Author Topic: California Secrets - SpaceX F9 v1.1 Cassiope Launch Party Thread (Read 280851 times)

zodiacchris · « **Reply #460 on:** 09/29/2013 02:47 am »

Well, I'm 49 and just about remember Apollo and the landings. I was glued to the TV for the first scrubbed and then the actual first launch of the shuttle.
SpaceX is finally filling the void and sense of loss that has been there since the realization that shuttle wasn't really going anywhere, and that I'd never see anybody else walk on the moon, and that Mars was lost.
SpaceX progress is just so inspiring and gives me the hope that we might yet get out of LEO in my lifetime.

Here in eastern Australia the window opens at 1am, I'll be up with a bottle of bubbles!

cro-magnon gramps · « **Reply #461 on:** 09/29/2013 02:47 am »

Quote from: rickl on 09/29/2013 02:35 am

Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 09/29/2013 02:07 am
[Thanks guys, it is good to know that there is another generation that is just as excited as I was back when I was there age; bodes well for the future of Space Flight

I'm 55, a little younger than you. I remember playing hooky from school to watch Gemini launches, and of course I was glued to the TV for all of the Apollo missions.

SpaceX is making me feel like a kid again. Sadly, I don't know anybody else my age who is as excited about it as I am.

My parents "made" us stay home for the launches

and share your excitement and sadness ;( when I mention space stuff, or future tech. I get the glass eyed look, "Here he goes again!!" so mostly just keep to myself.

rickl · « **Reply #462 on:** 09/29/2013 03:05 am »

Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 09/29/2013 02:47 am

My parents "made" us stay home for the launches

In my case it was my own idea. My mom would write a note for my teacher, and in most cases they understood and were probably happy to see me take an interest in watching history in the making.

In particular, my second grade teacher was very supportive and encouraged me. I don't know her age, but she seemed like an old woman to me at the time. But she was definitely a space buff.

mheney · « **Reply #463 on:** 09/29/2013 03:07 am »

Quote from: rickl on 09/29/2013 02:35 am

Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 09/29/2013 02:07 am
Thanks guys, it is good to know that there is another generation that is just as excited as I was back when I was there age; bodes well for the future of Space Flight

I'm 55, a little younger than you. I remember playing hooky from school to watch Gemini launches, and of course I was glued to the TV for all of the Apollo missions.

SpaceX is making me feel like a kid again. Sadly, I don't know anybody else my age who is as excited about it as I am.

I hear you - I'm 56, and do what I can to watch when cool stuff is going on. (When I got a KSC causeway pass for STS-135 at the last minute, I called my wife from work and said "I'm driving down to Florida next week - do you want to come?") And I was thrilled whan my daughter (12 yo at the time) wanted to get up in the wee hours with me to watch the coverage of Curiosity's landing on Mars. But there's just not the same raw, unbridled enthusiasm there.

On the plus side, my wife and daugther are off at Girl Scout camp for the weekend. So I can plug the laptop into the big TV, and watch dockings and launches unmolested tomorrow in luxury, rather than on the "small screen" on the desktop in my office.

cro-magnon gramps · « **Reply #464 on:** 09/29/2013 03:11 am »

Quote from: rickl on 09/29/2013 03:05 am

Quote from: cro-magnon gramps on 09/29/2013 02:47 am
My parents "made" us stay home for the launches

In my case it was my own idea. My mom would write a note for my teacher, and in most cases they understood and were probably happy to see me take an interest in watching history in the making.

In particular, my second grade teacher was very supportive and encouraged me. I don't know her age, but she seemed like an old woman to me at the time. But she was definitely a space buff.

We lived in a little rural village, and if it wasn't sports related, it didn't matter; we were immigrants from London, England, so had a different idea of what was important

and I thought my first grade teacher was ancient, Mom told me later she was 22; youthful perceptions...

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #465 on:** 09/29/2013 03:20 am »

I'll be trapped in Disneyland (no, it's the one in Hong Kong

) when Cygnus arrives at the ISS; back-up plans are in place to use my phone if I can't get back to home for this launch at midnight here......

