Author Topic: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread  (Read 2031653 times)

Offline Chris Bergin

Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #500 on: 05/16/2017 02:25 am »
thoughts on what this tweet means? https://twitter.com/jbtaylor/status/864281417185808384
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This video we are about to post.... Wow!
jb

He's just told me he meant the launch hightlights video. Yeah, everyone else thought he meant the video that got the SpaceXer's ooh and ahh'ing - which was the booster death cam.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #501 on: 05/16/2017 02:29 am »
I'm not familiar with techno music, but I notice that the SpaceX webcasts always feature the music of Test Shot Starfish.  Could that be a SpaceX employee? 


If that's an established artist, I apologize for my ignorance.  Like I said, I don't follow techno music.
The Space Age is just starting to get interesting.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #502 on: 05/16/2017 03:03 am »
Gee, these expendable launches feel so antiquated now

"whaddya mean you threw away the rocket?!"

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #503 on: 05/16/2017 03:23 am »
I'm not familiar with techno music, but I notice that the SpaceX webcasts always feature the music of Test Shot Starfish.  Could that be a SpaceX employee? 


If that's an established artist, I apologize for my ignorance.  Like I said, I don't follow techno music.

Well, that was easy -- enjoy!

http://testshotstarfish.com/

https://soundcloud.com/testshotstarfish

https://www.amazon.com/Test-Shot-Starfish-EP/dp/B00008OD8T

(lots more links came up ... these are just the first three)  :)


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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #504 on: 05/16/2017 03:32 am »
I'm not familiar with techno music, but I notice that the SpaceX webcasts always feature the music of Test Shot Starfish.  Could that be a SpaceX employee? 


If that's an established artist, I apologize for my ignorance.  Like I said, I don't follow techno music.

Well, that was easy -- enjoy!

http://testshotstarfish.com/

https://soundcloud.com/testshotstarfish

https://www.amazon.com/Test-Shot-Starfish-EP/dp/B00008OD8T

(lots more links came up ... these are just the first three)  :)
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http://www.allmusic.com/artist/test-shot-starfish-mn0000814355
Multimedia duo Kyle Schember and Ryan Stuit met in 1999 in Los Angeles on a film set and, in addition to their own work, have since contributed audio to several television programs, commercials, and other video. They have also done remixes for Coldplay, Gus Gus, and Snoop Dogg and contributed work to such high-profile clients as Showtime, ESPN, Toyota, and the National Football League. Their own recordings arrived as an EP in 2003 and a self-titled full-length in summer 2005.
They appear to not have any particular affiliation with SpaceX although they say they make 'music for space'. Big fans of SpaceX? Maybe Elon is a big fan of theirs?

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #505 on: 05/16/2017 08:33 am »
And in today's Space News:
A SpaceX first stage has actually FAILED to land, being destroyed in an orgy of Aerodynamic forces during reentry!

Space enthusiasts all around the globe will have a day of mourning for the valiant lost soul stage.

Rocket Rights advocates are staging marches and petitions to ban such a  return to the Cruel Old Days when a rocket's life was only worth 2.5 minutes.






Disclaimer: The above statement is made is jest, call it sarcasm if you will. It does reflect my feelings though.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #506 on: 05/16/2017 10:08 am »
thoughts on what this tweet means? https://twitter.com/jbtaylor/status/864281417185808384
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This video we are about to post.... Wow!
jb

He's just told me he meant the launch hightlights video. Yeah, everyone else thought he meant the video that got the SpaceXer's ooh and ahh'ing - which was the booster death cam.

 ;)
« Last Edit: 05/16/2017 10:09 am by AncientU »
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #507 on: 05/16/2017 11:43 am »
I hope we get to see the death cam footage.
Wildly optimistic prediction, Superheavy recovery on IFT-4 or IFT-5

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #508 on: 05/16/2017 12:56 pm »
We're just a bunch of sickos here, wanting to watch rocket snuff films.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #509 on: 05/16/2017 02:10 pm »
Think of the missed opportunity of other launch providers... all these years.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #510 on: 05/16/2017 02:46 pm »
We're just a bunch of sickos here, wanting to watch rocket snuff films.
So that's why I like watching Rocket Explosions on YouTube. Who knew it was a fetish...

