Scotius Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 And scrub. Better luck tomorrow, SpaceX And i guess i will have to watch the replay on YT. Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Dang! Just been officially scrubbed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Delay said: But I do agree: It's better to have an abort on the ground and wait until the next day than losing an entire, million dollar worth rocket plus payload. Even if it means that some of us won't be able to see the launch then... Looking at you, @Scotius. I sometimes "abort" my trip out from the house... as I forget to lock the door/my lunch/my wallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 SpaceX may be ridiculously cheaper than everybody else on the market, but the delays and scrubs and dependencies...it makes them look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Haha the guy. *Akward pause* *Looks at laptop* ''BLOCK 5 IS BEING EATEN BY ALLIGATORS* *Ok i think we will have to shut down the webcast for today* *End of webcast* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: SpaceX may be ridiculously cheaper than everybody else on the market, but the delays and scrubs and dependencies...it makes them look bad. Rockets are complicated. Everybody else has the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 With all of Elon's talk about AI, you'd think they'd have a fast AI to provide concrete go-no-go for a team review following abort. 3 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Rockets are complicated. Everybody else has the same. Not ULA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: SpaceX may be ridiculously cheaper than everybody else on the market, but the delays and scrubs and dependencies...it makes them look bad. Thats sad but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: Not ULA. ULA has scrubbed launches too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Aw, flarp on a Pringle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Block 5 is off to a fantastic start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: With all of Elon's talk about AI, you'd think they'd have a fast AI to provide concrete go-no-go for a team review following abort. Not ULA. Not true. http://spaceflight101.com/atlas-v-rocket-rolls-back-after-three-back-to-back-launch-scrubs/ Quote irst two attempts ending in a stand-down due to weather and teams backing out of the third countdown due to a technical issue on the rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Ive lost count of how many times I’ve been waiting for an atlas launch and it gets held for some reason. Id much rather wait a day than see it explode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: With all of Elon's talk about AI, you'd think they'd have a fast AI to provide concrete go-no-go for a team review following abort. Secret video feed from SpaceX launch control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 That was just October, it happens to all providers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: ULA has scrubbed launches too. It happens. But not often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: It happens. But not often. Still nothing compared to Roscosmos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: So its not the rocket? Pfew... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, CatastrophicFailure said: Microsoft pushed a new Windows Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 25 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Microsoft pushed a new Windows Update? No, those are for weather forecasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 As far as the slipping issue goes, I counted back 10 missions each for the Falcon, Atlas, and Delta families, including today's Falcon 9. This doesn't count delays, only scrubs the day of launch, and 10 might not be far back enough to get a true picture. Falcon - 2 scrubs. Delta - 2 scrubs (although the site I'm using only goes back a few years and the 2 was only out of 8 flights). Atlas - 5 scrubs, although 4 of them were that one that got really unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 SpaceX airlines: “To the passengers of BFR flight New-York - Shanghai, the flight has been scrubbed till tomorrow due to some ground computers acting strangely. Have a nice day!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Near in mind Atlas has also had in-flight issues such as an H2 leak that resulted in MECO 8 seconds early. The only reason it was not LOM was because Centaur had enough margin to make up the shortfall. Nobody is perfect. But Atlas hasn’t had an LOM for quite some time.At least they don’t have a record like Proton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Nobody is perfect. But Atlas hasn’t had an LOM for quite some time.At least they don’t have a record like Proton Correct, nobody is perfect. I believe Atlas and Falcon are both doing about the same as far as scrubs, with SpaceX being ahead in delays, but Atlas V has never actually had an LOM, only one partial success. True about Proton, though. The last 13 launches have been successful, but 2010-2015 there was at least one total failure per year, including my favorite: The accelerometers being installed upside-down. Edited May 10, 2018 by Ultimate Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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