: 12/22/2021 8:09:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hesperus]
[#30]
People keep saying that the Webb Telescope couldn't go up on a Falcon Heavy because the Heavy's fairing is something like 4.6 meters and Webb needed at least 5 meters.
How hard would it be to design a new fairing for a Falcon? |
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Posted: 12/22/2021 8:22:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: People keep saying that the Webb Telescope couldn't go up on a Falcon Heavy because the Heavy's fairing is something like 4.6 meters and Webb needed at least 5 meters. How hard would it be to design a new fairing for a Falcon? the expense of that process – likely $50M-$100M to get to 5.4+ |
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Posted: 12/26/2021 5:01:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/26/2021 6:19:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By texashomeserver: the expense of that process – likely $50M-$100M to get to 5.4+ Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By texashomeserver: Originally Posted By Hesperus: People keep saying that the Webb Telescope couldn't go up on a Falcon Heavy because the Heavy's fairing is something like 4.6 meters and Webb needed at least 5 meters. How hard would it be to design a new fairing for a Falcon? the expense of that process – likely $50M-$100M to get to 5.4+ From a pure cost perspective, Falcon Heavy would almost certainly have been cheaper, even with the bigger fairing. That said, remember that the launch was part of Europe's contribution to the Webb. So it's politics and funding your own industry, not pure cost. If it were up to NASA, it probably doesn't go up on an Ariane, but it really wasn't up to NASA. |
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Posted: 12/26/2021 7:23:57 PM EDT
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If it wasn't for the fact that they are pouring all their resources into Starship, designing a new fairing might be a useful project for other large payloads.
But yeah, unless something absurd happened like... I don't know, all out war near the launch site. This thing was going up in an Ariane if only because of various aforementioned obligations. Still, they got their part of the job done. For now that's what matters. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 12:11:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/29/2021 2:05:23 PM EDT
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B1069 slid on the deck of JRTI on landing.
It's in a precarious position, plan is to get the tophat placed on the booster as soon as they get it docked. It should be at the dock in about an hour, going to try and get some pics. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:15:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:23:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:24:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:42:30 PM EDT
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Are there dents on the rocket nozzles from the slide, or is that a trick of the light?
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:47:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grendelsbane: Are there dents on the rocket nozzles from the slide, or is that a trick of the light? They look a little bendy. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:48:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grendelsbane: Are there dents on the rocket nozzles from the slide, or is that a trick of the light? yes. They probably sacrificed the nozzles to get octagrabber underneath so they wouldn't lose the entire booster. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 3:51:01 PM EDT
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Oof, that's going to be expensive.
Still, Better to have them there and bent than on the bottom of the ocean. There's got to be some pretty valuable metals in those... |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 4:09:24 PM EDT
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damage to one of the legs
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Posted: 12/29/2021 5:00:20 PM EDT
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One hundred booster recoveries. That may be close to 100 more than anyone else (Rocket Lab?).
An occasional issue does not mar the overall success. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 5:35:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
[#46]
at least 2 legs damaged
eta: all of the legs are damaged 
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Posted: 12/29/2021 5:46:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/29/2021 5:49:56 PM EDT
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I bet all those engines get replaced
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Posted: 12/29/2021 8:18:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RyanEsstac: I bet all those engines get replaced I think they are on the fence about scrapping the entire booster, more to come when it gets inspected. Just downloading the pics I took today, but nothing super-duper. |
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Posted: 12/29/2021 8:26:13 PM EDT
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