OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread!

[Rex Chan]

Going into 30m !!!

[Halidon]

Sounds like the thermal imaging guys aren't having as good a day as they had hoped.

Thermal guys might be a feeling a little heat in the review meeting.

[Chris Bergin]

Sounds like the thermal imaging guys aren't having as good a day as they had hoped.

Thermal guys might be a feeling a little heat in the review meeting.

Heh! But this a test. I'm sure they are just watching the data, as opposed to being a problem. Hasn't stopped them going to 30m for example.

[Halidon]

Sounds like the thermal imaging guys aren't having as good a day as they had hoped.

Thermal guys might be a feeling a little heat in the review meeting.

Heh! But this a test. I'm sure they are just watching the data, as opposed to being a problem. Hasn't stopped them going to 30m for example.

Sorry I couldn't resist the pun. 

[cdhutch]

Does SpaceX have a webcast going?

[kirghizstan]

Could the thermal issue be the reason for dragon consistently being a capsule length out of position

[sojourner]

So what happened to SpaceX's live coverage?

[Ben the Space Brit]

Sounds like the thermal imaging guys aren't having as good a day as they had hoped.

Thermal guys might be a feeling a little heat in the review meeting.

Heh! But this a test. I'm sure they are just watching the data, as opposed to being a problem. Hasn't stopped them going to 30m for example.

If there is a discrepency, I think it might be a calibration issue (i.e. wrong 'zero-point' data).  That something that you can fix on the ground in time for the next flight.  Additionally, if the error in the thermal ranges is known, then the crew on the ISS should be able to manually compensate.

[Rex Chan]

Does SpaceX have a webcast going?

I suspect they're waiting until they leave 30m?

[Halidon]

SpaceX live coverage started at 4:45am PST (they delayed 15 min due to extra holds). Nothing on the video except a logo so far.

[sojourner]

Doesn't sound very live to me.

[Halidon]

Doesn't sound very live to me.

Well the channel is streaming and there's a Mission clock counting so it's "live," there's just not much going on.

[dcporter]

Nope, that's what the logo looks like RIGHT NOW.

[rickl]

Could the thermal issue be the reason for dragon consistently being a capsule length out of position

I've been wondering about that.  Dragon has been consistently offset from the outline the whole time.

[Ben the Space Brit]

Sounds like the thermal imaging guys aren't having as good a day as they had hoped.

Thermal guys might be a feeling a little heat in the review meeting.

Heh! But this a test. I'm sure they are just watching the data, as opposed to being a problem. Hasn't stopped them going to 30m for example.

If there is a discrepency, I think it might be a calibration issue (i.e. wrong 'zero-point' data).  That something that you can fix on the ground in time for the next flight.  Additionally, if the error in the thermal ranges is known, then the crew on the ISS should be able to manually compensate.

Primary range about 110 meters; secondary about 100.

Maybe it's a technical limit on range calculation via the DragonEye's thermal imagers - over 100m it just doesn't work very well.

I dunno; probably will something that will eventually be explained to all you lucky chaps on L2!

[Chris Bergin]

Remember, NASA TV's got what will scratch your itch.

[Duck]

Accuracy vs. precision, right?

-Iain

[Halidon]

Since thjose "flying backward" comments every time I look at the video I hear the "beep beep beep" of a commercial truck (lorry) backing up in my head. Thanks, NSF community, for that 

[tigerade]

Exciting stuff. 

[Idiomatic]

Since this is the party thread, anyone got any SpaceX party photos?

how about a video?

[snip]

You sure that wasn't Tony Stark's Xmas party?

Same thing.