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#140
by
belegor
on 29 Sep, 2013 13:47
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Thanks. It's as if SpaceX would like to minimize public awareness of this launch...
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#141
by
Kasponaut
on 29 Sep, 2013 13:52
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Thanks. It's as if SpaceX would like to minimize public awareness of this launch...
Exactly!
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#142
by
ugordan
on 29 Sep, 2013 13:52
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Thanks. It's as if SpaceX would like to minimize public awareness of this launch...
Perhaps this says something about their confidence about the vehicle, who knows...
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#143
by
yg1968
on 29 Sep, 2013 13:53
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#144
by
PreferToLurk
on 29 Sep, 2013 14:08
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Thanks. It's as if SpaceX would like to minimize public awareness of this launch...
Perhaps this says something about their confidence about the vehicle, who knows...
It probably just says that Musk understands that the 50% failure rate on new vehicles applies to this vehicle, hates bad publicity, and is trying to manage expectations. He is a bit of a media darling right now and there is no quicker way to fall out of the good graces of the media then to have a spectacular fail after a display of great hubris.
Just my two cents.
Figured I would climb out of my lurker cave for launch day!
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#145
by
ugordan
on 29 Sep, 2013 14:13
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Exactly. Also, I hope there aren't any unicorns in the trench at SLC-4E. They are prone to detonating when mixed with GOX released during engine chilldown.
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#146
by
Jarnis
on 29 Sep, 2013 14:19
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Thanks. It's as if SpaceX would like to minimize public awareness of this launch...
Perhaps this says something about their confidence about the vehicle, who knows...
As if it would help.
If things go really really bad and the launcher fails, it will be in the evening news and everyone hears about it.
If it has a spectacular success, any press it gets depends on how the launch was covered (if at all).
The only case I can think of that such low profile helps against is bad press over a scrubbed launch (if nobody heard about the launch attempt, nobody would hear about the delays either). Of course anyone with two brain cells knows that with rockets, delays are a fact of life as you can't really risk a multi-million dollar launcher just to push for an arbitrary date.
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#147
by
Misha Vargas
on 29 Sep, 2013 14:40
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SpaceX.com main page now has a giant "DEMO LAUNCH TODAY: 9AM PT".
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#148
by
Avron
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:21
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no issues..
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#149
by
dodo
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:31
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It's close of a miracle that they (someone) manages to clear the airspace for this.
http://www.flightradar24.com/29.31,-120.33/6(The rocket --or the first stage, or the payload-- won't happen to have an AIS-compliant transponder, would it?)
P.S.: (Not AIS; ADS-B, or whatever it is that aircraft use.)
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#150
by
Antares
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:41
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The pax on the starboard side of that Qantas A380 are going to have a memorable flight.
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#151
by
corrodedNut
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:47
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The pax on the starboard side of that Qantas A380 are going to have a memorable flight.
Don't jinx it
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#152
by
plank
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:52
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Sorry if this been asked a million times already, but are they really going to land this puppy back into the ocean or what?
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#153
by
plank
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:54
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Also livestream is awesome.
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#154
by
Norm38
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:55
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^^^ They're going to try. We'll find out soon enough.
Is that water pouring out the bottom of the 1st stage right now? They mentioned chilling the engines, but water? Or are they testing the deluge system?
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#155
by
Mader Levap
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:55
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Sorry if this been asked a million times already, but are they really going to land this puppy back into the ocean or what?
They will
try to get first stage down in one piece, yes.
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#156
by
Silmfeanor
on 29 Sep, 2013 15:59
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^^^ They're going to try. We'll find out soon enough.
Is that water pouring out the bottom of the 1st stage right now? They mentioned chilling the engines, but water? Or are they testing the deluge system?
deluge system - engines are chilled with lox vapor.
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#157
by
plank
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:01
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Then my guess is that it will not be covered live? Much like previous recovery attempts.
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#158
by
plank
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:04
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holy shizniiiiiiiggggghhhhhttttt!!11 O_o
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#159
by
beancounter
on 29 Sep, 2013 16:08
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Anyone know anything about the 1st stage recovery yet?