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Official Orion Launch Thread - 12-4-14

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Whirligig Girl

Whirligig Girl

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I asked eveyone available if they wanted to see the launch of the "Biggest Rocket Launch in 4 Years" (Technically true, the LES top is higher than a payload fairing), and i just want to sugarcoat it as much as possible. And no one cared. No one wanted to see it.

Do people just not like space exploration that much anymore?

Also, if it weren't for that damn boat we'd have launched by now. We didn't get wind problems until after the countdown timer would have progressed to engine lighting.

Just 30 minutes left in the launch window. We need to pick up the countdown timer in at most 25 minutes to launch in time.

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wasmic

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I asked eveyone available if they wanted to see the launch of the "Biggest Rocket Launch in 4 Years" (Technically true, the LES top is higher than a payload fairing), and i just want to sugarcoat it as much as possible. And no one cared. No one wanted to see it.

Do people just not like space exploration that much anymore?

Also, if it weren't for that damn boat we'd have launched by now. We didn't get wind problems until after the countdown timer would have progressed to engine lighting.

I dunno, I had six (non-space nerd) people watching this with me before the launch started getting delayed.

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katateochi

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I asked eveyone available if they wanted to see the launch of the "Biggest Rocket Launch in 4 Years" (Technically true, the LES top is higher than a payload fairing), and i just want to sugarcoat it as much as possible. And no one cared. No one wanted to see it.

Do people just not like space exploration that much anymore?

That's sad. Guess they think "seen one, seem 'em all", poor deluded fools!

but yeah, I messaged my friends too and they can't be bothered either, or they're at work. So glad I work from home!

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Whirligig Girl

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That's sad. Guess they think "seen one, seem 'em all", poor deluded fools!

but yeah, I messaged my friends too and they can't be bothered either, or they're at work. So glad I work from home!

I don't think any of them have seen a real rocket launch aside from perhaps a few pictures of the Saturn V in elementary school.

Still standing by for the word on how the troubleshooting went.

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"The fuel tanks of the Delta IV Heavy’s three core boosters will be pressurized and held for two minutes before the fill-and-drain valves are activated to see if they respond as they should. Again, the launch window today remains open until 9:44 a.m. EST."

Most recent update from here (the time is off :/)

https://blogs.nasa.gov/orion/

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BagelRabbit

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Looks like I chose the wrong week to quit smoking.
Looks like I chose the wrong week to quit drinking.
They're into last-resort proceedings to try to recover the window; looks like I chose the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

Going cold turkey all at once isn't good for you. :wink:

Don't do drugs kids!

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T-12:30 right now.

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