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#60 by Prober on 01 Sep, 2011 19:47
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How much for pad bunker tickets?
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#61 by Rocket Guy on 01 Sep, 2011 20:24
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The causeway is 4.5 to 5.5 miles away from the pad. Jetty Park is 2.9. Don't bother with that.
And the tweetup, as mentioned, is viewing some six miles away. They should just go to the pier too. -
#62 by jacqmans on 02 Sep, 2011 03:19
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RELEASE: 11-285
NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF LUNAR SPACECRAFT
WASHINGTON -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter
account to a two-day launch Tweetup Sept. 7-8. The Tweetup is
expected to culminate in the launch of the twin lunar-bound GRAIL
spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station in Florida.
The launch is targeted for 8:37 a.m. EDT on Sept. 8. The two GRAIL
spacecraft will fly in tandem orbits around the moon for several
months to measure its gravity field in unprecedented detail from
crust to core. The mission also will answer longstanding questions
about the moon and provide scientists with a better understanding of
how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.
Tweetup participants were selected from more than 800 people who
registered online. They will share their Tweetup experiences with
their followers through the social networking site Twitter.
Participants represent the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
India, Indonesia, Spain and the United Kingdom. Attendees from the
U.S. come from 32 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, NASA will broadcast a
portion of the Tweetup when attendees talk with NASA Administrator
Charles Bolden; Jim Adams, deputy director of planetary science at
NASA Headquarters in Washington; Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal
investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Cambridge; Sami Asmar, GRAIL deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.; and Neil deGrasse Tyson,
astrophysicist and Frederick P. Rose Director at the American Museum
of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York. To watch the
broadcast, visit:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tweetup
Participants also will tour NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape
Canaveral, including a close-up visit to the launch pad.
Reporters interested in interviewing Tweetup attendees should contact
Stephanie Schierholz at 202-358-1100 or
[email protected]. Reporters interested in covering the
afternoon program Sept. 7 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
must secure access through Andrea Farmer by 5 p.m. Sept. 6 at
321-449-4318 or [email protected].
Previously, NASA invited groups to attend the launch of the Juno
spacecraft on its way to Jupiter and to five space shuttle launches:
Atlantis' STS-129, STS-132 and STS-135 missions, Discovery's STS-133
mission, and Endeavour's STS-134 mission.
To follow participants on Twitter as they experience the prelaunch
events and GRAIL's liftoff, follow the #NASATweetup hashtag and the
list of attendees at:
http://www.twitter.com/nasatweetup/grail-launch
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., manages the
mission. For more information about GRAIL, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/grail
To connect with NASA on Twitter and other social networking sites,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect
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#63 by Ronsmytheiii on 02 Sep, 2011 12:35
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#64 by TNCMAXQ on 02 Sep, 2011 18:49
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I'm still considering making the trip though it will be a last minute call. I've never been to an ELV launch and would like to see one. I am missing those shuttle trips already of course.
If I go to Jetty Park for GRAIL are there any restrictions on parking? I wonder if that might fill up. Do any local radio stations have launch coverage? Wondering if I should bring a radio. I suppose if many other launch viewers are there someone will have a scanner or some kind of smart phone to hear the commentary from the PAO. But I would like to keep updated on the countdown status. If anyone has info/advice to offer I'd be glad to hear it. Thanks.
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#65 by stuart_wildcat on 03 Sep, 2011 06:14
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Anyone have an idea of launch trajectory? Launching toward the NE like shuttles always did would be pretty much straight away from Jetty Park. Of course this one doesn't have to bother with that silly Earth orbit stuff
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#66 by dsmillman on 03 Sep, 2011 10:12
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Anyone have an idea of launch trajectory? Launching toward the NE like shuttles always did would be pretty much straight away from Jetty Park. Of course this one doesn't have to bother with that silly Earth orbit stuff
The launch trajectory is given in the ula Grail brochure:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/DII/dii_grail_mob.pdf -
#67 by Prober on 03 Sep, 2011 20:56
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Anyone have an idea of launch trajectory? Launching toward the NE like shuttles always did would be pretty much straight away from Jetty Park. Of course this one doesn't have to bother with that silly Earth orbit stuff
The launch trajectory is given in the ula Grail brochure:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/DII/dii_grail_mob.pdf
very nice brochure.
