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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #20 on: 03/09/2016 07:25 pm »
Beam me up, ELON!

Let the party begin... (maybe in a few weeks)
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #21 on: 03/10/2016 04:11 pm »
I'm going out on a limb and predicting:
1) Successful launch
2) S1 RTLS
3) This S1 is the first one to fly twice
Wildly optimistic prediction, Superheavy recovery on IFT-4 or IFT-5

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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #22 on: 03/10/2016 10:13 pm »
I'm going out on a limb and predicting:
1) Successful launch
2) S1 RTLS
3) This S1 is the first one to fly twice

I think you get two out of three here.  IIRC, the second returned stage goes to McGregor for qualification testing.  The next after that is my bet for flying twice (and maybe three times -- SES both times).
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #23 on: 03/11/2016 12:47 am »
Okay, Falcon punch the landing site, putting a hole in the State thus causing Florida to sink below the waves.
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #24 on: 03/11/2016 02:45 pm »
I'm going out on a limb and predicting:
1) Successful launch
2) S1 RTLS
3) This S1 is the first one to fly twice

I think you get two out of three here.  IIRC, the second returned stage goes to McGregor for qualification testing.  The next after that is my bet for flying twice (and maybe three times -- SES both times).

True, they've said that for sometime.  However, SpaceX changes their plans as things develop.  I'm betting on them learning enough so far and with this next one that they don't need to go back to McGregor.
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #25 on: 03/11/2016 03:30 pm »
Steak through the heart and you're to blame, you give lunch a bad name!

It's like they wrote the song about Falcon's troubled relationship with a barge...
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #26 on: 03/11/2016 03:37 pm »
Steak through the heart and you're to blame, you give lunch a bad name!

It's like they wrote the song about Falcon's troubled relationship with a barge...

I don't think its troubled, I think they are a fiery, intense couple that have a dramatic chemistry when they get together!
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #27 on: 03/11/2016 06:13 pm »
After the fire is combusted, it's just tears in the rain. Time to sink...
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #28 on: 03/11/2016 06:33 pm »
Steak through the heart and you're to blame, you give lunch a bad name!

It's like they wrote the song about Falcon's troubled relationship with a barge...

I don't think its troubled, I think they are a fiery, intense couple that have a dramatic chemistry when they get together!

They broke the (barge decking) bed?????!!!!!
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #29 on: 03/11/2016 07:05 pm »
Steak through the heart and you're to blame, you give lunch a bad name!

It's like they wrote the song about Falcon's troubled relationship with a barge...

I don't think its troubled, I think they are a fiery, intense couple that have a dramatic chemistry when they get together!

What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #30 on: 03/12/2016 06:10 am »
How many successful launches do think it will take before SpaceX stops hiding behind the CRS-7 failure and releases the patch to the general public.

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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #31 on: 03/12/2016 06:28 am »
How many successful launches do think it will take before SpaceX stops hiding behind the CRS-7 failure and releases the patch to the general public.

I have no clue how many it'll take.
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #32 on: 03/12/2016 07:14 pm »
How many successful launches do think it will take before SpaceX stops hiding behind the CRS-7 failure and releases the patch to the general public.

I am not sure they are hiding behind the failure, they have referenced the CRS-7 failure in the latest CRS patch with the dark star.

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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #33 on: 03/13/2016 01:08 am »
Has this one been done before? Falcon 9 spotted vertical at KSC!
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #34 on: 03/13/2016 10:08 pm »
I wouldn't worry too much about the barge, looks like Conerad Tory's on repair duties. Things will be fixed in a jiffy, or possibly a jif.

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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #35 on: 03/14/2016 01:19 pm »
Is that a welders mask???
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #36 on: 03/14/2016 03:09 pm »
I hope to observe this launch airborne in my small plane on April 4th. I need a cameraman to try and take video, hard to fly the plane and shoot decent video at the same time.  I will have a fixed GoPro running plus a Nikon with a 300mm lens, plus additional cameras such as iPhones etc. 

Plan to depart Maryland early in the day April 4th, it's about 6 hours flying time to get to FL, call it 9 hours clock time.  Planning a 6am to 7am departure, so expect to arrive at a TBD local airport about 3pm - 4pm.  Launch is scheduled for roughly 6:15pm local EDT, so I figure on wheels up at about 6pm and climbing to about 8000 feet.  If time permits, may do a practice / recce flight before the launch time.

The plane is a 1965 Mooney M20C.

Anybody interested?  PM or email me and I will send my phone number and we can discuss further planning details.

Arguably this should be in a launch viewing thread, but there doesn't seem to be one yet for this launch.  Mods, feel free to move it over when one starts up.
« Last Edit: 03/14/2016 06:50 pm by dgates »
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #37 on: 03/14/2016 03:19 pm »
I hope to observe this launch airborne in my small plane on April 4th. I need a cameraman to try and take video, hard to fly the plane and shoot decent video at the same time.  I will have a fixed GoPro running plus a Nikon with a 300mm lens, plus additional cameras such as iPhones etc. 

Plan to depart Maryland early in the day April 4th, it's about 6 hours flying time to get to FL, call it 9 hours clock time.  Planning a 6am to 7am departure, so expect to arrive at a TBD local airport about 3pm - 4pm.  Launch is scheduled for roughly 6:30pm local EDT, so I figure on wheels up at about 6pm and climbing to about 8000 feet.  If time permits, may do a practice / recce flight before the launch time.

The plane is a 1965 Mooney M20C.

Anybody interested?  PM or email me and I will send my phone number and we can discuss further planning details.

Arguably this should be in a launch viewing thread, but there doesn't seem to be one yet for this launch.  Mods, feel free to move it over when one starts up.

Makes me wish I lived on the East coast!!
Also, nice plane by the way.
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #38 on: 03/14/2016 04:10 pm »
Oh, if there are any pilots here that have done this sort of thing before, please contact me.  I am planning this flight pretty carefully to comply with the many restricted airspaces around the launch site, as I surely don't want to be "that guy" that causes a scrub.  I will be talking with ATC the whole time, and expect to be tracked on radar.  In fact, I plan on calling ATC on the phone a few days prior, and probably the day of the flight as well, to actively work with them to coordinate the flight. 

I am not expecting to get much of the liftoff phase, too far away for any real chance at any decent detail.  Besides, that is well covered by on site and range cameras.  Hoping to catch the climb, sep, boost back, and landing though.  Rumors are that this is looking like a LZ1 landing.  Should be interesting to try anyway, right?

The plane picture was during a Pilots and Paws doggie rescue flight, BTW.... Those flights are a lot of fun!
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Re: The CRS-8 - BEAM me up, Elon - Party Thread
« Reply #39 on: 03/14/2016 06:11 pm »
I hope to observe this launch airborne in my small plane on April 4th.

Aw shoot - if I stilled lived in PA, I'd be more than willing to drive down and come along (despite my rather amateur cameraman skills), but alas, I now live in AZ, and while I'm used to long drives, that would be a bit far even for my tastes :P

Best of luck getting some nice footage, and at least if another plane violates the range you'll have photographic proof as an alibi!  ;D
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