Mitchz95 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Do we know what time on Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 No time on NSF, but their usually noonish, extending out till late evening. Reddit.com/r/Spacex usually has people who obsess over Twitter finding people talking about the test, get the news out fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_8930 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 SES 9 static fire has been completed, according to SpaceX's Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) The webcast events are listed on YouTube. Like the Jason-3 launch, there's a hosted version and a technical version. I have a good feeling about this one. Looking forward to it. Edited February 23, 2016 by Mitchz95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbonautInTraining Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Just noticed the webcasts' thumbnails portray Mars being terraformed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 10 minutes ago, KerbonautInTraining said: Just noticed the webcasts' thumbnails portray Mars being terraformed... Yeah, Elon's a big proponent of Earthifying Mars once we have the tech and economy to support it. I certainly hope it becomes possible one day; I like the idea of mankind spreading life through the universe. Even if I won't be here to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hcube Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Mitchz95 said: Yeah, Elon's a big proponent of Earthifying Mars once we have the tech and economy to support it. I certainly hope it becomes possible one day; I like the idea of mankind spreading life through the universe. Even if I won't be here to see it. Inevitably sounds a lot like billions of virions escaping a lysing cell towards a new host to infect and exploit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Depends if those virions are exploiting existing ecosystems or barren rocks. Especially if the 'exploitation' produces an environment which favours or re-awakens any native lifeforms and then treats those lifeforms with appropriate care and respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Hcube said: Inevitably sounds a lot like billions of virions escaping a lysing cell towards a new host to infect and exploit it Your optimism is inspiring. But seriously, who gets hurt if we spread life to a dead rock? It might be different if there's present-day life there already, but I'm fairly sure that's not the case. And even if it is, the solar system only has a couple billion years of life left anyway. Any native life forms wouldn't have a chance to evolve into sentient beings before the Sun turns into a red giant. Terraforming Mars would benefit mankind and harm no one. But that's a topic for another thread, of which I'm sure there are several already. Edited February 23, 2016 by Mitchz95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 9 hours ago, Mitchz95 said: Yeah, Elon's a big proponent of Earthifying Mars once we have the tech and economy to support it. I certainly hope it becomes possible one day; I like the idea of mankind spreading life through the universe. Even if I won't be here to see it. We might begin Terraforming by the end of the century, granted, it'd take well over 100-1000 years, but we'd likely start before 2100 to make things easier for the colonists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Mechs Robot Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Technical Webcast Full Webcast EDIT: Scrubbed from 24-Feb to 25-Feb. Same time. Edited February 25, 2016 by Tex Mechs Robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Mechs Robot Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 We're about 2 hours away from the start of the broadcast. Launch time is set for 6:46 PM Eastern and the broadcast should begin approximately 20 minutes before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredinno Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said: What happened to the rest of the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 1 hour ago, fredinno said: What happened to the rest of the photo? It's a tweet. Try refreshing the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Scrubbed for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Mechs Robot Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Mission scrubbed to 25-Feb due to weather. Same time tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal01 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Rumors that this was because of a GSE issue, ie: not just weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuky Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On their facebook SpaceX wrote that they delayed the launch to ensure that LOX is as cold as possible The Falcon 9 remains healthy in advance of SpaceX and SES’s mission to deliver the SES-9 satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Out of an abundance of caution, the team opted to hold launch for today to ensure liquid oxygen temperatures are as cold as possible in an effort to maximize performance of the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 guess that they still need to refine and fix the teething issues on their subcooling systems. deep cryo really seems to add layers of complexity at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredinno Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 5 hours ago, sgt_flyer said: guess that they still need to refine and fix the teething issues on their subcooling systems. deep cryo really seems to add layers of complexity at the moment. Yeah, I don't think it really was worth the difficulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekL1963 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 12 minutes ago, fredinno said: 5 hours ago, sgt_flyer said: guess that they still need to refine and fix the teething issues on their subcooling systems. deep cryo really seems to add layers of complexity at the moment. Yeah, I don't think it really was worth the difficulty. Maximizing performance of the first stage means maximizing the payload while still retaining enough reserve to recover to the landing site. Short term PITA, longer term probably at least a medium win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, DerekL1963 said: Maximizing performance of the first stage means maximizing the payload while still retaining enough reserve to recover to the landing site. Short term PITA, longer term probably at least a medium win. This. Wasn't it like a 10 or 15% gain in performance from the super chill alone? That's pretty significant for a rocket. It's a brand new technology, just like their landings. There's going to be a learning curve. Decembers launch and landing demonstrated that it does work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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