Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478947 times)

daver · « **Reply #1140 on:** 05/25/2012 05:37 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 05/25/2012 05:01 pm

Elon ROCKS!

Chris-A · « **Reply #1141 on:** 05/25/2012 05:37 pm »

"We banned alcohol on the premises." - Elon Musk
lol

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #1142 on:** 05/25/2012 05:37 pm »

Congrats to SpaceX. Now the real challenge has arrived... Doing it over and over again routinely.

dcporter · « **Reply #1143 on:** 05/25/2012 05:38 pm »

I was in a meeting for the beginning of the presser; this is definitely going to be worth watching in full. Any ideas where the video is gonna show up soonest?

Idiomatic · « **Reply #1144 on:** 05/25/2012 05:40 pm »

Hear that everyone? We are getting champagne!

Beemer · « **Reply #1145 on:** 05/25/2012 05:44 pm »

Elon Musk looks and sounds like a man who has had a huge burden lifted from his shoulders.

Beemer · « **Reply #1146 on:** 05/25/2012 05:46 pm »

Quote from: Idiomatic on 05/25/2012 05:40 pm

Hear that everyone? We are getting champagne!

Does ChrisB know about this?

krytek · « **Reply #1147 on:** 05/25/2012 05:48 pm »

Elon explaining berthing

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #1148 on:** 05/25/2012 05:48 pm »

When Dragon lands, only Russia, the US and SpaceX will have had a vehicle go to the ISS and return.
That is an exclusive club that ULA PWR are not members of.
Who's making noise now?

sanman · « **Reply #1149 on:** 05/25/2012 05:56 pm »

Haha, the wheel of cheese is wrapped in Lucite

Next best thing to carbonite, huh?

Hope it won't decompose too badly in there

rabar10 · « **Reply #1150 on:** 05/25/2012 05:59 pm »

Did anyone get a screen-grab of the Dr. Evil "Lasers" in air-quotes?

Lar · « **Reply #1151 on:** 05/25/2012 06:02 pm »

So what is the secret payload awaiting the ISS crew on this one? The cheese is still in Hawthorne so it must be something else...

Any guesses?

Beemer · « **Reply #1152 on:** 05/25/2012 06:03 pm »

Quote from: sanman on 05/25/2012 05:56 pm

Haha, the wheel of cheese is wrapped in Lucite
Next best thing to carbonite, huh?

Hope it won't decompose too badly in there

What is the story behind all this talk of cheese???

sanman · « **Reply #1153 on:** 05/25/2012 06:04 pm »

Haha, is this becoming like the traditional Easter Egg at the end of Marvel movies - every mission has a secret payload?

krytek · « **Reply #1154 on:** 05/25/2012 06:06 pm »

Thank you for the great adventure everybody.

GO DRAGON!

sojourner · « **Reply #1155 on:** 05/25/2012 06:06 pm »

Quote from: Lar on 05/25/2012 06:02 pm

So what is the secret payload awaiting the ISS crew on this one? The cheese is still in Hawthorne so it must be something else...

Any guesses?

One frakked off cat.
"Houston, this is ISS, we having hissing noises from Dragon"
"Roger that, we confirm no pressure leak"
"Not that kind of hissing Houston"

Political Hack Wannabe · « **Reply #1156 on:** 05/25/2012 06:06 pm »

Quote from: Beemer on 05/25/2012 06:03 pm

Quote from: sanman on 05/25/2012 05:56 pm
Haha, the wheel of cheese is wrapped in Lucite
Next best thing to carbonite, huh?

Hope it won't decompose too badly in there

What is the story behind all this talk of cheese???

On the first COTS 1 mission, they had included a wheel of cheese. (Its some sort of Monty Python joke I believe)

sanman · « **Reply #1157 on:** 05/25/2012 06:07 pm »

Quote from: Beemer on 05/25/2012 06:03 pm

Quote from: sanman on 05/25/2012 05:56 pm
Haha, the wheel of cheese is wrapped in Lucite
Next best thing to carbonite, huh?

Hope it won't decompose too badly in there

What is the story behind all this talk of cheese???

Well, the first flight of Dragon had a secret payload onboard - a wheel of cheese, which was an homage to the famous Cheese Shop sketch from Monty Python.

Beemer · « **Reply #1158 on:** 05/25/2012 06:12 pm »

Quote from: sanman on 05/25/2012 06:07 pm

Quote from: Beemer on 05/25/2012 06:03 pm
Quote from: sanman on 05/25/2012 05:56 pm
Haha, the wheel of cheese is wrapped in Lucite
Next best thing to carbonite, huh?

Hope it won't decompose too badly in there

What is the story behind all this talk of cheese???

Well, the first flight of Dragon had a secret payload onboard - a wheel of cheese, which was an homage to the famous Cheese Shop sketch from Monty Python.

Awesome!!! I'm a huge Python fan myself

Robotbeat · « **Reply #1159 on:** 05/25/2012 06:12 pm »

Quote

Ben Brockert ‏@wikkit

The International Space Station is now in the part of the map marked "Here be Dragons". http://twitpic.com/9p3dds