Official Orion Launch Thread - 12-4-14

[Nibb31]

What's the launch window for, anyway? Proper phasing of the Moon? Gravity of the moon might get in the way?

Daylight launch and daylight splashdown.

Looking at the boiloff smoke, the wind still seems pretty strong...

[JPmAn]

Still looks pretty

[katateochi]

Noooooooo! fuel flow something? was that a full abort?

edit "a fuel drain value didn't close"

[JPmAn]

3 minutes

10 char

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Whirligig Girl]

Yay! I hope it works this time! T-3:09 is holding the timer momentarily. Wait... Abort?

[Nibb31]

Here we go again...

[Whirligig Girl]

They... they reset the countdown timer.

I hope the countdown resume while I'm at school and not while I'm in the car.

[BagelRabbit]

Dang. Stuck valve sounds like conditions for an abort for the day... but you never know. Best of luck Orion spacecraft!

[JPmAn]

Uggggggggggggggg

[Bioman222]

Dang it! SO. FREAKING. CLOSE.

[katateochi]

sound like they are still planning to try within the remaining window.

(sounds a bit like us quickly dragging a craft back to the VAB to sort out a fuel line!)

[RogueMason]

They really aren't having much luck with this launch, are they?

[Whirligig Girl]

sound like they are still planning to try within the remaining window.

(sounds a bit like us quickly dragging a craft back to the VAB to sort out a fuel line!)

Heh. They can't roll all the way back to the VAB IRL, but I see what you mean.

[Yarbrough08]

Hey! Just work it back and forth 5 times, it'll work Jeb!

[Whirligig Girl]

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[katateochi]

Heh. They can't roll all the way back to the VAB IRL, but I see what you mean.

yeah, should of said it was more like fiddling with the staging or adjusting fuel levels while on the launch pad. really glad we don't have a time delay in moving from the VAB to the pad, that would suck.

[Whirligig Girl]

yeah, should of said it was more like fiddling with the staging or adjusting fuel levels while on the launch pad. really glad we don't have a time delay in moving from the VAB to the pad, that would suck.

Well most of us don't have to deal with launch windows!

I have to go to school, then get my laptoip out oand OMGIMUSTHURRY

[Bioman222]

Listening on my iPad during Orchestra class since we are doing sectionals. Sounds like they are planning to cycle the valves and that may fix it. They have an hour of launch window.

[katateochi]

Well most of us don't have to deal with launch windows!

I have to go to school, then get my laptoip out oand OMGIMUSTHURRY

RUN!!! (hope you make it back in time)

[Bioman222]

This is the one time I'm glad that KSP isn't popular, because the school admins haven't blocked the forum on our wireless.

[Bioman222]

They're having trouble cycling the valves on core and left boosters

[Bioman222]

Scratch that, they successfully cycled the LOX valves on all of the boosters and the LH valve on the right booster. Awaiting status of middle and left booster.

[Whirligig Girl]

RUN!!! (hope you make it back in time)

I'm back! Watching it. What have I missed?

[katateochi]

I'm back! Watching it. What have I missed?

They're still trying to cycle the values. Doing something with pressurizing the hydrogen tanks now

[wasmic]

I'm back! Watching it. What have I missed?

Nothing, really. I'm lucky, I live in Europe so my school is already over for the day. But really, nothing happened.