Orion launch abort test

[MaxPeck]

This looks like one of my early KSP launches... pretty cool to watch though.

 

 

[Guest]

Cool! That looks painful! D: I wonder how many Gs that pulls in an abort. 

Following close on the heels of Dragon’s abort test too  if I didn’t know how slow SLS is, it would kinda feel like a space race!

[Scotius]

Wow! Spectacular But... why no parachutes? Is NASA testing how the capsule can handle lithobraking too?

[mikegarrison]

1 hour ago, Scotius said:

Wow! Spectacular But... why no parachutes? Is NASA testing how the capsule can handle lithobraking too?

Looks like it was just boilerplate hardware and they didn't feel like the expense of parachutes was worth it.

[SuperFastJellyfish]

Beautiful abort test.   

[GeneCash]

I work there and watched it.

When it staged, I said "Jebediah! NO!"

 

Nobody got it, except one friend that doubled-over laughing.

[Geonovast]

3 minutes ago, GeneCash said:

When it staged, I said "Jebediah! NO!"

Makes sense, the stream I was watching had an announcer that didn't seem to know much... and he started saying "Now, in about 10 seconds.." just as the abort motors fired.

Since he called it a sunset like 4 times I figured the error was his.

[tomf]

It looks really weird the way the camera turns the sky black as the engine ignites. Makes it seem like there was a really sudden solar eclipse.

[wumpus]

On 7/2/2019 at 9:55 PM, GeneCash said:

I work there and watched it.

When it staged, I said "Jebediah! NO!"

 

Nobody got it, except one friend that doubled-over laughing.

When it staged, or when it became clear when somebody left off the parachutes?

[GeneCash]

On 7/3/2019 at 8:58 AM, tomf said:

It looks really weird the way the camera turns the sky black as the engine ignites. Makes it seem like there was a really sudden solar eclipse.

It's amazing how rockets are really bright AF. I can be 50 miles away at home, and a Falcon 9 or Atlas is still really bright to look at, especially at night. Almost as bad as a welding flare.

On 7/6/2019 at 10:17 AM, wumpus said:

When it staged, or when it became clear when somebody left off the parachutes?

When the booster splashed down, I almost said "do we revert to VAB now?" but I'm pretty sure I would have gotten punched.