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Author Topic: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread  (Read 484871 times)

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #260 on: 05/06/2016 11:08 pm »

I am convinced that there are people that would tell you it was faked even if they watched it live from the deck of a ship 100 meters off OCISLY in broad daylight, boarded OCISLY immediately after and burned their fingertip on an engine bell.

You know space is popular again when the "Arrgh my tax dollars"/"We need to end all the world's sufferings first"/"Humankind is a virus Mr Anderson"/"Totally fake, I can replicate that on my casio"/"Goddard lied!" crowd actually bothered to comment in the first place!  :D

      Hey, I know that they landed it YOU know that they landed it, but do THEY know that SpaceX landed it?

I am getting SOOO sick of those type of ****tards - they are EVERYWHERE, spreading like cancer. Some believe the sh1t they're spouting, others are just doing it to get a reaction from space fans. I haven't punched anyone in 30 years but I think that soon, I might get to because I'm participating in a couple events over the coming weeks where I will be doing Space Exploration history presentations in Powerpoint and with models and some terd is bound to mouth off. And one of the biggest problems? When I try to warn some space websites that these people exist and are stepping up their nonsense - my comments or warnings get moderated or deleted away... :(  Don't let that happen to you!
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #261 on: 05/06/2016 11:15 pm »
I am saddened to see so little appreciation for the true heroes of this launch - Stubborn Stiffener Ring and Enthusiastic Yet Ineffective Water Cannon
Do they have Twitter accounts?
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #262 on: 05/06/2016 11:36 pm »
Heh... It's 'Graduation Season' and in the time honored tradition of College students making one last desperate attempt to make total fools of themselves...

How many AeroSpace graduates are going to make their Mortarboards look like DroneShips with recovered boosters??? 8)

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #263 on: 05/06/2016 11:45 pm »
Saw this & thought that it should be included..............

https://twitter.com/F9FirstStage/with_replies

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #264 on: 05/07/2016 01:08 am »
I am getting SOOO sick of those type of ****tards - they are EVERYWHERE, spreading like cancer. Some believe the sh1t they're spouting, others are just doing it to get a reaction from space fans. I haven't punched anyone in 30 years but I think that soon, I might get to because I'm participating in a couple events over the coming weeks where I will be doing Space Exploration history presentations in Powerpoint and with models and some terd is bound to mouth off. And one of the biggest problems? When I try to warn some space websites that these people exist and are stepping up their nonsense - my comments or warnings get moderated or deleted away... :(  Don't let that happen to you!
You just need some mentoring, I hear Buzz Aldrin makes a good mentor on the topic.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #265 on: 05/07/2016 01:14 am »
When you see a new picture of jscat-14 and you just want to go:

Wow, you can even see the technician!

But alas it's on the updates thread and you fear with all of Chris's contacts, he might start taking advice from Buzz Aldrin for dealing with off topic post's.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=39843.msg1530394#msg1530394

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #266 on: 05/07/2016 01:19 am »
Is the technician real or photoshopped though? SSL logos (on stand next to tech and on left side) also appear manipulated. Does this satellite even exist? It would be consistent with the faked landing... perhaps there wasn't even a launch.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #267 on: 05/07/2016 01:19 am »
A tragic case of Blurry Leg Syndrome...

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #268 on: 05/07/2016 06:07 am »
Is the technician real or photoshopped though? SSL logos (on stand next to tech and on left side) also appear manipulated. Does this satellite even exist? It would be consistent with the faked landing... perhaps there wasn't even a launch.
OMG, you are correct. The light is coming from behind the tech., yet she has a shadow behind her!
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #269 on: 05/07/2016 10:50 am »
IMHO

Elon, YOU are the man!

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #270 on: 05/07/2016 11:14 am »
OMG, you are correct. The light is coming from behind the tech., yet she has a shadow behind her!

Clearly, when the stage tried to "land" and the feed cut out, they just went back to footage of an older stage they'd shot on the barge before. Saying they landed a rocket stage is dumb. Rockets can't land. Don't fall for their lies, sheeple!

(Ew, that felt toxic even in jest).
« Last Edit: 05/07/2016 11:16 am by The Amazing Catstronaut »
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #271 on: 05/07/2016 11:19 am »
OMG, you are correct. The light is coming from behind the tech., yet she has a shadow behind her!

Clearly, when the stage tried to "land" and the feed cut out, they just went back to footage of an older stage they'd shot on the barge before. Saying they landed a rocket stage is dumb. Rockets can't land. Don't fall for their lies, sheeple!

(Ew, that felt toxic even in jest).

What do you mean land? Rocket's can't even go to orbit because the world is flat!
(And i agree, even in jest that feels wrong, but you can't read youtube comments without running into a few flat earthers aswell.)
Edit: spelling
« Last Edit: 05/07/2016 01:46 pm by hamerad »

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #272 on: 05/07/2016 01:32 pm »
OMG, you are correct. The light is coming from behind the tech., yet she has a shadow behind her!

Clearly, when the stage tried to "land" and the feed cut out, they just went back to footage of an older stage they'd shot on the barge before. Saying they landed a rocket stage is dumb. Rockets can't land. Don't fall for their lies, sheeple!

(Ew, that felt toxic even in jest).

What do you mean land? Rocket's can't even so to orbit because they world is flat!
(And i agree, even in jest that feels wrong, but you can't read youtube comments without running into a few flat earthers aswell.)

Ah, I can see where you are going with this.  Rest assured, my children, you will not catch me out in your logic.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #273 on: 05/07/2016 02:29 pm »
No, Elephants! Elephants support the whole apparatus.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #274 on: 05/07/2016 02:36 pm »
What about falcons? Falcons all the way down?  :o
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #275 on: 05/07/2016 02:52 pm »
I thought we were a plate spinning on top of a pole...  You mean Terry Pratchett lied to me?
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #276 on: 05/07/2016 05:41 pm »
I am saddened to see so little appreciation for the true heroes of this launch - Stubborn Stiffener Ring and Enthusiastic Yet Ineffective Water Cannon
Let us also shed a tear for the intrepid forces of PadX ... remember those guys? They're doing rather poorly at rocket retention of late

What?!?  PadX are killing it right now with their innovative project to explore sea-going pads!  I mean, OK.  Some are complaining that they first have to go through all this Rube Goldberg nonsense to actually get out there.  But they have definitely become the preeminent leaders in the rocket-based exploration of moveable ocean platforms. 

On a more serious note, I totally think that the landing/recovery team that have pioneered this approach could totally reclaim PadX as a positive team identifier.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #277 on: 05/07/2016 08:30 pm »
What about falcons? Falcons all the way down?  :o
Down? Shouldn't it be all the way up?
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #278 on: 05/07/2016 09:02 pm »
I remember being relayed a facebook comment about how rocket engines are propulsive systems and therefore could only push forward, not slow something down to land.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #279 on: 05/07/2016 11:28 pm »
I remember being relayed a facebook comment about how rocket engines are propulsive systems and therefore could only push forward, not slow something down to land.

He he he... "We're not retreating.  We're advancing in the opposite direction!"
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