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Orion launch abort test


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Cool! That looks painful! D: I wonder how many Gs that pulls in an abort. 

Following close on the heels of Dragon’s abort test too ^_^ if I didn’t know how slow SLS is, it would kinda feel like a space race!

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1 hour ago, Scotius said:

Wow! Spectacular :) But... why no parachutes? Is NASA testing how the capsule can handle lithobraking too? :P

Looks like it was just boilerplate hardware and they didn't feel like the expense of parachutes was worth it.

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3 minutes ago, GeneCash said:

When it staged, I said "Jebediah! NO!"

Makes sense, the stream I was watching had an announcer that didn't seem to know much... and he started saying "Now, in about 10 seconds.." just as the abort motors fired.

Since he called it a sunset like 4 times I figured the error was his.

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On 7/2/2019 at 9:55 PM, GeneCash said:

I work there and watched it.

When it staged, I said "Jebediah! NO!"

 

Nobody got it, except one friend that doubled-over laughing.

When it staged, or when it became clear when somebody left off the parachutes?

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On 7/3/2019 at 8:58 AM, tomf said:

It looks really weird the way the camera turns the sky black as the engine ignites. Makes it seem like there was a really sudden solar eclipse.

It's amazing how rockets are really bright AF. I can be 50 miles away at home, and a Falcon 9 or Atlas is still really bright to look at, especially at night. Almost as bad as a welding flare.

On 7/6/2019 at 10:17 AM, wumpus said:

When it staged, or when it became clear when somebody left off the parachutes?

When the booster splashed down, I almost said "do we revert to VAB now?" but I'm pretty sure I would have gotten punched.

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