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Posted: 7/7/2021 4:26:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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some cool tilt-shift shots of OCISLY in Long Beach
     
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/7/2021 4:28:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: some cool tilt-zoom shots of OCISLY in Long Beach https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VcAA-3Sg?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t8gusVgAU_5do?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VoAAHMxs?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t_I-EUcAMtO4s?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5uEAvyVcAEXyxA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t02p2VIAMgDPf?format=jpg&name=orig Neat. That 4th pic looks like a hyper detailed model miniature in a bathtub. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 4:52:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: some cool tilt-zoom shots of OCISLY in Long Beach https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VcAA-3Sg?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t8gusVgAU_5do?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VoAAHMxs?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t_I-EUcAMtO4s?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5uEAvyVcAEXyxA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t02p2VIAMgDPf?format=jpg&name=orig Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 5:01:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By Chokey: some cool tilt-zoom shots of OCISLY in Long Beach https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VcAA-3Sg?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t8gusVgAU_5do?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VoAAHMxs?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t_I-EUcAMtO4s?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5uEAvyVcAEXyxA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t02p2VIAMgDPf?format=jpg&name=orig Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? I goofed, it's tilt-shift photography, not tilt-zoom. there are specific lenses that will make those shots or software that can do it too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt%E2%80%93shift_photography  
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Posted: 7/7/2021 5:01:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By Chokey: some cool tilt-zoom shots of OCISLY in Long Beach https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VcAA-3Sg?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t8gusVgAU_5do?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VoAAHMxs?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t_I-EUcAMtO4s?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5uEAvyVcAEXyxA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t02p2VIAMgDPf?format=jpg&name=orig Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? No Kidding! Really neat photos, any link to learn more? |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 6:05:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? Selective focus via tilt is often used to simulate a miniature scene, so much that "tilt-and-shift effect" has been used as a general term for some miniature faking techniques. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 7:45:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: I goofed, it's tilt-shift photography, not tilt-zoom. there are specific lenses that will make those shots or software that can do it too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By Chokey: some cool tilt-zoom shots of OCISLY in Long Beach https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VcAA-3Sg?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t8gusVgAU_5do?format=jpg&name=orig https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5ssv_9VoAAHMxs?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t_I-EUcAMtO4s?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5uEAvyVcAEXyxA?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5t02p2VIAMgDPf?format=jpg&name=orig Those photos look like plastic models. What's the deal with the lens? I goofed, it's tilt-shift photography, not tilt-zoom. there are specific lenses that will make those shots or software that can do it too.  Metal Heart by Keith Loutit - in HD 1st time I saw tilt shift was this video. 1st time I heard Robot High School. Jay |
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Posted: 7/9/2021 6:51:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2021 6:55:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: video
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Posted: 7/9/2021 7:01:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2021 7:09:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ssndude: No Kidding! Really neat photos, any link to learn more? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle |
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Posted: 7/10/2021 6:39:36 AM EDT
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Looking forward to ASOG getting here.
The new Octagrabber is much larger the other two that are on OCISLY and JRTI. The craft is also considerably larger , and not cluttered. Going to be cool seeing that coming into the Port with a booster on it and under its own power. |
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Posted: 7/15/2021 11:58:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/15/2021 2:25:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/16/2021 12:50:26 PM EDT
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Going to check out ASOG today , hope to get some good pics.
Trying to find out when the new Octagrabber gets lifted on to the deck. |
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Posted: 7/19/2021 7:55:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Here are the four people going up in a Crew Dragon this September.
