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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:16:47 AM EDT
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Boat out in the no-go zone....
 Someone is about to have a bad day.... |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:18:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJ-IN-JAX: Boat out in the no-go zone.... Someone is about to have a bad day.... 
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:19:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJ-IN-JAX: Boat out in the no-go zone.... Someone is about to have a bad day.... It’s probably Hunter trying to get rid of evidence… |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:21:48 AM EDT
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Are we a GO ?
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:28:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 1Tribe: Are we a GO ? T-minus 24min. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:44:23 AM EDT
[#6]
I hope I'm not the only one who thinks they're going to say "Butch & Sundance."
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:46:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Hesperus]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJ-IN-JAX: I hope I'm not the only one who thinks they're going to say "Butch & Sundance." 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!? |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:48:38 AM EDT
[#8]
4min mark
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:50:27 AM EDT
[#9]
How close will we get before the abort?
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:52:22 AM EDT
[#10]
Holy shit, it launched.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:53:32 AM EDT
[#11]
go space penis go!
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:55:43 AM EDT
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Finally. Safe journey astronauts.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:59:19 AM EDT
[#13]
Stage separation.
Things seem to be going well so far. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:59:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sh768: go space penis go!   |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 10:59:54 AM EDT
[#15]
So when does the booster land?
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:00:57 AM EDT
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I'm having flashbacks of hitting my apogee. Frackn kerbals!
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:01:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CleverNickname: So when does the booster land? Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:06:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cgrant26: Holy shit, it launched. The multiplex countdown timer stop button actuator digitizer recoder must have malfunctioned |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:06:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cgrant26: Holy shit, it launched. It still has to make it to space Buc-Eeeees and back. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:06:30 AM EDT
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Main Engine Cut Off.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:06:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: Originally Posted By CleverNickname: So when does the booster land? Right about now, at the speed of sound into the Atlantic Ocean. That sounds pretty wasteful IMO. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:08:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CleverNickname: That sounds pretty wasteful IMO. 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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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:12:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:12:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CleverNickname]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: 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. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: Originally Posted By CleverNickname: That sounds pretty wasteful IMO. 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. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:16:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CleverNickname: I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster. 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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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:25:48 AM EDT
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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. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:26:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:28:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RattleCanAR: 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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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:39:32 AM EDT
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it fent!
didn't do anything special for the launch, so of course it went! Watched with the neighbors while monitoring LCC coms on the radio.. It came above the trees for a second and then went behind the clouds... it did come out on the other side and I'm downloading pics from my camera atm. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:40:53 AM EDT
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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.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 11:51:17 AM EDT
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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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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:11:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: 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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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:11:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: 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. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:19:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CleverNickname:
I dunno, most of the launches I've seen lately have landed the booster. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:25:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hesperus]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By subcomunic8r: SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it. 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. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:27:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:33:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher15: Also so ULA could dispose of the Centaur stage. Yep. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 12:34:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
That's real white of him.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 1:06:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2024 1:18:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Yep. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Originally Posted By Cypher15: Also so ULA could dispose of the Centaur stage. Yep. |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 1:24:15 PM EDT
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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".
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Posted: 6/5/2024 1:26:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Genin: 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".
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Posted: 6/5/2024 1:36:53 PM EDT
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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 |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 2:02:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher15: 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 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher15: Originally Posted By Genin: 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". 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.
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Posted: 6/5/2024 2:05:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gmtmaster: 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 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. 
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Posted: 6/5/2024 3:33:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By subcomunic8r: SpaceX is the only one landing/reusing rockets. I don't think NASA has ever done it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By subcomunic8r: Originally Posted By CleverNickname: 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. Click To View Spoiler Click To View Spoiler |
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Posted: 6/5/2024 5:08:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2024 5:59:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RiverSwine45]
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Posted: 6/5/2024 6:03:01 PM EDT
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Awesome.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2024 6:08:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIt looks like a giant... |
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