KerbonautInTraining Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Just now, Camacha said: No one is going to scrub your giant living room. Hue hue hue hue Also it's good to hear the launch is not scrubbed, for now at least. Somebody, please blast a signal at the boat to high tail it out of the exclusion zone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 And if there's one thing SpaceX has demonstrated, it's an uncanny ability to smash rockets into ships... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Theres no way they can keep the fuel temps where they need to be by time there ready to go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuphonsReach Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) So if the strongback is up, I'm guessing that the clock will reset to around T minus 5 minutes... and there it goes.] Was T-5:13, now T-10:42 http://spaceflight101.com/falcon-9-dragon-countdown-timeline/ or if this is the full-thrust variant: http://spaceflight101.com/falcon-9-ft-countdown-timeline/ Edited February 28, 2016 by WuphonsReach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: And if there's one thing SpaceX has demonstrated, it's an uncanny ability to smash rockets into ships... This is one time I'd pay to see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Reset to 10:42... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes. That's a lot of minutes. Edited February 28, 2016 by Motokid600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Motokid600 said: Theres no way they can keep the fuel temps where they need to be by time there ready to go again. They were speaking of recycling, not holding out. They have two or three cycles in the launch window, but as has been discussed before, this whole supercooling thing makes the process tedious and prone to failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen_Heart Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Damn 3rd fail to launch in a row. Hope they can still attempt it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Motokid600 said: 10 minutes. That's a lot of minutes. It's LIES. Dirty lies in the top right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLestat Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Could that sailboat doing this on purpose? Is not spacex responsibility to clear up the range.. after all the requirements that different agencies ask them, they should do their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugix Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Strongback is still up, they might be able to refill the tanks with supercooled LOX. Recycled to 10:42 now. When the range is green they might be able to restart the countdown from that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: 90 minutes I heard. Half hour to load fuel, maybe there's still a chance? if they need to replace the propellants by a fresh batch, they need to fully drain the propellants before. (it's not instantaneous to empty the tanks) + the 30mn to refuel it. the 'lox' venting we saw was simply the boiloff that accumulated since they closed the valves. for now they keep topping off, but the more they wait, the more the propellants heat up, and the less overall performances they'll have (as the propellants becomes less dense as it heats up, they need to remove some of it, so less delta-V) Edited February 29, 2016 by sgt_flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredinno Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 10 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Find that pilot/boater who wandered into the wrong place and slap them, ugh! I thinkhe was trying to get a better view of the rocket... Spoiler Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 1 minute ago, AngelLestat said: Could that sailboat doing this on purpose? The personal yacht of a certain Mr. Bezos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 What is that rushing noise we keep hearing"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpens Solidus Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leszek Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, fredinno said: I thinkhe was trying to get a better view of the rocket... Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents A better view of the rocket? Tie him up right underneath it at launch. Edited February 29, 2016 by Leszek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 14 minutes ago, Camacha said: The personal yacht of a certain Mr. Bezos 70% of the earth's surface is water and some putz just has to be in this tiny plot of it... [snip] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 "Scrambling helo" There sending a helicopter out?!? Lmao!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjee10 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I imagine Elon Musk himself descending from the helicopter on a harness screaming obscenities at the people on the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motokid600 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Its gotta be some shmuck trying to get a better view. Because any commercial liner would have a radio. A regular person should too, but... people are people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbonautInTraining Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, benjee10 said: I imagine Elon Musk himself descending from the helicopter on a harness screaming obscenities at the people on the boat. And as he's just about to reach the deck they all throw their hands up and scream: "It's just a prank bro!" Edited February 29, 2016 by KerbonautInTraining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanitis Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 "Dun' worry Mr Musk, we're only here to see the fireworks. We totally don't want to salvage the first stage ourselves." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Good thing they held it. I would of missed the launch, but not launching is bad. EDIT Did they say the 29th of feb? is it scubbed EDIT 2 Apparently not Edited February 29, 2016 by Dfthu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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