rolfkap - 20/3/2007 1:10 AMLooks like the abort was called verbally at T-1:34. The clock kept running until T-1:18. After pausing for 10 seconds, the clock started running again, down to T-1:02.
nathan.moeller - 19/3/2007 7:56 PMQuoteDaveS - 19/3/2007 6:50 PMQuoteHailColumbia - 20/3/2007 12:47 AMI'm beginning to think that Space X is just an elaborate hoax.Now this very uncalled for.Aye. Very uncalled for. They suffered a massive failure last time and they have taken very extreme measures to protect their new investment and make sure it flies safely. They are an up and coming space agency that are trying to find their feet with the Falcon rocket. The US space agency suffered many more failures when they were starting back in the 1950s. Think about that and remember 'better safe than sorry.'
DaveS - 19/3/2007 6:50 PMQuoteHailColumbia - 20/3/2007 12:47 AMI'm beginning to think that Space X is just an elaborate hoax.Now this very uncalled for.
HailColumbia - 20/3/2007 12:47 AMI'm beginning to think that Space X is just an elaborate hoax.
HailColumbia - 19/3/2007 8:24 PMQuotenathan.moeller - 19/3/2007 7:56 PMQuoteDaveS - 19/3/2007 6:50 PMQuoteHailColumbia - 20/3/2007 12:47 AMI'm beginning to think that Space X is just an elaborate hoax.Now this very uncalled for.Aye. Very uncalled for. They suffered a massive failure last time and they have taken very extreme measures to protect their new investment and make sure it flies safely. They are an up and coming space agency that are trying to find their feet with the Falcon rocket. The US space agency suffered many more failures when they were starting back in the 1950s. Think about that and remember 'better safe than sorry.'hey, I'm sorry, it was just a joke, I dident say that with any malice. I'd like this thing to succeed just as much as everyone else.
Amazing level of interest here. 55,000 views.
Avron - 19/3/2007 8:29 PMQuotelandofgrey - 19/3/2007 8:23 PMQuoteAvron - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMSpacex is funded by one Man.. it that still true?Yep... Elon and only Elon. (I'm so jealous)Then this is all a gift to us all.. there was or still is no reason for him to provide us a live steam.. hell we dont get any EAS images for 6 months.. Thank you Elon
landofgrey - 19/3/2007 8:23 PMQuoteAvron - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMSpacex is funded by one Man.. it that still true?Yep... Elon and only Elon. (I'm so jealous)
Avron - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMSpacex is funded by one Man.. it that still true?
josh_simonson - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMI'd think if there were an IPO, Elon would still hold onto a controlling stake.
Antares - 20/3/2007 2:14 AMQuoteAvron - 19/3/2007 8:29 PMQuotelandofgrey - 19/3/2007 8:23 PMQuoteAvron - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMSpacex is funded by one Man.. it that still true?Yep... Elon and only Elon. (I'm so jealous)Then this is all a gift to us all.. there was or still is no reason for him to provide us a live steam.. hell we dont get any EAS images for 6 months.. Thank you ElonOriginally, yes. But now, they've passed at least a few COTS milestones. So they've gotten 8 figures from anyone paying American taxes. They also signed a $100M contract with USAF, but I don't know the milestones involved with that one.
Antares - 20/3/2007 1:18 AMQuotejosh_simonson - 19/3/2007 8:22 PMI'd think if there were an IPO, Elon would still hold onto a controlling stake.I hope for that. Making money is nice; but if the shareholders don't BELIEVE in space, SpaceX will become another Old.Space company.
kevin-rf - 20/3/2007 8:35 AMThere is another take on this. Mr. Musk loves building WORKING cutting edge companies and is not as interested in the day to day operations. So once he gets what he wants out of spacex (I brought america back to the moon) he will cash out by either selling it out right or floating spacex on the stock market. In the process he gets a very nice return on investment.
Chris Bergin - 20/3/2007 3:06 PMStill nothing from SpaceX on if they'll be an attempt tonight.
The abort that occurred a few minutes before T-0 was triggered by our ground control software. It commanded a switchover of range telemetry from landline to radio, which took place correctly, however, because of the hardware involved, this transition takes a few hundred milliseconds. Before it had time to complete, our system verification software examined state and aborted. Our simulations done beforehand all passed, because the simulator did not account for a hardware driven delay in the transition. We considered putting the vehicle into a safe state yesterday and updating the ground control software to make the very minor fix needed, but the safer course of action was to stand down. Yesterday afternoon and evening (Kwaj time), our launch team updated the software to address the timing issue and verified that there were no similar problems elsewhere. We ran the software through several simulated countdowns and then once again with the rocket and range in the loop. All systems are now go for launch with T-0 at 4pm California time today (Tues).