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AckSed Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Well now. I look forward to its career with great interest. Let's hope for 2024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Just went live for a launch supposedly in ~38 minutes. Which means ignore for 37.5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 On some endless hold. I'll likely miss it as it's in a muted tab. And pasted X links not embedding again. https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1792193887945052424 The link url has to be twitter.com, not x.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Just happened to look at this thread about 20 seconds before ignition. It's kind of cringe inducing. "Astronauts" going to "space"... yeah whatever. More like some rich [diminutive of Richard]s going on a glorified carnival ride in a rocket that looks like a [diminutive of Richard]. I mean "Let’s light this candle"? Give me a break... Using a phrase of that historical significance for this flight is super pretentious. Edited May 19 by PakledHostage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 7 minutes ago, PakledHostage said: I mean "Let’s light this candle"? Give me a break... Using a phrase of that historical significance for this flight is super pretentious. To be fair, "Fix your little problem and light this candle" is an Alan Shepard quote—before his suborbital spaceflight. It's actually appropriate here, and the rocket is literally named for Shepard. But yes, the coverage is cringe inducing. I suppose it is part of what the actual customers are paying for, however. To THEM, it's cool, not cringe, and a record of their flight. They had a chute not fully deploy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 9 minutes ago, tater said: To be fair, "Fix your little problem and light this candle" is an Alan Shepard quote—before his suborbital spaceflight. It's actually appropriate here, and the rocket is literally named for Shepard. Fair enough, but there's a lot of historical context associated with the original usage of that phrase that doesn't apply here, and that's what makes using it pretentious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 13 minutes ago, PakledHostage said: Fair enough, but there's a lot of historical context associated with the original usage of that phrase that doesn't apply here, and that's what makes using it pretentious. Well, nearly all of them have unplanned holds, so sort of applies One of the customers should say that after sitting around an extra half hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 One chute didn't open, but the ship had insurance, and the prayers of the insurance agency have put it softly on ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 14 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: One chute didn't open, but the ship had insurance, and the prayers of the insurance agency have put it softly on ground. As I understand one chute is backup, landing will be rougher but fine if one fails. Reason to have 3-4 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 53 minutes ago, magnemoe said: As I understand one chute is backup, landing will be rougher but fine if one fails. Reason to have 3-4 of them Yes. Better 4. Spoiler For luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Missed a golden opportunity here to call it New Evergiven, New Billy O’Tea, New Istanbul-Not-Constantinople, anything better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 That is as imaginative as the name given to a very large telescope called the Very Large Telescope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 “Still Reading the Instructions.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Sounds like they just rolled with the default file name in the Landing Platform Vessel design program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, Deddly said: That is as imaginative as the name given to a very large telescope called the Very Large Telescope. The VLA would like a word... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I dunno, LPV-1 doesn’t sound too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: I dunno, LPV-1 doesn’t sound too bad Jeffy MacJeffy-Face would have been glorious though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 14 minutes ago, darthgently said: Jeffy MacJeffy-Face would have been glorious though Off topic, but we named a lab at my work "Labby McLabface". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 On 5/30/2024 at 1:25 PM, CatastrophicFailure said: Missed a golden opportunity here to call it New Evergiven, New Billy O’Tea, New Istanbul-Not-Constantinople, anything better. If we are going with previous people that were the first Americans to do something space related that this vehicle is doing then wouldn't the proper name be New Musk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 'jerti New JRTI (pronounced "jerty") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 BO angling for that NSSL money again: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/blue-origin-joins-spacex-and-ula-in-new-round-of-military-launch-contracts/ The focus here seems to be on responsiveness (or perhaps a sniff-check), with the Lane 1 requirement that they have to be available to launch 6.3 tons within a 90-day period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Iy's fine, if it gets them to actually fly (they have to be certified, anyway) it's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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