 All smiles for our #Inspiration4 crew during Dragon simulations at @SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. @ChrisSembroski, @DrSianProctor, @rookisaacman, @ArceneauxHayley |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:23:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:29:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pavelow16478:
Groovy. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:32:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Here are the four people going up in a Crew Dragon this September. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6brrouXEAgl5ug?format=jpg&name=900x900 All smiles for our #Inspiration4 crew during Dragon simulations at @SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. @ChrisSembroski, @DrSianProctor, @rookisaacman, @ArceneauxHayley Guess they're going to show VG and BO how it's done. Anyway. Didn't the guy funding the trip raise millions for St Jude? Good charity. At least he's doing something positive with the money rather than giving it to Van Jones |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 5:00:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pavelow16478:
SpaceX just saved the US taxpayers ~$2 billion alone right there |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 7/23/2021 5:27:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Sodie]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pavelow16478:
This mission is going to cool! They are planning to melt their way down into the ice and see what is underneath!!!  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/alien-ocean-nasas-mission-to-europa |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 9:14:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: SpaceX just saved the US taxpayers ~$2 billion alone right there Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Originally Posted By Pavelow16478:
SpaceX just saved the US taxpayers ~$2 billion alone right there Plus Falcon Heavy puts on a hell of a show. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 7/28/2021 7:36:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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The Vandenberg Starlink 2-1 launch is now
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Posted: 7/28/2021 7:47:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LurkerII]
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Last tower section on the way up:
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Posted: 7/28/2021 7:48:18 AM EDT
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 Lift of Starship Orbital Launch Tower Section #9 |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 10:12:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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SpaceX Falcon rockets win yet another Moon lander launch contract
"In a bit of déjà vu, SpaceX’s Falcon rockets have secured yet another contract to launch a commercial Moon lander – this time from company Intuitive Machines. SpaceX’s eighth Moon lander launch contract overall and seventh scheduled Moon lander mission in the 2020s, Intuitive Machines revealed its third contract with SpaceX – a mission known as IM-3 – on August 10th. Like IM-1 and IM-2, IM-3 will rely on Intuitive Machines’ 1900 kg (~4200 lb) Nova-C lander. The company has upgraded the lander’s performance since its last contract and now says that IM-3 will deliver up to 130 kg (~290 lb) – not 100 kg, as previously stated – to the lunar surface. According to Intuitive Machines, IM-3 will launch no earlier than Q1 2024 and carry its 130-kilogram cargo to the Moon – though IM has yet to say where on the Moon it’s headed. In a unique twist, the company has implied that it purchased an entire Falcon 9 launch for the mission and will be able to support up to one ton (~2200 lb) of rideshare payloads as a result." 
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/13/2021 10:51:32 AM EDT
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SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch in two years is finally coming together
"USSF-44 is arguably the most important, as it will mark SpaceX’s first direct launch to geostationary orbit (GEO) for any customer – let alone one as exacting as the US military. USSF-52 is a much simpler and more traditional launch to an elliptical geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Finally, on August 12th, SpaceX filed an FCC application for rocket communication permissions. While otherwise ordinary, this particular request stated that it was for Falcon Heavy recovery operations and, more specifically, for the simultaneous recovery of two Falcon Heavy boosters at sea. Out of an abundance of caution and conservatism and combined with the generally challenging nature of direct-to-GEO launches, Falcon Heavy’s first such mission for the US military will require SpaceX to expend the rocket’s center booster and recover both side boosters at sea with two separate drone ships." Current launch date is in October 2021. |
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Posted: 8/15/2021 2:35:59 PM EDT
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Doug - one of the 2 new recovery ships
Bob is the other one still being fitted out.   
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/16/2021 1:31:06 PM EDT
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The next Falcon 9 launch appears to be CRS-23 on 28 August 2021. The status of the Vandenberg and Florida Starlink launches is unknown.
