Just Jim Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, Spaceception said: Yep, still only music though. Do you think they'll talk about the FH in this stream? Possibly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 26 minutes ago, tater said: No, this launch is expendable. Of Course I Still Love You could not recover the stage, get back, then be back out for FH. In addition, it's an old booster. I understand quite well that they don't have enough time between launches to recover both boosters, but it just makes me wonder, just a little bit... ...What if they just landed it a little off to the side, so they had room... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB666 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Just Jim said: My phone just pinged, are we live??? no yes Edited January 31, 2018 by PB666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yeah, it's live. 1 minute ago, cubinator said: I understand quite well that they don't have enough time between launches to recover both boosters, but it just makes me wonder, just a little bit... ...What if they just landed it a little off to the side, so they had room... This was planned expendable long before a FH launch date existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher_00 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Here we go! (i hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 HYPE TRAAAAAAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfury Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 T- 10 minutes guys everything looking good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 1 minute ago, tater said: This was planned expendable long before a FH launch date existed. Understood, but are the boosters and barge physically able to do that if they decided it would be useful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, tater said: This was planned expendable long before a FH launch date existed. Cite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfury Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, cubinator said: Understood, but are the boosters and barge physically able to do that if they decided it would be useful? There would be enough room probably, but the exhaust of the second landing rocket would damage the first one, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 1 minute ago, Nightfury said: There would be enough room probably, but the exhaust of the second landing rocket would damage the first one, I think Seems likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Oh wow... the Prince and Princess are here? Too cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Cite? Read it on NSF or one of the Chrises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, tater said: Read it on NSF or one of the Chrises. No one knows how heavy GovSat-1 is, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, Nightfury said: There would be enough room probably, but the exhaust of the second landing rocket would damage the first one, I think I say it would be an good chance of they hitting each others. The older stages would require an pretty intensive checkout if used more than twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher_00 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Just Jim said: Oh wow... the Prince and Princess are here? Too cool!!! I think they are a Duke and Duchesse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Luxembourg Edited January 31, 2018 by cypher_00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: No one knows how heavy GovSat-1 is, right? According to the SpaceX press kit, "over 4 metric tons". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfury Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 T- 1 minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 So despite this flight being expendable, they are having landing legs and fins on it to do a "pretend recovery"? I hope they can show the landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Will we see FH from the rocket cam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said: According to the SpaceX press kit, "over 4 metric tons". Should be no trouble recovering it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 -20! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 LIFTOFFFFFFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Liftoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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