SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SES-8 - Let's Get Restarted In Here Party Thread

[Halidon]

Power went out in my neighborhood, but thankfully Seattle's bus system is reliable. I'm now at Starbucks with my laptop and headphones so I'm "GO" for some hot SES-8 action!

[sojourner]

lol
"let's listen in on the network"
"T-13 minutes and holding while we work on a problem"

Silence

Good timing there, gotta love live feeds.

[Star One]

Do Space X have more female employees than other companies in this line of work as on these webcasts there seems to be a greater female presence?

[oiorionsbelt]

Power went out in my neighborhood, but thankfully Seattle's bus system is reliable. I'm now at Starbucks with my laptop and headphones so I'm "GO" for some hot SES-8 action!

haha your whereabouts are now known.

[Jarnis]

Do Space X have more female employees than other companies in this line of work as on these webcasts there seems to be a greater female presence?

They just optimize their webcasts for their expected target audience 

[AJA]

lol
"let's listen in on the network"
"T-13 minutes and holding while we work on a problem"

Silence

Good timing there, gotta love live feeds.

Nah..they said they were going to let us listen in to the FICR net if there was an issue. Otherwise (Assuming no major announced events on the loop, they'd have continued to run B-roll)

[Star One]

Do Space X have more female employees than other companies in this line of work as on these webcasts there seems to be a greater female presence?

They just optimize their webcasts for their expected target audience 

I would be disappointed in them if that was the case.

[QuantumG]

It wouldn't be a party without a sleazy guy.

[Jim]

What is FICR net?

[oiorionsbelt]

The venting in the webcast appears similar to Static fire only to a lesser degree. Add high humidity and it seems as though it would look the same.

[jtrame]

Sitting in my favorite watering hole watching coverage on an Ipad, and having an adult beverage.  It doesn't get any better than this!

[AJA]

What is FICR net?

I'm embarrassed now. Jim asking me what I meant by an acronym. (=> That acronym is probably something I made up?)
Doesn't FICR stand for Flight controller?

[Jarnis]

Do Space X have more female employees than other companies in this line of work as on these webcasts there seems to be a greater female presence?

They just optimize their webcasts for their expected target audience 

I would be disappointed in them if that was the case.

Well, could also be that most nerdy men working there would rather die than go talk on live broadcast... Just a guess.

[IanO]

I've got my SpaceX shirt and hat on, and just cracked a Widmer Falconer IPA for the occasion. I hope they get this valve problem sorted. They need to take off before I need to take off!

[Star One]

Looks like their going to press on with the count.

[Halidon]

Power went out in my neighborhood, but thankfully Seattle's bus system is reliable. I'm now at Starbucks with my laptop and headphones so I'm "GO" for some hot SES-8 action!

haha your whereabouts are now known.

Are you kidding, there are at least ten thousand Starbucks in Seattle I could be at

[Lar]

Sadly I'm not partying as hard as you guys because my feed keeps pausing, Each time it pauses i fall a bit farther behind real time. not sure if others are seeing this or not.

If I refresh the page it picks up but all those pauses, restarts, refreshes etc are costing time (and nerves)

Here's hoping we come out of the hold quickly and get under way again

[oiorionsbelt]

Awesome that over 31,000 people are tuned into this.
Makes me happy.

[yatpay]

Sadly I'm not partying as hard as you guys because my feed keeps pausing, Each time it pauses i fall a bit farther behind real time. not sure if others are seeing this or not.

If I refresh the page it picks up but all those pauses, restarts, refreshes etc are costing time (and nerves)

Here's hoping we come out of the hold quickly and get under way again

They're out of the hold and are underway. T-15 minutes

[Star One]

Sadly I'm not partying as hard as you guys because my feed keeps pausing, Each time it pauses i fall a bit farther behind real time. not sure if others are seeing this or not.

If I refresh the page it picks up but all those pauses, restarts, refreshes etc are costing time (and nerves)

Here's hoping we come out of the hold quickly and get under way again

The only way to fix it is to refresh as soon as it pauses, but other than one pause mine has been OK so far.