Author Topic: The CRS-3/SpX-3 - Dragon, Suit Up! - Party Thread (Read 282925 times)

TrevorMonty · « **Reply #180 on:** 04/14/2014 01:40 am »

Chris, you fogot to add icy roads to list delays. Hopefully the gremlins have run out of ideas to delay this rocket.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #181 on:** 04/14/2014 01:57 am »

Wait there's a launch?Oh yea.....

hpras · « **Reply #182 on:** 04/14/2014 03:08 am »

Show me some leg!

beancounter · « **Reply #183 on:** 04/14/2014 05:09 am »

Quote from: hpras on 04/14/2014 03:08 am

Show me some leg!

You see a lot more than that in the series.

Also Dragons are supposed to be extinct but apparently not.

InfraNut2 · « **Reply #184 on:** 04/14/2014 04:47 pm »

A rainbow for luck!

Picture is from a tweet by @collectSPACE (user collectSPACE here) of www.collectspace.com

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original caption: A rainbow forms behind @SpaceX's #CRS3 Falcon 9 at LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 14, 2014. pic.twitter.com/vhER3AOZ26

(...assume Robert won't mind me sharing his beautiful picture here since I credit his tweet and link to his excellent site...)

EDIT: I noticed @SpaceflightNow tweeted a similar F9 rainbow picture at about the same time today, so I added that too.

WindyCity · « **Reply #185 on:** 04/14/2014 05:13 pm »

If happy little bluebirds can fly somewhere over the rainbow, why oh why can't Falcon9? I think it can!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #186 on:** 04/14/2014 05:40 pm »

Site's already very busy. Warned the guests enough times about removing them from the forum if we get too busy. Looking likely.

sghill · « **Reply #187 on:** 04/14/2014 06:00 pm »

Woo Hoo! Snagged it!

I'm watching the KSC video feeds for the launch preps, and they showed the image below that I screen grabbed off of livestream.

It's grainy, but what you're looking for are the two blue circles in the animated cloud loop. The one at the bottom left shows the KSC launch site. The other off to the top right- the landing target for the 1st stage! It'll touch down straight east off of the GA/SC line. The Bahamas are at the bottom right.

If anyone else is watching the loop, this image shows up right after the national precip map that they are showing.

Heinrich · « **Reply #188 on:** 04/14/2014 06:01 pm »

Instantaneous launch window, so it won't become midnight (CET) like on some of the commercial launches.

BTW: if they do not launch today for a minor cause, can they do another attampt tomorrow?

Thunderbird5 · « **Reply #189 on:** 04/14/2014 06:13 pm »

Quote from: Heinrich on 04/14/2014 06:01 pm

Instantaneous launch window, so it won't become midnight (CET) like on some of the commercial launches.

BTW: if they do not launch today for a minor cause, can they do another attampt tomorrow?

No, Friday (18th) is next launch opportunity.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #190 on:** 04/14/2014 06:18 pm »

Quote from: sghill on 04/14/2014 06:00 pm

Woo Hoo! Snagged it!

I'm watching the KSC video feeds for the launch preps, and they showed the image below that I screen grabbed off of livestream.

It's grainy, but what you're looking for are the two blue circles in the animated cloud loop. The one at the bottom left shows the KSC launch site. The other off to the top right- the landing target for the 1st stage! It'll touch down straight east off of the GA/SC line. The Bahamas are at the bottom right.

If anyone else is watching the loop, this image shows up right after the national precip map that they are showing.

If that's what the other circle is about, that's deserving of the launch thread, never mind the party thread!

WindyCity · « **Reply #191 on:** 04/14/2014 06:53 pm »

I read at innerspace.com that NASA plans to video from an aircraft the booster touchdown in the ocean. Is that confirmed?

Prober · « **Reply #192 on:** 04/14/2014 07:12 pm »

Quote from: WindyCity on 04/14/2014 06:53 pm

I read at innerspace.com that NASA plans to video from an aircraft the booster touchdown in the ocean. Is that confirmed?

Prepare for reception, Prepare for reception

sojourner · « **Reply #193 on:** 04/14/2014 07:49 pm »

Wow, that was quick.

NovaSilisko · « **Reply #194 on:** 04/14/2014 07:56 pm »

I knew listening to was a bad idea today...

Kabloona · « **Reply #195 on:** 04/14/2014 08:23 pm »

Quote from: WindyCity on 04/14/2014 06:53 pm

I read at innerspace.com that NASA plans to video from an aircraft the booster touchdown in the ocean. Is that confirmed?

Yes, that was based on a statement by Bill Gerstenmaier of NASA as reported by Jeff Foust on Twitter:

Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) tweeted at 8:23am - 10 Apr 14:

Gerst: will have aircraft monitoring SpaceX effort to recover F9 1st stage on Monday's launch; interest in supersonic retropropulsion.

WindyCity · « **Reply #196 on:** 04/14/2014 08:34 pm »

Quote from: Kabloona on 04/14/2014 08:23 pm

Quote from: WindyCity on 04/14/2014 06:53 pm
I read at innerspace.com that NASA plans to video from an aircraft the booster touchdown in the ocean. Is that confirmed?

Yes, that was based on a statement by Bill Gerstenmaier of NASA as reported by Jeff Foust on Twitter:

Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) tweeted at 8:23am - 10 Apr 14:

Gerst: will have aircraft monitoring SpaceX effort to recover F9 1st stage on Monday's launch; interest in supersonic retropropulsion.

Thanks, Kabloona. I suppose NASA would share with SpaceX any visual data it collected.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #197 on:** 04/14/2014 09:09 pm »

Well if you’re going to scrub, that’s the way to do it, no lingering about and all...

So who’s going to be the first one to roll out the old “space is hard” line... Oh, I guess I just did....

sdsds · « **Reply #198 on:** 04/14/2014 09:27 pm »

Quote from: Rocket Science on 04/14/2014 09:09 pm

Well if you’re going to scrub, that’s the way to do it, no lingering about and all...

So who’s going to be the first one to roll out the old “space is hard” line... Oh, I guess I just did....

New SpaceX motto: "Space is hard. Pressurized gasses are harder!"

AJA · « **Reply #199 on:** 04/14/2014 09:30 pm »

Quote from: sdsds on 04/14/2014 09:27 pm

New SpaceX motto: "Space is hard. Pressurized gasses are harder!"

Scientifically accurate. Stars.