Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX/Falcon 1 - 23rd March: launch coverage thread (Read 118870 times)

amon · « **Reply #240 on:** 03/24/2006 09:50 pm »

I'm about to turn blue holding my breath... is it climbing or is it in bits???

Tahii · « **Reply #241 on:** 03/24/2006 09:50 pm »

Drat! I was enjoying that!

I think NSF seemed to have a wee hiccup too - the forum wasn't responding for me for a few minutes.

rhwinger · « **Reply #242 on:** 03/24/2006 09:50 pm »

Well, the rocket cam to 1000 ft was cool while it lasted. Hope this isn't a problem...

dmc6960 · « **Reply #243 on:** 03/24/2006 09:50 pm »

It looked like the thermal blankets might not have detached completely.

mr.columbus · « **Reply #244 on:** 03/24/2006 09:51 pm »

Saw the same thing. First a flame, then 3 seconds a spinning rocket and then the webcast stopped... that sounds very, VERY bad.

DaveS · « **Reply #245 on:** 03/24/2006 09:51 pm »

OK, what just happened??? This is going to hit SpaceX very hard.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #246 on:** 03/24/2006 09:51 pm »

Launch failure

nacnud · « **Reply #247 on:** 03/24/2006 09:52 pm »

Lots of ppl reporting rolling, SFN etc.

Spacely · « **Reply #248 on:** 03/24/2006 09:52 pm »

Yeah, the spinning rocket, clouds, and visible ocean were bad signs. Damn, damn, damn.

braddock · « **Reply #249 on:** 03/24/2006 09:53 pm »

Gwynn: I have heard word that we did lose the vehicle. We did have
successful liftoff until a minute or two into the flight. As soon as
we have information we will post informaiton onto the site. We did
lose the feed from Kwajalein; that happens pretty often here. We did
have a successful liftoff, but the vehicle did not succeed after that.
Clearly this is a setback, but we are here for the long haul.

mr.columbus · « **Reply #250 on:** 03/24/2006 09:56 pm »

Hmmmm,... that will hit SpaceX, hope it's not the end for the Falcon...

nacnud · « **Reply #251 on:** 03/24/2006 09:57 pm »

They have enough $$$ for a couple more failures, after that

gladiator1332 · « **Reply #252 on:** 03/24/2006 09:58 pm »

Deffinatly a setback...but these things happen when you're trying something new. Took NASA a couple trys in the beginning.

amon · « **Reply #253 on:** 03/24/2006 09:58 pm »

I have to believe Elon was not counting on a first time success. Everyone blows one up.

braddock · « **Reply #254 on:** 03/24/2006 09:58 pm »

With that statement posted above, SpaceX terminated the press call.

I don't know what to say to that. I hope they can recover enough to diagnose the failure. A very bad day for SpaceX.

Spacely · « **Reply #255 on:** 03/24/2006 09:59 pm »

I remember Musk saying back in November that he can afford three failures.

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #256 on:** 03/24/2006 09:59 pm »

This is rocket science after all, stuff like this is bound to happen.

I don't think the thermal blanket was at fault. One of the last images I got before the feed died showed the rocket high enough as to assume that the blanket seperated already.

Tap-Sa · « **Reply #257 on:** 03/24/2006 10:00 pm »

Did anyone get a good look how the LOX blanket came off? My feed went all jerky just before liftoff.

mong' · « **Reply #258 on:** 03/24/2006 10:01 pm »

That is just to sad, hope it's not the end of the adventure.
now we'll have to see how they recover from it

amon · « **Reply #259 on:** 03/24/2006 10:01 pm »

The bright side of it is that Elon will have some spectacular footage for us when he does his talk at the NSS ISDC in LA at the beginning of May! (Btw, y'all come now, y'hear?)