SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Let's Get Restarted In Here Party Thread

[M129K]

And I think people were going for apt songs, as opposed to personal taste...otherwise.....ah, yeah - would still be "interesting"

Shame, was finally starting to feel at home here

[cro-magnon gramps]

And I think people were going for apt songs, as opposed to personal taste...otherwise.....ah, yeah - would still be "interesting"

Shame, was finally starting to feel at home here

Do you know a tune called "Eye Level"!!! Might be appropriate now that the SpaceX team can get a bead on the problems!!! Can't do the link right now, but I know it is on YouTube...

[Joffan]

Here ya go gramps

[mr. mark]

Appropriate story problem:

How thin would you have to slice a raw turkey so that when laid in the flame trench it is fully cooked by the time the Falcon 9 leaves the pad?  This launch has the potential to be the most awesome Thanksgiving feast ever!

Are you sure it is not how thick?

Hmmm... Roasting a turkey in the flame trench, novel idea. Still I think it would be cool for SpaceX just this once to rename the Falcon 9 the Turkey 9 with redone logo on the side of the rocket just to have a sense of humor and to get into the Thanksgiving spirt of things.

[cro-magnon gramps]

Here ya go gramps

Your Top of The Pops!!! Just got in, Messy Weather Outside, and this is just the medicine!!! Thx Joffan... Now, for a quick quiz, do you remember the British Show that it was from ;-)

edit - dang they gave it away on the label

[meekGee]

I am not proud of this... 

Wishing SpaceX the best Thanksgiving there can be, and hoping to see F9R-1 fly in time for Christmas.
I love the holidays this year.

(Modified - I like the eyeball better this way)

[Rocket Science]

Having to launch on Thanksgiving Day kind of sucks because you can’t sit around with your pants unbuttoned after the main event... 

[Chris Bergin]

I am not proud of this... 

Wishing SpaceX the best Thanksgiving there can be, and hoping to see F9R-1 fly in time for Christmas.
I love the holidays this year.

(Modified - I like the eyeball better this way)

Oh that's really good stuff!

Can I include that in the article update I'm going to write later? In fact, I'll PM you.

[rcoppola]

I am not proud of this... 

Wishing SpaceX the best Thanksgiving there can be, and hoping to see F9R-1 fly in time for Christmas.
I love the holidays this year.

(Modified - I like the eyeball better this way)

Absolutely awesome!

[oiorionsbelt]

 nice one Meekgee!

[Rocket Science]

Elon is the kind of guy that might actually paint that on the vehicle... Well Done!! 

[rickl]

Excellent, meekGee!

[billh]

Appropriate story problem:

How thin would you have to slice a raw turkey so that when laid in the flame trench it is fully cooked by the time the Falcon 9 leaves the pad?  This launch has the potential to be the most awesome Thanksgiving feast ever!

Are you sure it is not how thick?

Hmmm... Roasting a turkey in the flame trench, novel idea. Still I think it would be cool for SpaceX just this once to rename the Falcon 9 the Turkey 9 with redone logo on the side of the rocket just to have a sense of humor and to get into the Thanksgiving spirt of things.

Well, there's this:

http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2009_09_07/2009_09_07_Labor_Day_wiener_cam.wmv

[Prober]

Appropriate story problem:

How thin would you have to slice a raw turkey so that when laid in the flame trench it is fully cooked by the time the Falcon 9 leaves the pad?  This launch has the potential to be the most awesome Thanksgiving feast ever!

Are you sure it is not how thick?

Hmmm... Roasting a turkey in the flame trench, novel idea. Still I think it would be cool for SpaceX just this once to rename the Falcon 9 the Turkey 9 with redone logo on the side of the rocket just to have a sense of humor and to get into the Thanksgiving spirt of things.

Burt Rutan did some weenies for the prototype engine test.....video somewhere.

[QuantumG]

Burt Rutan did some weenies for the prototype engine test.....video somewhere.

Wow, that's not a very nice way to refer to Paul Allen and Richard Branson.   

[Joffan]

Your Top of The Pops!!! Just got in, Messy Weather Outside, and this is just the medicine!!! Thx Joffan... Now, for a quick quiz, do you remember the British Show that it was from ;-)

edit - dang they gave it away on the label

OK, if you want old-ish music from British TV, which program had this contemplative little piece, "Left Bank Two" by the Noveltones?



The answer is not Little Big Planet


(... and I think we need some quiet contemplation as we wait patiently for the next launch opportunity )

[cro-magnon gramps]

Your Top of The Pops!!! Just got in, Messy Weather Outside, and this is just the medicine!!! Thx Joffan... Now, for a quick quiz, do you remember the British Show that it was from ;-)

edit - dang they gave it away on the label

OK, if you want old-ish music from British TV, which program had this contemplative little piece, "Left Bank Two" by the Noveltones?

The answer is not Little Big Planet


(... and I think we need some quiet contemplation as we wait patiently for the next launch opportunity )

Now you got me... I left Blighty in '53, so didn't grow up with the majority of the TV stuff... my sons in law have been trying to re-educate me... but I haven't entered my "second childhood" yet.... at least I hope I haven't 

[Chris Bergin]

Probably need to get this back to SpaceXey things now. Although it's providing a good example as to why we'll never have on of those "Free Space" areas, like the one that pretty much killed space.com's old messageboard.

[kevin-rf]

 

Probably need to get this back to SpaceXey things now. Although it's providing a good example as to why we'll never have on of those "Free Space" areas, like the one that pretty much killed space.com's old messageboard.

But I want to hawk my burnt toast that looks like it survived a flame trench 

[deltaV]

I'm looking forward to the launch of Meleagris 9 tomorrow. ("Meleagris" is the scientific name for turkey. I prefer it because "turkey" sometimes means "failure.")