Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478965 times)

Robotbeat · « **Reply #1800 on:** 06/20/2012 09:14 pm »

Antares launch! And MSL landing!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #1801 on:** 06/20/2012 09:55 pm »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 06/20/2012 09:14 pm

Antares launch! And MSL landing!

Concur.

Now to think up another funny thread title for the "..........Party Thread". I'll try and suprise you. "OMG" was fun for SpaceX, as people tend to act like that with SpaceX stuff

rickl · « **Reply #1802 on:** 06/20/2012 11:22 pm »

This party thread has been good for me. I had about 160 total comments before this flight. This one is #259.

Since I'm not an engineer or space industry veteran, there is not much that I can contribute to many threads, other than asking questions. And likely as not, I'll be told, "That question has already been answered in X thread."

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1803 on:** 06/20/2012 11:30 pm »

OK, a Mars landing does sort of trump a Dream Chaser drop test and landing… I guess I could have just one for DC…

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #1804 on:** 06/20/2012 11:30 pm »

High five rickl

I agree, Antares and MSL EDL for next non techno thread. MSL is particularly exciting to me. CRS-1 will be hot on it's heels. (he said hopefully)

kevin-rf · « **Reply #1805 on:** 06/21/2012 01:32 am »

but, but, NROL-15 on a Delta IV Heavy with new uprated engines will be the largest thing to fly this year. Name one thing that be larger, heavier, or cost more in 2012!

rickl · « **Reply #1806 on:** 06/21/2012 01:45 am »

Well, how about a parallel party thread for every launch?

Maybe that would be a PITA for the administrators, but at least it would keep the serious update threads clean(er), and give the rest of us a place to play. Just a thought.

(For this particular flight, Chris, the party thread was a stroke of genius. 121 pages proved the necessity for it. Without it, the thread trimmers would have been very busy indeed. I'm sure most other party threads won't come close to that.)

jongoff · « **Reply #1807 on:** 06/21/2012 02:26 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/20/2012 09:55 pm

Quote from: Robotbeat on 06/20/2012 09:14 pm
Antares launch! And MSL landing!

Concur.

Now to think up another funny thread title for the "..........Party Thread". I'll try and suprise you. "OMG" was fun for SpaceX, as people tend to act like that with SpaceX stuff

How about "zOMG!!!1!!one!!!eleven!!! ..... Party Thread" ?

scienceguy · « **Reply #1808 on:** 06/21/2012 04:13 am »

what about "LOL! MSL Landing party thread!"

IanO · « **Reply #1809 on:** 06/21/2012 04:28 am »

Quote from: scienceguy on 06/21/2012 04:13 am

what about "LOL! MSL Landing party thread!"

A/S/L? MSL!

Lars_J · « **Reply #1810 on:** 06/21/2012 05:34 am »

We most definitely need an MSL landing party thread!

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #1811 on:** 06/21/2012 08:16 pm »

Quote from: scienceguy on 06/21/2012 04:13 am

what about "LOL! MSL Landing party thread!"

That sounds like MSL is going to beam down a landing party.

go4mars · « **Reply #1812 on:** 06/21/2012 08:43 pm »

Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 06/21/2012 08:16 pm

Quote from: scienceguy on 06/21/2012 04:13 am
what about "LOL! MSL Landing party thread!"
That sounds like MSL is going to beam down a landing party.

The Mars Society and Planetary Society are doing a joint convention coinciding with the MSL landing timeframe.

I suspect that will be the biggest and best MSL party going!!

darkenfast · « **Reply #1813 on:** 08/04/2012 04:36 am »

Congratulations to SpaceX for being one of the companies selected for the next round of the Commercial Crew program! While there's obviously a lot of hard work ahead for them, we are one step closer to once more seeing astronauts flying on an American spacecraft launched by an American rocket with our own engines.

I greatly admire the Russians and their long string of accomplishments, even as they struggled through the collapse of the USSR. I respect the Chinese program, even though I am leery of their government. And while the Europeans have not launched their own manned spacecraft, their contribution to space in general and to international programs such as the ISS is huge. Japan's recent flawless launch of its cargo carrier to the ISS speaks for itself.

All that said, I remain an American, and I will root for the home team! I am a SpaceX fan because of what I think they can accomplish. So dust off the party hats for one evening and, "Go, SpaceX!"

wechose · « **Reply #1814 on:** 08/04/2012 05:38 am »

Quote from: darkenfast on 08/04/2012 04:36 am

Congratulations to SpaceX for being one of the companies selected for the next round of the Commercial Crew program! While there's obviously a lot of hard work ahead for them, we are one step closer to once more seeing astronauts flying on an American spacecraft launched by an American rocket with our own engines.

I greatly admire the Russians and their long string of accomplishments, even as they struggled through the collapse of the USSR. I respect the Chinese program, even though I am leery of their government. And while the Europeans have not launched their own manned spacecraft, their contribution to space in general and to international programs such as the ISS is huge. Japan's recent flawless launch of its cargo carrier to the ISS speaks for itself.

All that said, I remain an American, and I will root for the home team! I am a SpaceX fan because of what I think they can accomplish. So dust off the party hats for one evening and, "Go, SpaceX!"

That really is the spirit I like to see about spaceflight,it should transcend borders,so I think we should also congratulate South Africa where Elon Musk was born and lived until he was at least eighteen years old, and without whom Space-X would never have happened.
Hats off to Space-x.South Africa, and the USA.

marsavian · « **Reply #1815 on:** 08/04/2012 05:40 am »

Don't forget his Canadian mother

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wechose · « **Reply #1816 on:** 08/04/2012 05:50 am »

Quote from: marsavian on 08/04/2012 05:40 am

Don't forget his Canadian mother .

Ah I did'nt,but sure Canada gets an odd bone thrown its way for the Canadarms!

majormajor42 · « **Reply #1817 on:** 08/04/2012 12:15 pm »

Yes, it was a great reason to bump the party thread. Lots to look forward to. Besides the scheduled launches of CRS and other F9' s this year and next, there is the upgraded Falcon, the FH, and Grasshopper flights. But now we also get to look forward to a pad abort, a flight abort too before the eventual unmanned and manned Dragonrider orbital flights.

ArbitraryConstant · « **Reply #1818 on:** 08/04/2012 05:15 pm »

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/08/nasa-ccicap-funding-spacex-boeing-sncs-crew-vehicles/

I guess most of us saw this coming, but congratulations to SpaceX on getting named as a fully funded commercial crew participant.

JWag · « **Reply #1819 on:** 08/14/2012 05:22 pm »

This is exciting. My trip to Hawthorne to install our equipment is still on and tentatively scheduled for September sometime. The Dragon for SPX-1 will probably have left by then (dang).

One of my colleagues recently went in there, and all he was able to see was offices. He doesn't drip raw space-nerd enthusiasm like I do, so I have some small hope of seeing the production floor.