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Offline aero

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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 ?
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #281 on: 05/22/2012 06:56 am »
Gwynne getting in some subtle digs at "contractors of contractors" there.
« Last Edit: 05/22/2012 06:57 am by sojourner »

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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!   :)
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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. :)

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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?

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #285 on: 05/22/2012 06:59 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.
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #286 on: 05/22/2012 06:59 am »
"Music From The Hearts of SpaceX"...

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #287 on: 05/22/2012 07:02 am »
Once again the dilemma. Listen to the NASA TV feed or the SpaceX feed?

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #288 on: 05/22/2012 07:04 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'.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #289 on: 05/22/2012 07:05 am »

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

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #290 on: 05/22/2012 07:06 am »
Ah, the return of Ron Burgundy.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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.
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #292 on: 05/22/2012 07:09 am »
Next chance would be 25th.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #293 on: 05/22/2012 07:10 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

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #294 on: 05/22/2012 07:12 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.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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...

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #296 on: 05/22/2012 07:14 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

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« 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.

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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #298 on: 05/22/2012 07:19 am »
I'm starting to get nervous as we get closer to launch.
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Re: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!
« Reply #299 on: 05/22/2012 07:20 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  ;D

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