tater Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) Edited April 29, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, tater said: I completely forgot about this fortunately, I’m able to watch at the new launch time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Livestream is up. https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtubeZUV53Nn3PhA T - 42 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 ...So it's been delayed to 11:43 now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Yeah, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Hmm, they've covered about 4/5 of the windows with Al foil. Any guesses why? T - 7:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) Dang... these guys are the specialists of holding. Approximately one hold every 20 seconds of counting. Definitely want to succeed. Edited April 29, 2018 by XB-70A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Good to see they're making absolutely sure that thing gets above 100 km. I wonder how often they'll be flying these things once they are ready for customers. There will probably be a long waiting list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Any reason for this last hold? I just tuned back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Ultimate Steve said: Any reason for this last hold? I just tuned back in. They don't give reasons for holds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Im watching it live with family. The hold is kind of annoying. It would be kind of nice for the people there to tell what the falcon is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Also, have they said anything interesting on the stream? I just got here, wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 "Mission 8"? A bit bombastic name for a test flight of sub-orbital rocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 7 minute delay. Better than 7 day delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaPaL Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Also, have they said anything interesting on the stream? I just got here, wondering. They said something about passengers of NS getting something for NG. some form of privilege I thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Very nice aerial shots of new Cape facility and launch complex 36 being rebuilt. Impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Going up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Is the sound messed up for anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Missed it by 5 minutes ! (at the time this post was conceived) Just asking, is New Shepherd have a rather... "small" TWR ? It near-immediately slants slightly horizontal after lift-off. Or is it just strong winds ? Or is it exactly the plan (so it doesn't land back on the launchpad) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Racescort666 said: Is the sound messed up for anyone else? Seems fine for me. For a moment I thought it wouldn't light the engine in time. Edited April 29, 2018 by Shpaget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 12 minutes ago, VaPaL said: They said something about passengers of NS getting something for NG. some form of privilege I thing Yes, NS passengers would get first dibs on NG tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Couple of tense seconds before chutes popped out And that landing did not look particularly soft to me - didn't she say something about retropropulsive boosters firing just seconds before touchdown to slow capsule down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Just now, Scotius said: Couple of tense seconds before chutes popped out And that landing did not look particularly soft to me - didn't she say something about retropropulsive boosters firing just seconds before touchdown to slow capsule down? Yes, although it was less than seconds. It looked like a really hard touchdown, but all the dust was just thrown up by the retrorockets (which IIRC is a pressurized gas system). I wonder how long it will take before they reveal the ticket prices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Why not? You've got ballsy folks with $$ to spend. Perfect customer. Yes, there are small retro rockets to slow down moments before touch down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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