Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478928 times)

aero · « **Reply #280 on:** 05/22/2012 06:56 am »

Hey folks.

Is it fair to say that this mission is the harbinger of a new era for ...

space flight

mankind

us wenies partying here on NSF ?

sojourner · « **Reply #281 on:** 05/22/2012 06:56 am »

Gwynne getting in some subtle digs at "contractors of contractors" there.

peter-b · « **Reply #282 on:** 05/22/2012 06:58 am »

This morning I've got NASA TV up on the big screen in the lobby / social area here at Surrey Space Centre!

happyflower · « **Reply #283 on:** 05/22/2012 06:58 am »

so spent a pretty good hour in bed, in the dark with the music from SpaceX webcast. made the time go by very quickly.

sanman · « **Reply #284 on:** 05/22/2012 06:59 am »

Was just listening to Gwynne Shotwell saying that the Dragon solar arrays will be deployed within a couple of minutes after separation. So I presume these events will be part of the launch coverage? What is the final event to mark a successful launch?

Jason1701 · « **Reply #285 on:** 05/22/2012 06:59 am »

Quote from: aero on 05/22/2012 06:56 am

Hey folks.

Is it fair to say that this mission is the harbinger of a new era for ...

space flight

mankind

us wenies partying here on NSF ?

Although people like to present is as the first two, I think it's the result of a general trend in spaceflight that is the only way forward to sustainable exploration. With your third point, let's make that so!

Sanman: the F9 will be considered successful once Dragon separates from it. Everything after that is all Dragon.

simonbp · « **Reply #286 on:** 05/22/2012 06:59 am »

"Music From The Hearts of SpaceX"...

sojourner · « **Reply #287 on:** 05/22/2012 07:02 am »

Once again the dilemma. Listen to the NASA TV feed or the SpaceX feed?

Halidon · « **Reply #288 on:** 05/22/2012 07:04 am »

Quote from: sojourner on 05/22/2012 07:02 am

Once again the dilemma. Listen to the NASA TV feed or the SpaceX feed?

SpaceX feed has Brogan and the bro-'stache. Just sayin'.

sanman · « **Reply #289 on:** 05/22/2012 07:05 am »

Bartles/James? CHECK.
Glee? CHECK.
Porn-stache? CHECK.

sojourner · « **Reply #290 on:** 05/22/2012 07:06 am »

Ah, the return of Ron Burgundy.

Antares · « **Reply #291 on:** 05/22/2012 07:08 am »

Did SpaceX miscall the first attempt like Diller did? If not, I think you have your answer.

simonbp · « **Reply #292 on:** 05/22/2012 07:09 am »

Next chance would be 25th.

Halidon · « **Reply #293 on:** 05/22/2012 07:10 am »

Quote from: Antares on 05/22/2012 07:08 am

Did SpaceX miscall the first attempt like Diller did? If not, I think you have your answer.

I think SpaceX switched to Diller's voice-over at t-10

Citabria · « **Reply #294 on:** 05/22/2012 07:12 am »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 05/22/2012 06:53 am

Quote from: kirghizstan on 05/22/2012 06:34 am
Notice how Elon has been quiet. Ms Shotwell probably disabled his Twitter account.

And someone deleted his posts about going to a concert. Reminds me of the Catherine the Great incident.

He probably can't get a good cell signal inside the Dragon.

simonbp · « **Reply #295 on:** 05/22/2012 07:13 am »

SpaceX Mission Control has gotten rather large. I remember seeing the shipping container they launched the first couple Falcon 1s out of...

MP99 · « **Reply #296 on:** 05/22/2012 07:14 am »

Quote from: sojourner on 05/22/2012 07:02 am

Once again the dilemma. Listen to the NASA TV feed or the SpaceX feed?

Easy - start the SpaceX feed but use the option to pause it. Watch NASA feed live in another window, then un-pause SpaceX feed after NTV is done and watch it all again.

Worked for me on Saturday.

cheers, Martin

sojourner · « **Reply #297 on:** 05/22/2012 07:18 am »

So for me, the feed with the worst picture, Spaceflightnow's livestream, is the closest to realtime. Followed by NASA TV whci has the best picture, and SpaceX livestream trailing by about 15 seconds.

manboy · « **Reply #298 on:** 05/22/2012 07:19 am »

I'm starting to get nervous as we get closer to launch.

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #299 on:** 05/22/2012 07:20 am »

Quote from: manboy on 05/22/2012 07:19 am

I'm starting to get nervous as we get closer to launch.

Tea is made, I've got 3 screens ( 2 pc and a laptop ) with 3 NSF threads and 2 diffirent streams, and my leg-shaking syndrome is slowly getting warmed up. Let's launch this thing