Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478940 times)

jongoff · « **Reply #1620 on:** 05/31/2012 05:18 pm »

Quote from: jnc on 05/31/2012 04:40 pm

Quote from: simonbp on 05/31/2012 04:29 pm
Well remember, COTS was really Mike Griffin's baby in the first place...

Something I think too many Constellation-haterz don't remember often enough.

Maybe some fellow CxP-haters forget that Mike Griffin actually did one or two smart things during his time at NASA HQ, but I'm not one of those. My only beef was that discussions pre-Griffin had made it sound like they were going to pursue commercial cargo and crew in parallel, not as a "let's do cargo first, and only think about solving the crew situation down the road" deal like we ended up getting.

~Jon

jongoff · « **Reply #1621 on:** 05/31/2012 05:23 pm »

Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/31/2012 04:26 pm

Quote from: FinalFrontier on 05/31/2012 04:24 pm
Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/31/2012 04:15 pm
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/22/2012 10:34 pm
Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/22/2012 09:01 pm
Faces today…

SpaceX NASA Capitol Hill

Me

This party thread was made for you!

Faces today Update…

SpaceX NASA Capitol Hill Roscosmos

Me

Agreed.

Mike griffin among others, who is by the romney's space policy advisor, has been quoted as saying

"well it should fly at least 6 to 7 times more before we let crew on it" ,delaying, retoric, ect. the usual.

Anyway does not give me alot of hope for commercial when a presidential candidate that has a fairly good chance of winning has mike griffin advising him on space policy, and griffin once again proves how much of an inaccurate he is.

This mission is ground breaking, and it has really opened a new era, now sit back and watch as the usual suspects on the hill try and sabotage it.
One serving of crow for the man please…

I don't think Mike actually deserves a serving of crow. More like Andy Pazstor, and Sen. Shelby.

~Jon

yg1968 · « **Reply #1622 on:** 05/31/2012 05:27 pm »

Quote from: jongoff on 05/31/2012 05:18 pm

Quote from: jnc on 05/31/2012 04:40 pm
Quote from: simonbp on 05/31/2012 04:29 pm
Well remember, COTS was really Mike Griffin's baby in the first place...

Something I think too many Constellation-haterz don't remember often enough.

Maybe some fellow CxP-haters forget that Mike Griffin actually did one or two smart things during his time at NASA HQ, but I'm not one of those. My only beef was that discussions pre-Griffin had made it sound like they were going to pursue commercial cargo and crew in parallel, not as a "let's do cargo first, and only think about solving the crew situation down the road" deal like we ended up getting.

~Jon

I sort of wonder. If COTS-D had been exercised, would we have saved much more time? The other thing is that COTS-D was likely underfunded. Even Elon Musk admits that he underestimated the cost of commercial crew. But it seems that Mike Griffin became anti-commercial crew when he realized that it could become a direct threat to Ares I.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1623 on:** 05/31/2012 05:30 pm »

Quote from: jongoff on 05/31/2012 05:23 pm

Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/31/2012 04:26 pm
Quote from: FinalFrontier on 05/31/2012 04:24 pm
Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/31/2012 04:15 pm
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/22/2012 10:34 pm
Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/22/2012 09:01 pm
Faces today…

SpaceX NASA Capitol Hill

Me

This party thread was made for you!

Faces today Update…

SpaceX NASA Capitol Hill Roscosmos

Me

Agreed.

Mike griffin among others, who is by the romney's space policy advisor, has been quoted as saying

"well it should fly at least 6 to 7 times more before we let crew on it" ,delaying, retoric, ect. the usual.

Anyway does not give me alot of hope for commercial when a presidential candidate that has a fairly good chance of winning has mike griffin advising him on space policy, and griffin once again proves how much of an inaccurate he is.

This mission is ground breaking, and it has really opened a new era, now sit back and watch as the usual suspects on the hill try and sabotage it.
One serving of crow for the man please…

I don't think Mike actually deserves a serving of crow. More like Andy Pazstor, and Sen. Shelby.

