Majorjim! Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Canopus said: they were still pushing the human mission narrative very hard in the stream did they not? Focusing on BFR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekL1963 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Watching the FH launch brings joy... and a certain sadness. I watched so many historic launches, from Apollo through Shuttle, with my dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Entirely unacceptable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llanthas Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, razark said: Yeah. One of my coworkers here remarked that he was kind of sad it wasn't NASA. Hrm... Is SpaceX hiring in the IT department? I've applied a few times, never got a response. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher_00 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Upper stage restart in about 25 minutes.. Will the live stream come back for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Canopus said: they were still pushing the human mission narrative very hard in the stream did they not? Press conference yesterday pretty much put the nail in that coffin. Everything is about BFR now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Matuchkin said: Holy crepe, did it? It's the hardest part in KSP setups like this... if KSP ever taught us anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, sh1pman said: If it failed to land, they need to solve the issue. If it destroyed the ASDS, well... they need to build another. Seeing as the recovery of spent boosters is not critical to launching a mission, it may be a lower priority than others. But that said, it is a major reason they are doing this so economically ($90 mil "pr stunt" ), so it is a big priority to get that fixed. But it won't stop customers from buying flight time, as the cost is on the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal7 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, DAL59 said: Now I'm very optimistic that this is just 6 years away: People are never landing on Mars. Too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugix Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I doubt it missed the barge, loss of signal on the barges happened before. It is because the roar of the booster starts swinging the antenna so vividly it can't broadcast anymore. This means the booster has at least been above the barge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyko Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Does anyone have a link to an explanation of how the boosters get back to Cape Canaveral? Like what the flight and return/descent profile looks like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matuchkin Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Somebody have a source on the central core? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG3 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Looks like star man forgot his wallet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, Technical Ben said: It's the hardest part in KSP setups like this... if KSP ever taught us anything. And this was where I finally ran out of likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, Kerbal7 said: People are never landing on Mars. Too expensive. Never is a very long time. Just you wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringkeeper Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, Kerbal7 said: People are never landing on Mars. Too expensive. I wouldn't say never but surely not in 6 years and probably neither in 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Industries Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: And this was where I finally ran out of likes. I have some left, i'll do it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, Kerbal7 said: People are never landing on Mars. Too expensive. With respect, a year ago I would have said the same thing about putting a car into orbit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, hugix said: I doubt it missed the barge, loss of signal on the barges happened before. It is because the roar of the booster starts swinging the antenna so vividly it can't broadcast anymore. This means the booster has at least been above the barge. No guarantee they did not manually cut the feed if the core lost fuel/alignment due to error/failure or bad weather down from launch. At which point the barge could be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Ringkeeper said: rewatched now booster sep about 10 times.... thats sooooo awsome. That was the bit that I was most worried about, which is prob just because most of my KSP launch fails happen at booster sep. Was interested to hear that the design was to have a few ms delay between the top and bottom release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Kerbal7 said: People are never landing on Mars. Too expensive. Not that long ago anyone would have said the same about launching cars into orbit. Now look at us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, sh1pman said: If it destroyed the ASDS, well... they need to build another. *buy/lease: http://www.mcdonoughmarine.com/assets/mcd-spec-sheets_v8-marmac_303.pdf I love that this company is involved in space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randazzo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 That was amazing to watch. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, DerekL1963 said: Watching the FH launch brings joy... and a certain sadness. I watched so many historic launches, from Apollo through Shuttle, with my dad. I watched them with my mom, who was the space nut. She sat me up to watch Gemini launches I don't even remember, and every single manned flight from my birth. I think of her with every countdown, she would have loved this. That's partially why I took my son out of school to watch with me today I think, but your post made me realize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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