Antares · « **Reply #466 on:** 09/29/2013 03:26 am »

I've got a nice big bottle of Bruery Sour in the Rye ready for the early afternoon when all goes well. That seemed to be the brewery nearest Hawthorne, and I couldn't find a Canadian bomber.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #467 on:** 09/29/2013 04:02 am »

Awesome that we'll be watching two historic space flight events happen within just a few hours from each other, from separate American companies and NASA! Pretty exciting time to be a space buff, especially with the big potential for commercial utilization of space...

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #468 on:** 09/29/2013 04:50 am »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 09/29/2013 04:02 am

Awesome that we'll be watching two historic space flight events happen within just a few hours from each other, from separate American companies and NASA! Pretty exciting time to be a space buff, especially with the big potential for commercial utilization of space...

I was thinking pretty much the same thing. The Titans play the Jets tomorrow here at home and by an incredible stroke of good fortune the game doesn't begin until 15:00 CST. I'll run out of Church (Closet atheist. It's Tennessee) Fire up the Livestream viewer on my iPhone in time to watch the launch before the game. (Never missed attending one of those either) I'm 50 and there's no way I can explain this to anyone my age so I don't try. It's seems to be considered abnormal for an adult to be passionate about anything except sports.

Helodriver · « **Reply #469 on:** 09/29/2013 06:51 am »

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #470 on:** 09/29/2013 06:52 am »

I hope that the marine layer tomorrow morning would dissipate before 9am and not ending up like this launch:

mlindner · « **Reply #471 on:** 09/29/2013 08:17 am »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 09/29/2013 06:52 am

I hope that the marine layer tomorrow morning would dissipate before 9am and not ending up like this launch:

Whenever I watch ULA videos, I'm always impressed at how bad their video production groups are compared to SpaceX (and Tesla too for that matter). Always the wrong choices of music and in 360p no less.

mrhuggy · « **Reply #472 on:** 09/29/2013 09:45 am »

All I want to say I'd good luck with this launch today. Hopefully I can get home in time from London to watch the launch.

padrat · « **Reply #473 on:** 09/29/2013 12:57 pm »

Is there a livestream iPad app? Can't find it

robertross · « **Reply #474 on:** 09/29/2013 01:05 pm »

Wishing SpaceX all the best for a successful launch today. Please keep Canada's spacecraft safe!

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #475 on:** 09/29/2013 01:21 pm »

Quote from: padrat on 09/29/2013 12:57 pm

Is there a livestream iPad app? Can't find it

There should be. I have it on my iPhone. Just did a search on "livestream" and found it.

subzero788 · « **Reply #476 on:** 09/29/2013 01:22 pm »

Quote from: padrat on 09/29/2013 12:57 pm

Is there a livestream iPad app? Can't find it

Yes, you can find it here https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/livestream/id493086499?mt=8

Unfortunately doesn't seem to be one for Android

simonbp · « **Reply #477 on:** 09/29/2013 01:28 pm »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 09/29/2013 04:02 am

Awesome that we'll be watching two historic space flight events happen within just a few hours from each other, from separate American companies and NASA! Pretty exciting time to be a space buff, especially with the big potential for commercial utilization of space...

And the main payload is a CSA-funded, Canadian-built research satellite; that itself is rare enough to celebrate!

http://mertensiana.phys.ucalgary.ca/cassiope.html
http://mertensiana.phys.ucalgary.ca/quickfacts.html

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #478 on:** 09/29/2013 01:31 pm »

Putting this on both threads, as it's superb:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/09/spacex-debut-falcon-9-v1-1-cassiope-launch/

mheney · « **Reply #479 on:** 09/29/2013 01:57 pm »

Helodriver - OUTSTANDING pics! I especially love LVU

http://s1351.photobucket.com/user/spacecoaster1/media/LVU_zps96277cbe.jpg.html

(I assume "Remove Ladder" is on somebody's checklist ...)