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Author Topic: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread  (Read 484867 times)

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1060 on: 09/02/2016 03:41 am »
The storm wasn't heading that way.  The rain was in a line from off our coast here in Tampa towards Jacksonville.   It was heading towards the panhandle.  I didn't see radar until after that time, and no storms looked to be in the area then.

Thanks!!!

BTW, I hope you aren't in the path of the hurricane. If you are, take care and be safe.

Thanks.  I always dig in!  It is brushing by us with a ton of rain.....but that was mostly yesterday.  Go figure.  It did not start raining hard today until the evening.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1061 on: 09/02/2016 03:46 am »
I have been reading all of the speculation, theorys and watching a ton of slow motion videos of a lucky bird flying by the rocket.  I have studied this from every angle possible and consulted all of my in the know people and I have figured out, with 100% certainty what went wrong. 

I blew up.

You are all welcome.

That is all the speculating I will do.

But everyone else have fun with it, it is entertaining. 

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1062 on: 09/02/2016 04:01 am »
I blew up.

I did pretty much the same when I heard the news.  :P
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1063 on: 09/02/2016 04:06 am »
I have been reading all of the speculation, theorys and watching a ton of slow motion videos of a lucky bird flying by the rocket.  I have studied this from every angle possible and consulted all of my in the know people and I have figured out, with 100% certainty what went wrong. 

I blew up.

You did?  Oh, that had to hurt.  On the other hand, had you known ahead of time, you could have done it (*real* good!) on Farm Film Report ...



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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1064 on: 09/02/2016 04:18 am »
After reading the discussion, it seems to me the cause is obvious. It was Florida's fault. After all, SpaceX clearly said there was an anomoly in Florida. Therefore it had nothing to do with the rocket, just the surrounding state.

Hey, easy on the Florida jokes.  Some of us moved here because of the weather.....which, um,....errr.....actually sucks today.

OK, go ahead, make Florida jokes.

It sucks every day. Florida is just a joke that is played on tourists and retirees. There are about 3 days each in late fall and early spring where it is pleasant out.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1065 on: 09/02/2016 05:20 am »


I feel a bit of light memery and humor is the order of the day :(

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1066 on: 09/02/2016 05:22 am »
I think I've found the culprit. Our prior theories were wayward. ;)






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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1067 on: 09/02/2016 05:23 am »
I think I've found the culprit. Our prior theories were wayward. ;)

The upper level winds coming down from on high, clearly.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1068 on: 09/02/2016 06:27 am »
I think that the COPVs are getting a bad rap.

Edit: Typos, always typos.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1069 on: 09/02/2016 06:50 am »
After reading the discussion, it seems to me the cause is obvious. It was Florida's fault. After all, SpaceX clearly said there was an anomoly in Florida. Therefore it had nothing to do with the rocket, just the surrounding state.

Hey, easy on the Florida jokes.  Some of us moved here because of the weather.....which, um,....errr.....actually sucks today.

OK, go ahead, make Florida jokes.
We still have election day coming up... ;)
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1070 on: 09/02/2016 06:54 am »
Elon at Space X HQ Friday morning?





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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1071 on: 09/02/2016 07:18 am »
I have figured out, with 100% certainty what went wrong.

It's obvious what happened...The front fell off.



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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1072 on: 09/02/2016 09:18 am »
I have been reading all of the speculation, theorys and watching a ton of slow motion videos of a lucky bird flying by the rocket.  I have studied this from every angle possible and consulted all of my in the know people and I have figured out, with 100% certainty what went wrong. 

I blew up.

You did?  Oh, that had to hurt.  On the other hand, had you known ahead of time, you could have done it (*real* good!) on Farm Film Report ...


;)

And at 4:30 AM, in the middle of the heaviest rain, our fire alarm went off.  After standing in the rain for a while, it is what we tried to tell them, a false alarm.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1073 on: 09/02/2016 09:32 am »
I think we should have a new dedicated party thread for RTF, whichever flight it will be.

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1074 on: 09/02/2016 02:24 pm »
See, I got it all figured out...

Y'see, Spacecom had huge problems, and AMOS-6 was a dead bird, would've never activated on orbit.  They set it to fire a rifle shot down into the second stage to blow up the booster, so they can collect on the maritime insurance.  With the payload destroyed, no one can inspect it, y'see.

It was all an insurance scam...

...obviously just kidding.  But with all the black humor in this thread, I figured it couldn't hurt... ;)

The problem is insurance may not cover it. It wasn't lost during launch or transport. So the theory must be false.

Though a good lawyer could argue it was transported from the top of the rocket to the pad when the satellite was lost ;)
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1075 on: 09/02/2016 02:33 pm »
Finally identified that pesky bird...
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1076 on: 09/02/2016 07:07 pm »
I did some CSI work and was able to get a clearer picture of the Bird...
Sure looks like a Romulan 3 man fighter... Where is the Enterprise when you need them...
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1077 on: 09/02/2016 07:55 pm »
I did some CSI work and was able to get a clearer picture of the Bird...
Sure looks like a Romulan 3 man fighter... Where is the Enterprise when you need them...
Are you sure about that?  Looks like a Cylon raider to me which makes sense given Musk's AI work.
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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1078 on: 09/02/2016 08:01 pm »
It wasn't the Cylons, Romulan's, or garden gnomes, it was a Predator.   Seeing the fairing tumble off the TEL into that ball of fire made me think of this....

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Re: The Fully and Rapidly Reusable Launch Party Thread
« Reply #1079 on: 09/02/2016 09:16 pm »
After reviewing the footage...
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