StrandedonEarth Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) 52 minutes ago, _Augustus_ said: The booster corrodes in salt water, so it can't really be re-used. No, but they can hope it floats long to pry those pricey titanium grid fins off. E: of course, the logistics of actually doing so make that nearly impossible, especially in heavy seas Edited March 6, 2018 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Woohoo! According to SpaceFlightNow, we have a NET date for STP-2, the next Falcon Heavy flight! June 13. Which fortunately is not a Friday. Tho it’ll slip anyway, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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XB-70A Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) She’s currently sighing about her fate: Sorry for the quality, I had to take it on the camcorder screen. Edited March 6, 2018 by XB-70A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Tuned in! So what happens on the Countdown Net Audio channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Good old Norminal Insprucker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) No landing coverage?... ah, I guess I'll watch the launch anyway. Edited March 6, 2018 by Brotoro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Weather at sea too cruddy to move ASDS out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Still saying this is the heaviest bird.What about Intelsat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: Still saying this is the heaviest bird.What about Intelsat? I believe they said largest, but I might have misheard. Not as heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Just now, sevenperforce said: Still saying this is the heaviest bird.What about Intelsat? He said it was the size of a city bus, maybe its the largest, not the heaviest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Liftoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Did the fairing sep look a bit... slower than usual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 First stage entry burn callout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Elon's gonna pull those ti gridfins off himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Good orbital insertion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nightside said: Elon's gonna pull those ti gridfins off himself. I wonder what the plane’s call sign is, or if he’s got a special reg number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Did the fairing sep look a bit... slower than usual? I thought so too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Sat deployed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Mission success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 next launch March 29 from VAFB (Iridium Next 41-50), and another Fairing 2.0 try, I think. April has 5 F9 launches scheduled, only 1 of which is from VAFB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Just now, tater said: next launch March 29 from VAFB (Iridium Next 41-50), and another Fairing 2.0 try, I think. April has 5 F9 launches scheduled, only 1 of which is from VAFB! And now the long wait begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 At least 1 of the April launches slips to May, I think (1 is on the 30tj). The summer is amazingly light on launches, though 1 is FH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I’m reminded of a certain out of date cigarette ad, which, oddly enough, sort of resemble the long, skinny Falcon 9. And also emit smoke and kill you if you get too close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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