Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478943 times)

kirghizstan · « **Reply #420 on:** 05/22/2012 08:09 am »

Quote from: spectre9 on 05/22/2012 08:07 am

Elon just tweeted :

"feels like a giant weight off my back"

So he was feeling the pressure just a little I guess

If you were watching him he kinda fell back into his chair with his hands behind his head after deployment ( I think it was deployment but might have been mvac meco)

Lars_J · « **Reply #421 on:** 05/22/2012 08:10 am »

That stage sep felt a bit scary... In complete darkness it was hard to judge what was going on - It felt like an eternity before the MVac started.

But it appears to have been a flawless launch.

Congrats, SpaceX!!!

Robert Thompson · « **Reply #422 on:** 05/22/2012 08:10 am »

Hay Don Pettit! Use your trusty camera and arrange a shot of Dragon against Venus transit. I bet you can.

Lars_J · « **Reply #423 on:** 05/22/2012 08:11 am »

I certainly understand the excitement for the solar array deploy... New mechanism never tested fully in space - and without it Dragon would have to deorbit real quick.

jabe · « **Reply #424 on:** 05/22/2012 08:11 am »

when is press conference? anyone know?
back to bed

jb

Halidon · « **Reply #425 on:** 05/22/2012 08:12 am »

How do I know a lot of people are tweeting #DragonLaunch? The porn and spam robots have started using it.

kevin-rf · « **Reply #426 on:** 05/22/2012 08:12 am »

What a great start to the day, Kool-Aid for all!!!

Jason1701 · « **Reply #427 on:** 05/22/2012 08:13 am »

Presser at 0515 EDT.

Norm Hartnett · « **Reply #428 on:** 05/22/2012 08:15 am »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 05/22/2012 08:13 am

Presser at 0515 EDT.

Good, that should be after GNC bay door opens. Be nice to get confirmation of the before bed.

kevin-rf · « **Reply #429 on:** 05/22/2012 08:15 am »

Quote from: rklaehn on 05/22/2012 08:09 am

Anybody know where to get the twolines for the dragon capsule from? Then we could put it on heavens-above.com.

fyi on the launch thread JimO mentioned it should be 13 minutes behind ISS in orbit.

rickl · « **Reply #430 on:** 05/22/2012 08:15 am »

Quote from: Lars_J on 05/22/2012 08:11 am

I certainly understand the excitement for the solar array deploy... New mechanism never tested fully in space - and without it Dragon would have to deorbit real quick.

Yes, I had my fingers crossed for that. I was thinking about Soyuz 1.

sojourner · « **Reply #431 on:** 05/22/2012 08:18 am »

Any bets on how many congressmen feel that shift in the air and suddenly change their views of "commercial space"?

wjbarnett · « **Reply #432 on:** 05/22/2012 08:18 am »

Congrats to SpaceX! and awesome coverage here from everyone at NSF.com.
Thanks Chris!!

kirghizstan · « **Reply #433 on:** 05/22/2012 08:19 am »

Did anyone else feel like it wasn't taking off at first. My mind must have gotten to zero before the clock because it seemed like it took forever to start climbing. I thought something was wrong

Jason1701 · « **Reply #434 on:** 05/22/2012 08:19 am »

Quote from: sojourner on 05/22/2012 08:18 am

Any bets on how many congressmen feel that shift in the air and suddenly change their views of "commercial space"?

I don't think anything is enough to make Congress like commercial crew.

Beemer · « **Reply #435 on:** 05/22/2012 08:19 am »

Launch is breaking news on msn.com

Halidon · « **Reply #436 on:** 05/22/2012 08:19 am »

Looking at the replays, I'm not seeing the sort of Fireball or Twist issues from the first two launches, in case anyone was wondering if those had popped up again.

Jason1701 · « **Reply #437 on:** 05/22/2012 08:20 am »

Quote from: Beemer on 05/22/2012 08:19 am

Launch is breaking news on msn.com

Somehow it's more important than floating weed!

Mader Levap · « **Reply #438 on:** 05/22/2012 08:20 am »

It would be hard to see (at least twist) with this being night launch.

StephenB · « **Reply #439 on:** 05/22/2012 08:20 am »

Quote from: kirghizstan on 05/22/2012 08:19 am

Did anyone else feel like it wasn't taking off at first. My mind must have gotten to zero before the clock because it seemed like it took forever to start climbing. I thought something was wrong

I think the fact that it was a night launch made some things appear differently, like the off-gassing and climb rate.