CatastrophicFailure Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Payload deployed, good mission! And apparently today was the 8 year anniversary of the first SpaceX launch from that pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Late launch, used booster, no recovery of any kind... as unremarked as most launches these days. Lotsa crickets in this thread too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Yeahhhhh. Private rocket launches are so boring and mundane nowadays. Only landings, very important interplanetary missions or test flights of new vessels bring any attention. Huh. Who would think it could ever happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, Scotius said: Yeahhhhh. Private rocket launches are so boring and mundane nowadays. Only landings, very important interplanetary missions or test flights of new vessels bring any attention. Huh. Who would think it could ever happen... A double-edged sword, this is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 4am in the morning for myself - not enough incentive to get up and watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Ben Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) On 6/2/2018 at 3:49 PM, tater said: Ready to be dropped into a DK book, lol. Nicely done. Give the artist a medal! A friend said "Did you hear, the Red Roadster crash back down and Elon said it's a bad week"... I said "It can't 'fall' back down... they did not belive me because "the news headline said... even though I never read it properly, but it *must* have fallen*". Why do people act so ignorant? Edited June 4, 2018 by Technical Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 6 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: And, we’re live... or at least the tunes are. What was the flaming thing falling to the ground around 13:16? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Technical Ben said: A friend said "Did you hear, the Red Roadster crash back down and Elon said it's a bad week"... I said "It can't 'fall' back down... they did not belive me because "the news headline said... even though I never read it properly, but it *must* have fallen*". Why do people act so ignorant? https://www.space.com/40765-malala-elon-musk-spacex-tesla-twitter-response.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVaughan Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 41 minutes ago, zolotiyeruki said: What was the flaming thing falling to the ground around 13:16? Youtube comments suggest it was just lense flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) On 6/3/2018 at 10:28 AM, Scotius said: I wonder if there's a storm cellar somewhere Space is vacuum. No rains, no storms. On 6/3/2018 at 10:28 AM, Scotius said: there is something looking like a circular tank wrapped around the bridge - RCS fuel, oxygen reserve, extra water? Yes. Spoiler They have batteries and can into electrolysis. P.S. I can't see a gym. Do they have a gym? Edited June 4, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 News, apparently. https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-delays-plans-to-send-space-tourists-to-circle-moon/ SpaceX will reportedly no longer be sending a pair of space tourists to circle the moon this year. The flight -- set up by the rocket company founded by billionaire Elon Musk -- was scheduled for late 2018, but this has been delayed, according to The Wall Street Journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 28 minutes ago, sh1pman said: News, apparently. https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-delays-plans-to-send-space-tourists-to-circle-moon/ SpaceX will reportedly no longer be sending a pair of space tourists to circle the moon this year. The flight -- set up by the rocket company founded by billionaire Elon Musk -- was scheduled for late 2018, but this has been delayed, according to The Wall Street Journal. We already knew that the flight has *probably* been bumped to BFR, unless it is delayed by more than a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Ultimate Steve said: We already knew that the flight has *probably* been bumped to BFR, unless it is delayed by more than a few years. That's why I said "apparently". I was surprised that the delay was in the news. Somehow I thought we already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 18 minutes ago, sh1pman said: That's why I said "apparently". I was surprised that the delay was in the news. Somehow I thought we already knew that. I think we all already knew, but I guess Mr/Mrs J. Average member of the public has heard no official announcement on the subject from SpaceX since they announced they were going to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 55 minutes ago, Steel said: I guess Mr/Mrs J. Average member of the public has heard no official announcement on the subject from SpaceX since they announced they were going to do it. Sure, but Mr/Mrs J. Average member of the public also doesn't care about space exploration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Is the media going to freak out about it now, almost half a year after announcement? Who is the real enemy, Elon time or Media time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Valve time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 4 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Space is vacuum. No rains, no storms. Solar storms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, Delay said: Valve time. One, two, two and a half... two and three quarters.... two and seven eighths... two and fifteen sixteenths... 2.98... 2.99... 2.995... 2.9999... 2.999999999... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 WHOA I just found something after doing a sitemap analysis of spacex.com: http://www.spacex.com/protected-page?destination=node/142446&protected_page=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.50calBMG Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Its password protected for us plebs without clearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Delay said: Sure, but Mr/Mrs J. Average member of the public also doesn't care about space exploration. Mr/Mrs J Average does care about trips to the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, mikegarrison said: Mr/Mrs J Average does care about trips to the moon. We did that in 1969, but now it's 2018. The average person probably doesn't even know that space travel is still a thing that regularly happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Delay said: We did that in 1969, but now it's 2018. The average person probably doesn't even know that space travel is still a thing that regularly happens. Of course they do. They know GPS, satellite TV, satellite weather photos, the Hubble, military spy satellites, and the space station. Just because they don't care about space station servicing missions or whether there is a delay in launching some weather sat for Bangladesh doesn't mean they are unaware of space stuff. They may not know a Falcon from a Long March or an Atlas from a Delta, but they do know the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Why can’t they just throw them up on a FH? doesnt need to be NASA approved if they’re private companies? It’s literally like me paying my mate to drive me somewhere and back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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