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #511 on: 05/16/2017 04:51 pm »
Steamroller time!  :)

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #512 on: 05/16/2017 10:23 pm »
I can't speak for everyone else, but I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that SpaceX's commentator wasn't being forced to bend over backwards repeating that the focus is on the primary mission--the successful deployment of the payload--and not the secondary objective of booster recovery.  Now, if we can just get them to do recovery missions without feeling like they have to continually harp on this fact. 
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #513 on: 05/16/2017 10:42 pm »
And in today's Space News:
A SpaceX first stage has actually FAILED to land, being destroyed in an orgy of Aerodynamic forces during reentry!

Space enthusiasts all around the globe will have a day of mourning for the valiant lost soul stage.

Rocket Rights advocates are staging marches and petitions to ban such a  return to the Cruel Old Days when a rocket's life was only worth 2.5 minutes.






Disclaimer: The above statement is made is jest, call it sarcasm if you will. It does reflect my feelings though.

That is why the crowd at Hawthorne is obsessed with the first stage. They don't care about the primary mission of delivering satellites or launching probes beyond Earth. They are more interested in booster recovery.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #514 on: 05/17/2017 12:42 am »

That is why the crowd at Hawthorne is obsessed with the first stage. They don't care about the primary mission of delivering satellites or launching probes beyond Earth. They are more interested in booster recovery.
Well, they do needed some tender loving care after such a traumatic launch experience. Plus many of them survive that to end up very sea sick.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #515 on: 05/17/2017 04:31 am »
It occurred to me just now what the most important reason is for taking down the RSS at 39A.....it blocks the view on the SFN feed.

That is a problem.  Anyone else willing to volunteer on the weekends?  I think NSF could bring the thing down in a month as long as we dispensed with haughty luxuries like "safety equipment" and "structural loads"!
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #516 on: 05/17/2017 07:34 am »
42698   INMARSAT 5-F4   2017-025A      1401.67min   24.50deg   69839km   381km      
42699   FALCON 9 R/B   2017-025B           1410.43min   24.47deg   70181km   384km

Roughly a 1,570m/s deficit to GTO. That's almost Zenit-3SLB/Proton-M/Briz-M performance.
Those have more stages too. Not bad for kerolox 2 stage.

But, but... kerolox is very low energy. Sad!

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #517 on: 05/17/2017 08:53 am »
It occurred to me just now what the most important reason is for taking down the RSS at 39A.....it blocks the view on the SFN feed.

That is a problem.  Anyone else willing to volunteer on the weekends?  I think NSF could bring the thing down in a month as long as we dispensed with haughty luxuries like "safety equipment" and "structural loads"!

They could pay us in SpaceX Lanyards and used cups.
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #518 on: 05/17/2017 09:26 am »
It occurred to me just now what the most important reason is for taking down the RSS at 39A.....it blocks the view on the SFN feed.

That is a problem.  Anyone else willing to volunteer on the weekends?  I think NSF could bring the thing down in a month as long as we dispensed with haughty luxuries like "safety equipment" and "structural loads"!

They could pay us in SpaceX Lanyards and used cups.

Would cross the Atlantic if we could play on the zip wires afterwards.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #519 on: 05/17/2017 07:26 pm »
It occurred to me just now what the most important reason is for taking down the RSS at 39A.....it blocks the view on the SFN feed.

That is a problem.  Anyone else willing to volunteer on the weekends?  I think NSF could bring the thing down in a month as long as we dispensed with haughty luxuries like "safety equipment" and "structural loads"!

Just let me have a bolt or two to take home and I'm there... I'll even bring my own work gloves and hard hat!
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