Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478933 times)

rklaehn · « **Reply #60 on:** 05/19/2012 08:04 am »

It's a beautiful saturday morning here in munich. I will be watching the launch with my wife and two kids (if they don't manage to destroy the beamer before, that is).

I wouldn't even have kids if it wasn't for companies like spacex. What's the point of having kids if you can't watch rocket launches with them...

So godspeed spacex!

Chris-A · « **Reply #61 on:** 05/19/2012 08:04 am »

I think I have a plan to capture the stream from youtube and to upload the screen caps to the forum.

I'll post the url to download the FLV file to load into VLC.
http://pastebin.com/bbTtyWdn

Put the long url into your borrower, and then save the flv file somewhere. The flv file should be loadable with VLC a few seconds after enough data has been downloaded.

The flv file should be useable after the webcast has ended, but before it ends, copy and paste to create a backup. I'll post an update soon.

The file name could be "SpaceX - COTS 2+ Mission Falcon 9 Flight 3 (Low).flv".

neilh · « **Reply #62 on:** 05/19/2012 08:06 am »

OMG SPACEX PONIES!!

simonbp · « **Reply #63 on:** 05/19/2012 08:15 am »

Webcast about to start!

Beemer · « **Reply #64 on:** 05/19/2012 08:18 am »

Good morning from Connecticut!!!!

sojourner · « **Reply #65 on:** 05/19/2012 08:18 am »

spacex webcast is about 10 seconds behind other feeds, interesting.

MP99 · « **Reply #66 on:** 05/19/2012 08:19 am »

OMFG - just had my first power cut in I-can't-remember-how-long.

Missed part of the webcast - came back just as Gwynne(?) was finishing a segment of some sort. (Guess I can catch that up on the re-runs.)

Now have battery in laptop and topped up my mobile broadband, but hope I don't get more!

cheers, Martin

Halidon · « **Reply #67 on:** 05/19/2012 08:20 am »

Kevin Brogan on the stream. The 'stache is here!

FinalFrontier · « **Reply #68 on:** 05/19/2012 08:20 am »

Just starting my day this morning at 3:15 am here in Houston. Looking forward to a clean launch.

Go Spacex, Go Dragon!

FinalFrontier · « **Reply #69 on:** 05/19/2012 08:24 am »

Webcast showing new launch control center in Florida, and primary MCC in Hawthorne.

Very nice facilities.

NASA TV running their own video of the launch, with less talking.

Maciej Olesinski · « **Reply #70 on:** 05/19/2012 08:25 am »

NasaTV HD on laptop
NSF on main computer

rickl · « **Reply #71 on:** 05/19/2012 08:25 am »

For some reason I thought coverage was going to start at 3:30 EDT, so I set my alarm for then. I went to bed around midnight.

I just woke up a few minutes ago and caught the very beginning of the webcast. My alarm only goes for 30 minutes and I slept right through it. I could very well have slept much longer. I really dodged a bullet there!

Beemer · « **Reply #72 on:** 05/19/2012 08:26 am »

Thirty minutes to go......

Beemer · « **Reply #73 on:** 05/19/2012 08:27 am »

Quote from: placydo on 05/19/2012 08:25 am

NasaTV HD on laptop
NSF on main computer

I have NASA channel on the TV with NSF & SpaceX webcast on the laptop.

I'm ready for anything!!!!

Halidon · « **Reply #74 on:** 05/19/2012 08:28 am »

Quote from: placydo on 05/19/2012 08:25 am

NasaTV HD on laptop
NSF on main computer

I have almost the same setup, except SpaceX on the laptop

FinalFrontier · « **Reply #75 on:** 05/19/2012 08:28 am »

Balloon Data is go. Vehicle green. Currently tracking no issues. T minus 27 minutes and counting.

Note: A 3 second delay exists between NASA TV video and Spacex Webcast video. Take your pick on which you wish to follow during the flight.

kirghizstan · « **Reply #76 on:** 05/19/2012 08:31 am »

NASA tv on the roku
Spacex & nsf on the iPad
Twitter on the iphone

sojourner · « **Reply #77 on:** 05/19/2012 08:31 am »

Quote from: FinalFrontier on 05/19/2012 08:28 am

Balloon Data is go. Vehicle green. Currently tracking no issues. T minus 27 minutes and counting.

Note: A 3 second delay exists between NASA TV video and Spacex Webcast video. Take your pick on which you wish to follow during the flight.

I'm seeing almost a 15 second difference.

kevin-rf · « **Reply #78 on:** 05/19/2012 08:32 am »

A wet nose said I wanna go run off some coyotes, so I'm now up...

Antares · « **Reply #79 on:** 05/19/2012 08:33 am »

He secretly is a space fan.