StrandedonEarth Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 9 candles lit!.... but no liftoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 launch ABORT!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 nooooo! what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Abort! what happened!???! I swear I saw flames! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, Wingman703 said: Abort! what happened!???! I swear I saw flames! The launch can be aborted up to a second after ignition. Edited February 29, 2016 by Camacha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 guess that the computers detected a fault at ignition. so it'll be back to the vab for analysis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjee10 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 There still seems to be some fire going on down there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuphonsReach Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just now, StrandedonEarth said: 9 candles lit!.... but no liftoff My guess is that they did *not* have all 9 candles lit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredinno Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, Motokid600 said: Honestly has a boat EVER even come close to being hit by a rocket stage? No, because noone ever launches if there is a boat underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Something definitely didn't look right when it lit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 My god it was Gemini 6A all over again. Just... not manned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) -- Edited February 29, 2016 by Camacha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_8930 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just now, Motokid600 said: My god it was Gemini 6A all over again. Just... not manned I would say it's COTS C2+ over again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 it's really quite impressive that they can call an abort at that late stage and save all the hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, fredinno said: No, because noone ever launches if there is a boat underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjee10 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 This has not been a lucky launch. Still, better to be cautious than... exploded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, katateochi said: it's really quite impressive that they can call an abort at that late stage and save all the hardware I understand they upgraded the launch clamps for this reason. They will only release after it is confirmed all is well and running at full power. Edited February 29, 2016 by Camacha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yea defiantly better then boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, WuphonsReach said: My guess is that they did *not* have all 9 candles lit. No, apparently not, I had typed that in the last 30 seconds of countdown... and then had to add more. I saw the engines light and then was like "ok, lift off already... where's the liftoff?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just now, katateochi said: it's really quite impressive that they can call an abort at that late stage and save all the hardware History has demonstrated the importance of doing just that, i.e. Gemini 6 above. KSP needs a failure mode like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_8930 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just now, CatastrophicFailure said: History has demonstrated the importance of doing just that, i.e. Gemini 6 above. KSP needs a failure mode like this. I would say modifying the launch clams and Dang it to support these failures...or modify MechJeb to cut the engines off when Dang it sends a random failure to the engines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuphonsReach Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 1 minute ago, StrandedonEarth said: No, apparently not, I had typed that in the last 30 seconds of countdown... and then had to add more. I saw the engines light and then was like "ok, lift off already... where's the liftoff?" At least we weren't asking "where's the ka-boom? there was supposed to be an Earth-shattering ka-boom!" Good that design features work as expected and vehicle is safe again. Wonder how many days delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 "Not scrubbed for tonight"... yeah... umm... not holding my breath on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuky Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 still not scrubbed for tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 It would be cool if it launch tonight but I highly doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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