Ultimate Steve Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 From SFN, might be normal, might mean a delay: T-minus 23 minutes and holding. Rocket Lab says the countdown has paused while officials work to configure a downrange telemetry asset for launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKraken Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Adjusting business socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) Latest tweet says holding “just for a few minutes,” YouTube link is counting: Dang it, Murray the Cable Guy, do not screw this up again! Edited June 23, 2018 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I NEVER WANT TO HOLD AGAIN ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 tho, given that tomorrow’s a Saturday, I wouldn’t be heartbroken if it got scrubbed... as I’ve only got 20 min left tonite to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Scrub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Next attempt late Sunday/early Monday: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Just a question. Is recycling a booster more environemntally friendly or the electron rocket is better? Shut up, hydrazine and nitrogen tetraoxide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Xd the great said: Just a question. Is recycling a booster more environemntally friendly or the electron rocket is better? Shut up, hydrazine and nitrogen tetraoxide. Electron is still dumping trash into the ocean, but in all fairness, it’s a bloody big ocean. AFAIK, there’s nothing really nasty on the booster, kerosene and li-ion batteries would be the worst, the latter of which just ends up on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 55 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Electron is still dumping trash into the ocean, but in all fairness, it’s a bloody big ocean. AFAIK, there’s nothing really nasty on the booster, kerosene and li-ion batteries would be the worst, the latter of which just ends up on the bottom. Indeed, better to deal with those container ships first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 2 hours ago, cubinator said: Indeed, better to deal with those container ships first. What about container ships? Note its some cargo capacity difference between shipping and orbital launches, an very high order of magnitude or you are not fat compared to Jupiter. Yes rockets is an so small business its not an environmental issue outside of local. This might change if scaled up a lot. You also have lobbying, then spaceX has splatted all their block 4 they might argue that discarding rocket stages is littering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Well yeah, rocket launches are not such a big deal, unless something blew up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: What about container ships? They are more environmentally damaging than rockets as we use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 That’s 5:30pm PDT/8:30EDT... seems to be a recurring theme with RL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I hope the winds actually wind down for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) inside 20 minutes. Still no livestream yet.. *dammit* nevermind. Delayed again, at least 2 hours... Edited June 26, 2018 by GoSlash27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On the website it says "Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than 14:10 NZST (02:10 UTC)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 22 minutes ago, GoSlash27 said: inside 20 minutes. Still no livestream yet.. *dammit* nevermind. Delayed again, at least 2 hours... You're two hours early. No delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, cubinator said: You're two hours early. No delay. cubinator, The original launch time was definitely bumped when I made my post. I wasn't early, the launch was delayed. Best, -Slashy Edited June 26, 2018 by GoSlash27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 19 minutes ago, GoSlash27 said: cubinator, The original launch time was definitely bumped when I made my post. I wasn't early, the launch was delayed. Best, -Slashy I see the delay now on their website, I think 14:30 just looks like 12:30 and I didn't realize it had changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 cubinator, No worries, I just get paranoid that my system's confused because I have auto time update disabled (reasons). Just making sure I'm not crazy -Slashy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 45 minutes to the new window. Still on track... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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