Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 (Flight 2) - COTS-1 - Launch Updates - December 8, 2010 (Read 546794 times)

corrodedNut · « **Reply #640 on:** 12/08/2010 06:26 pm »

Quote from: hernick on 12/08/2010 06:24 pm

Ten thousand bottles of SpaceX's new fragrance: Elon's musk

With just a hint of *spam-in-a-can*

spacetraveler · « **Reply #641 on:** 12/08/2010 06:27 pm »

From SFN:

The Dragon's performance on-orbit was 100 percent successful, according to SpaceX.

AdamH · « **Reply #642 on:** 12/08/2010 06:27 pm »

Quote from: hernick on 12/08/2010 06:24 pm

Ten thousand bottles of SpaceX's new fragrance: Elon's musk

Perfume from space, it's sure to be popular with all geeks!

Bravo SpaceX!

LOL. Hey now that might actually be a pretty good idea.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #643 on:** 12/08/2010 06:27 pm »

Quote from: hernick on 12/08/2010 06:24 pm

Quote from: craigcocca on 12/08/2010 06:15 pm
We haven't yet found out what Elon's "secret" cargo on Dragon was. Maybe it was Elon himself...

Ten thousand bottles of SpaceX's new fragrance: Elon's musk

Perfume from space, it's sure to be popular with all geeks!

Bravo SpaceX!

Yes! I know what it is! It's Kool Aid packets!

And one especially for Jim! (I kid, I kid!)

from twitter:"SpaceXer
Recovery crew has put the floats on the Dragon already.
less than 20 seconds ago via web"

Sparky · « **Reply #644 on:** 12/08/2010 06:28 pm »

Quote from: Avron on 12/08/2010 06:21 pm

Quote from: vt_hokie on 12/08/2010 06:17 pm
Quote from: craigcocca on 12/08/2010 06:15 pm

We haven't yet found out what Elon's "secret" cargo on Dragon was. Maybe it was Elon himself...

LOL!

Humm ex-wife...

Don't be ridiculous.
The capsule came back intact.

bolun · « **Reply #645 on:** 12/08/2010 06:28 pm »

Another great day.

Good work SpaceX!

Retired Downrange · « **Reply #646 on:** 12/08/2010 06:28 pm »

SpaceXer

1. Recovery crew has put the floats on the Dragon already. 1 minute ago via web

billh · « **Reply #647 on:** 12/08/2010 06:29 pm »

Quote from: MarsInMyLifetime on 12/08/2010 06:26 pm

a "Zephram Cochrane" kind of moment

LOL! More than a few nerds on here...present company included.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #648 on:** 12/08/2010 06:29 pm »

Quote from: Lee Jay on 12/08/2010 06:16 pm

Hey, Chris. How hammered were your servers for the last half hour?

Coped really well! These are good tests of our servers and we never touched any redlines. Remember when the site used to fallover when we went over 500 people on an event thread? The amount of people, bandwidth and data we can host now is rediculous, but required.

And to the few of you who think "ugg, this site's always pimping its L2" - guess what's paying for those servers which keep these public threads and news site up during these times? That's right!

n4dou · « **Reply #649 on:** 12/08/2010 06:29 pm »

Mostly a lurker, but I have to speak up and say that this is a good day for space fight! Way to go SpaceX and thanks Chris for this forum to be able to stay informed!

James P · « **Reply #650 on:** 12/08/2010 06:29 pm »

Any word on the recovery of the first stage?

ugordan · « **Reply #651 on:** 12/08/2010 06:30 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 12/08/2010 06:24 pm

And if you lost a post, remember, it's never personal. We try and keep it as tidy as possible, and I know we'll of missed some things, but for the record I personally do not see ANYTHING wrong with people being excited about space flight.

There was one post that I wish wasn't removed or at least I wish I took a screenshot!

As for my little contribution to increasing the noise-to-signal ratio:

I. am. speechless.

James P · « **Reply #652 on:** 12/08/2010 06:30 pm »

Quote from: n4dou on 12/08/2010 06:29 pm

Mostly a lurker, but I have to speak up and say that this is a good day for space fight! Way to go SpaceX and thanks Chris for this forum to be able to stay informed!

From one lurker to another. Thank you Chris you've done a great job today!

Space Lizard · « **Reply #653 on:** 12/08/2010 06:30 pm »

Could this secret payload be some kind of living creature (a mouse?), just to prove the capsule is genuinely able to sustain life?

That would be another "first".

MP99 · « **Reply #654 on:** 12/08/2010 06:31 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 12/08/2010 06:22 pm

SpaceXer: "Splashdown on target. Mission is a success!"

Where's the bottle opener? (this is good beer)

That is absolutely freaking awesome. Wooooooooo.

cheers, Martin

rdale · « **Reply #655 on:** 12/08/2010 06:31 pm »

Quote from: James P on 12/08/2010 06:29 pm

Any word on the recovery of the first stage?

Good bet that yes - at 3:30pm.

mduncan36 · « **Reply #656 on:** 12/08/2010 06:31 pm »

Magic Johnson once told a story about winning his first NBA basketball game as a professional with the LA Lakers. He was running around the court waving his arms and screaming like a kid. The great Kareem Abdul Jabar approached him and calmly intoned - "Irving, there are still 64 games to play this season."

I must admit that I too feel like running around the court and screaming but the season has just begun. Let's celebrate this victory and hope that ten years from now we've got some championship rings to show for it.

rnc · « **Reply #657 on:** 12/08/2010 06:32 pm »

Has anyone said "W00T!" yet ? :-)

A fantastic job, and it reminds me of the excitement I felt aged about 6 watching apollo 17 coming down.

Hopefully the capsule recovery goes as well as the mission. I hope the target area is relatively calm for them.

kking · « **Reply #658 on:** 12/08/2010 06:32 pm »

I'm inpressed. NASA is supposed to have a press conference at 3:30PM. I hope we can see some video of the splashdown and recovery soon.

TheFallen · « **Reply #659 on:** 12/08/2010 06:33 pm »

Quote from: bolun on 12/08/2010 06:28 pm

Another great day.

Good work SpaceX!

ANOTHER? Don't tell that to JAXA