Wow. Record time for that failure analysis. Like he was almost expecting it...
thanks for the coverage great jobThey did so well to have such a smooth count. This situation is 100 times better than failing on the way uphill.We'll see what additional info we can get in L2 and we'll summarize any important elements.A little bit disgusted by a few comments at scrub, but three people on a site getting hit 160 times a second ain't too bad. Never quote and respond, we moderate and get rid of such stupidity (takes longer to remove the response too).
Quote from: spacetraveler on 05/19/2012 09:07 amQuote from: Jason1701 on 05/19/2012 09:06 amQuote from: JBF on 05/19/2012 09:05 amThe big question is was a a real issue or a sensor fault.Likely an overly-tight limit.Wow. Record time for abort analysis.Tweet from Musk.Launch aborted: slightly high combustion chamber pressure on engine 5. Will adjust limits for countdown in a few days.Wow. Record time for that failure analysis. Like he was almost expecting it...
Quote from: Jason1701 on 05/19/2012 09:06 amQuote from: JBF on 05/19/2012 09:05 amThe big question is was a a real issue or a sensor fault.Likely an overly-tight limit.Wow. Record time for abort analysis.Tweet from Musk.Launch aborted: slightly high combustion chamber pressure on engine 5. Will adjust limits for countdown in a few days.
Quote from: JBF on 05/19/2012 09:05 amThe big question is was a a real issue or a sensor fault.Likely an overly-tight limit.
The big question is was a a real issue or a sensor fault.
Thanks for the great coverage Chris!
No fresh fruit for Don Petit.
I remember watching the launches of Mercury and Gemini. Almost every launch attempt was aborted to come back again another day and try again. SpaceX is having it's growing pains but to date none of the aborts appear to be for causes as serious as those early days in the 1960's. Assuming the preliminary analysis holds and Range agrees, we'll all be back here about an hour earlier next Tuesday to do this again.
I really wonder why they can't set these limits straight during test firings. I mean, isn't this what you usually do on the test stand and it's not like they were not testing things.A bit confusing to me, I mean, you don't WANT these limits to get into your way if in reality things are still OK.
Awesome coverage Chris, I really think this is one of the best websites/forums out there. Not only for Spaceflight but one of the best period.