I think they blew up block 5 fairing on the stand in McGregor. Just wait for tomorrow's Washington Post.
We need to speculate about the payload because...Well it’s a party thread tradition (I am making up right now)How about Zumba being the Crossbow project from real genius ( unmanned of course)
Quote from: tleski on 11/16/2017 11:29 pmI think they blew up block 5 fairing on the stand in McGregor. Just wait for tomorrow's Washington Post.I pre-emptively call fake news on that. Wouldn't that require adding explosives to it...?
Quote from: Jarnis on 11/17/2017 08:45 amQuote from: tleski on 11/16/2017 11:29 pmI think they blew up block 5 fairing on the stand in McGregor. Just wait for tomorrow's Washington Post.I pre-emptively call fake news on that. Wouldn't that require adding explosives to it...? Now, now. He didn't say they *exploded* a fairing. He said they *blew up* a fairing. Obviously, blowing up a fairing, as shown by the model photo linked earlier in this thread, and having that result in a standdown can only be the result of one of two things: burning or unpopped kernelsBurning would seem to be more strictly procedural, so I'm going to assume they're studying the unpopped kernels to determine whether it was procedural (too short a firing) or a physical flaw (kernel moisture content out of spec). If it's the latter, there's likely to be some amount of delay while they characterize the moisture content and, if necessary, swap things out.
The Zuma launch is using a new proprietary fairing material to maximize payload theories.I introduce to you the new TFH payload fairing.
Most useless achievement of the day: My like of something got the thread to exactly 1000 likes. Is that awesome or what?
I think the while fairing issue for Zuma is a misdirection. The put out the delay story, then went ahead and launched last Thursday.
Quote from: CJ on 11/18/2017 08:09 pmI think the while fairing issue for Zuma is a misdirection. The put out the delay story, then went ahead and launched last Thursday. And nobody noticed. Because.. um... because reasons.
Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 12:51 amQuote from: CJ on 11/18/2017 08:09 pmI think the while fairing issue for Zuma is a misdirection. The put out the delay story, then went ahead and launched last Thursday. And nobody noticed. Because.. um... because reasons.So you're saying the launch is one big smoke screen
Do the flat earthers ever have a convention? I would love to go to one. Just give me a list of questions please.
Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 12:51 amQuote from: CJ on 11/18/2017 08:09 pmI think the while fairing issue for Zuma is a misdirection. The put out the delay story, then went ahead and launched last Thursday. And nobody noticed. Because.. um... because reasons.As Nacnud said in the post after yours, it's all a big smoke screen (And every launch has a lot of smoke!). They could have easily disguised the rocket. For example, they could have painted "Not a rocket" on it, so that anyone seeing it go up (such as the tourists at KSC) would have thought it something else - a bird, a brick, a Vogon construction ship, whatever.
Yeah, people came from around the globe to attend it.