~Jon

Hi Jon,

Only with respect to the alleged comments… But hey, there is enough crow for everyone! I’ve waited for SpaceX to “show me” as well…

~Robert

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28808.210

simonbp · « **Reply #1624 on:** 05/31/2012 05:31 pm »

Quote from: jongoff on 05/31/2012 05:18 pm

Maybe some fellow CxP-haters forget that Mike Griffin actually did one or two smart things during his time at NASA HQ, but I'm not one of those. My only beef was that discussions pre-Griffin had made it sound like they were going to pursue commercial cargo and crew in parallel, not as a "let's do cargo first, and only think about solving the crew situation down the road" deal like we ended up getting.

IIRC the failure of COTS-D was down a combination of limited resources and not wanting to get Orion (and thus the Moon) canceled. They did, though, purposely pick two crew-capable vehicles in the original selection. And, in the second round to replace Kistler, Boeing's proto-CST only barely lost out to Cygnus because NASA also wanted a Delta II replacement. So, for the practical constraints they had, NASA did pretty well.

At any rate, SpaceX COTS complete! The ball in now in Orbital Sciences' court...

Jim · « **Reply #1625 on:** 05/31/2012 05:37 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 05/31/2012 04:16 pm

I wonder how long PRW will keep running those ads. So far, SpaceX has stayed on the "high road". If they change their minds, they can have this one from me, no charge:

At SpaceX, we don't make attack ads...we make HISTORY.

High Road? Until this week, Spacex had nothing.
It was a legimate ad campaign that now has run it course.

Also, PWR has made history many times over

docmordrid · « **Reply #1626 on:** 05/31/2012 05:40 pm »

History by different paths is still history.

mmeijeri · « **Reply #1627 on:** 05/31/2012 05:40 pm »

Quote from: Jim on 05/31/2012 05:37 pm

Also, PWR has made history many times over

Let's hope PWR won't be history soon...

peter-b · « **Reply #1628 on:** 05/31/2012 05:56 pm »

Yay for more epic music on NASA TV. I've greatly enjoyed their selections this week.

Tea Party Space Czar · « **Reply #1629 on:** 05/31/2012 05:57 pm »

Great day for COTS and Space Act Agreements, not to mention SpaceX, NASA, Elon Musk, and Alan Lindenmoyer.

We are all winners today.

Respectfully,
Andrew Gasser
TEA Party in Space

zinfab · « **Reply #1630 on:** 05/31/2012 06:00 pm »

Congrats to Elon&Co. This is a very big milestone. All mission objectives accomplished! This is very very impressive. Wow.

Tcommon · « **Reply #1631 on:** 05/31/2012 06:21 pm »

Quote from: Tcommon on 05/19/2012 03:49 am

Small point, but shouldn't this party thread be held after SpaceX successfully completes its mission? Just sayin...

OK, now it's time for a party thread.

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #1632 on:** 05/31/2012 06:36 pm »

Now without the new-car smell, and a little less brilliant white!
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/208264591887712257/photo/1

wolfpack · « **Reply #1633 on:** 05/31/2012 06:40 pm »

Quote from: Silmfeanor on 05/31/2012 06:36 pm

Now without the new-car smell, and a little less brilliant white!

I hope that Elon's cheese has a high melting point!

majormajor42 · « **Reply #1634 on:** 05/31/2012 06:43 pm »

tears. happy tears.

Wyvern · « **Reply #1635 on:** 05/31/2012 06:56 pm »

Finally, after months of anticipation and even doubt, we have seen SpaceX perform and succed.

I only hope that the next few launches succed, if this happens then I think we could be seeing a game changer in spaceflight. Maybe we wont see SpaceX lead the way to Mars but if SpaceX can drop the cost to space access then their will be room for others to carry the torch.

Bravo SpaceX!

punder · « **Reply #1636 on:** 05/31/2012 07:21 pm »

Since this is the SpaceX Party Thread, let's raise some glasses.

Here's to Elon Musk and SpaceX.

Here's to NASA.

And Here's to Gary Hudson and all the others who have worked tirelessly, with little recognition or thanks, to "fall on the barbed wire" so commercial space can move forward.

sanman · « **Reply #1637 on:** 05/31/2012 07:42 pm »

What's the next big thing to look forward to from SpaceX? The Grasshopper tests?

kevin-rf · « **Reply #1638 on:** 05/31/2012 07:43 pm »

CRS-1!

Retired Downrange · « **Reply #1639 on:** 05/31/2012 07:53 pm »

Via FB

SpaceX
Dragon is on the barge and heading home. Great job by the recovery crew.