Total vehicle weight at takeoff? . When the engines fire would like to know how much weight has to be lifted off the pad. thx -
#68 by Rocket Guy on 03 Sep, 2011 22:08
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According to the NASA tweetup group on twitter, they are now watching the launch from the NASA causeway.
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#69 by Chris Bergin on 04 Sep, 2011 03:08
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Processing overview via L2 - written by Chris Gebhardt:
Twin GRAIL satellites ready for NASA lunar launch:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/twin-grail-satellites-ready-for-nasa-lunar-launch/
We put Jsmjr's very nice pano to good use too (check your PMs John). -
#70 by stuart_wildcat on 04 Sep, 2011 05:53
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Anyone have an idea of launch trajectory? Launching toward the NE like shuttles always did would be pretty much straight away from Jetty Park. Of course this one doesn't have to bother with that silly Earth orbit stuff
The launch trajectory is given in the ula Grail brochure:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/DII/dii_grail_mob.pdf
Thanks, the launch to the East probably seals Jetty Park as the best place to watch. -
#71 by GClark on 04 Sep, 2011 06:04
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Another fine piece. I was wondering what the open items at the FRR were.
(Tips hat)
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#72 by Jeff Lerner on 04 Sep, 2011 14:04
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Good write-up on what looks to be an interesting mission...Based on the picture of the spacecraft being encapsulated by the payload faring, seems to be quite alot of extra room under there...was there no other option (ie. a smaller faring) to use for this launch
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#73 by dsmillman on 04 Sep, 2011 14:07
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Page 6 of the launch press kit has the launch weight:Anyone have an idea of launch trajectory? Launching toward the NE like shuttles always did would be pretty much straight away from Jetty Park. Of course this one doesn't have to bother with that silly Earth orbit stuff
The launch trajectory is given in the ula Grail brochure:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/DII/dii_grail_mob.pdf
very nice brochure.
Total vehicle weight at takeoff? . When the engines fire would like to know how much weight has to be lifted off the pad. thx
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/582116main_GRAIL_launch_press_kit.pdf
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#74 by Jim on 04 Sep, 2011 15:57
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Good write-up on what looks to be an interesting mission...Based on the picture of the spacecraft being encapsulated by the payload faring, seems to be quite alot of extra room under there...was there no other option (ie. a smaller faring) to use for this launch
That is the smallest for the required width. It doesn't matter, there is enough performance for it. -
#75 by Rocket Guy on 04 Sep, 2011 16:51
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Thanks, the launch to the East probably seals Jetty Park as the best place to watch.
All launches go to the east from Cape Canaveral. Southeast, east, or northeast.
Jetty Park is the best place for Delta II no matter what direction it heads, period. There was no alternative if it headed northeast.
Trajectory out of the Cape really has no bearing on what the launch is like from a particular viewing location. -
#76 by HIPAR on 04 Sep, 2011 21:13
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Does ULA employ Delta II specialists?
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#77 by Jim on 04 Sep, 2011 21:43
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Does ULA employ Delta II specialists?
Dont understand the question? -
#78 by DrGuano on 04 Sep, 2011 22:00
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Thanks, the launch to the East probably seals Jetty Park as the best place to watch.
All launches go to the east from Cape Canaveral. Southeast, east, or northeast.
Jetty Park is the best place for Delta II no matter what direction it heads, period. There was no alternative if it headed northeast.
Trajectory out of the Cape really has no bearing on what the launch is like from a particular viewing location.
How would the view from the Causeway compare to Jetty Park? -
#79 by HIPAR on 04 Sep, 2011 22:29
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Does ULA employ Delta II specialists?
Dont understand the question?
I mean, in view of the phase out, are there people who are totally dedicated to Delta II launch operations or do Atlas and Delta IV personnel get called to do 'double duty'.
If I go to Jetty Park for GRAIL are there any restrictions on parking? I wonder if that might fill up. Do any local radio stations have launch coverage? Wondering if I should bring a radio. I suppose if many other launch viewers are there someone will have a scanner or some kind of smart phone to hear the commentary from the PAO. But I would like to keep updated on the countdown status. If anyone has info/advice to offer I'd be glad to hear it. Thanks.