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Posted: 8/24/2021 7:24:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2021 7:31:37 PM EDT
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China is asshoe
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/24/2021 10:25:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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SpaceX’s newest drone ship to support first Falcon 9 landing later this week
 "SpaceX’s newest drone ship will reportedly support its first Falcon 9 booster recovery attempt ever as part of the company’s first launch in almost two months. "A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship is being prepared to depart Port Canaveral in the next 24 hours for the CRS-23 mission. This will be the very first mission for SpaceX's new droneship. ASOG is heading 300km downrange. Not expecting the voyage to be done autonomously. " Source: Gav Cornwell (@SpaceOffshore) August 24, 2021 Known as A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), that vessel is SpaceX’s third and newest “autonomous spaceport drone ship” and could potentially usher in a new era of rocket recovery for SpaceX according to CEO Elon Musk. Namely, Musk says that ASOG is designed to be the first truly autonomous drone ship. While existing ships Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) and Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) are technically autonomous in the sense that they are uncrewed during booster landings at sea, they must be towed to and from their recovery zones and are never far from a crewed support ship with a team of technicians." |
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Posted: 8/24/2021 10:39:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station." 2) Launch window: 3:37 AM EDT (28 August 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-23 Mission c. Likely on NASA TV such as here: NASA TV  CRS-23 Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) on its way. Source: SpaceOffshore twitter  A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship arrived at the CRS-23 landing zone at about 1am ET this morning. The tracking data indicates that the droneship was towed the entire way by tug Finn Falgout. b. Payload and booster: At the pad. Source: Ben Cooper@LaunchPhoto Falcon 9 rocket atop Pad 39A following rollout. Launch of CRS-23 resupply to the Int'l Space Station set for 3:37am EDT Saturday.  6) First stage return/disposal: ASOG ocean ship recovery. 7) Mission press kit: Online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:27 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:30 Stage separation 00:02:38 Second stage starts 00:02:43 1st stage boostback burn begins 00:05:49 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:38 1st stage landing 00:11:45 Dragon separates from second stage |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 10:44:09 AM EDT
[Last Edit: hdhogman]
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I set my alarm so that I don't miss the launch.
The drone ship needs a temporary new name. I.B.A., "It's been awhile." Seems like the last launch was years ago. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/25/2021 5:13:43 PM EDT
[#35]
 Kyle Montgomery @Kyle_M_Photo ASOG heading out for it's first mission for CRS-23. It is being towed out by Finn, but it might let loose under its own power once they are farther out. #SpaceXFleet #SpaceX #ASOG |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 5:15:52 PM EDT
[#36]
ASOG is certainly a lot cooler looking than the other droneships....
It looks like something from Metal Gear Solid |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 6:11:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
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Posted: 8/27/2021 4:09:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2021 4:10:56 PM EDT
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Astra launch in about 50 minutes from Kodiak, AK
 SCRUB: Astra Test Flight Scrubbed (Launch Vehicle 0006) |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 4:15:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2021 5:52:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: Astra launch in about 50 minutes from Kodiak, AK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvGiEtPxS0E |
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Posted: 8/27/2021 6:16:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cmatcher: Abort and scrubbed for the day. Engines looked to fire briefly at least. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cmatcher: Originally Posted By Chokey: Astra launch in about 50 minutes from Kodiak, AK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvGiEtPxS0E
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/27/2021 11:12:24 PM EDT
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"There is a 60% probability that weather conditions could prevent launch, primarily due to concerns about the risk of lightning and rainfall in the Falcon 9 and Cargo Dragon’s flight path."
I will be sleeping. This could be visible up to at least Virginia based upon previous launches. |
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Posted: 8/28/2021 3:06:55 AM EDT
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08/28/2021 00:48
Stephen Clark Stephen Clark The cumulus cloud rule is now observed “red” at the Kennedy Space Center. This constraint is associated with the risk of lightning that could strike the Falcon 9 rocket during ascent. There are 50 minutes left for the weather to clear in time for launch. |
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Posted: 8/28/2021 3:12:51 AM EDT
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/28/2021 3:27:39 AM EDT
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The mask wearing looks stupid.
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Posted: 8/28/2021 3:30:45 AM EDT
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Scrubbed
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CO, USA
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Posted: 8/28/2021 3:30:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Scrub...weather issue.
314 AM EDT on Sunday morning is the next attempt. |
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Posted: 8/28/2021 9:31:29 PM EDT
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Forecast is "Cloudy" for 03:14 AM time frame. Could that be a problem? Everything else looks good.
https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/KXMR/date/2021-08-29 |
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Posted: 8/29/2021 2:49:53 AM EDT
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Should be ~10min until stream comes alive.
CRS-23 Mission |
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