The CRS-3/SpX-3 - Dragon, Suit Up! - Party Thread

[Barrie]

I guess the helium leak being in the stage separation h/w is less embarrassing than it being in the leg plumbing.   

[Prober]

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!"



 

more like Zombie nation.

[AJW]

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

I thought about making a joke about Helium being a noble gas, but the last time I did there was no reaction.

HeHe.

[Sohl]

 

[Nomadd]

 I thought Helium was a city full of naked women on Mars.

[JasonAW3]

I thought Helium was a city full of naked women on Mars.

So THAT"S how they get so... "Bouncy"...

[DecoLV]

Has no one from SpaceX thought about driving to Walmart for a couple of helium balloons?

[AJW]

Two likely candidates for where the lost helium ended up.

[beancounter]

I guess the helium leak being in the stage separation h/w is less embarrassing than it being in the leg plumbing.   

Helium isn't used for F9 stage separation.  Mainly just for party balloons and jokes.   

[kch]

I guess the helium leak being in the stage separation h/w is less embarrassing than it being in the leg plumbing.   

Helium isn't used for F9 stage separation.  Mainly just for party balloons and jokes.   

... and portable potables:

[AS-503]

I guess the helium leak being in the stage separation h/w is less embarrassing than it being in the leg plumbing.   

Helium isn't used for F9 stage separation.  Mainly just for party balloons and jokes.   

...and chipmunks in space!

[beancounter]

Apologies.  I've been informed by a reliable source that helium is used in the pneumatic pushers. 

[Rocket Science]

Some jokers at the pad bled some helium off in order to speak with funny voices?

[Prober]

Some jokers at the pad bled some helium off in order to speak with funny voices?

Dual use is approved 

[king1999]

[kevin-rf]

Okay, that reminds me to much of the Mr. Butt's character in Doonesbury...

[Avron]

king1999, that image is awesome.. .. now if only we knew what the weather will do..  Im going with the clear sky as depicted

[Llian Rhydderch]

Hey, the Economist saw the early designs of the Mars Colonial Transporter:  it's a Star Wars-type Walker:  MCT Walker. 

Will need to wait for a future movie to see it in action...

_{(from the MCT Speculation Thread)}

Diverting a conversation from the "General Falcon and Dragon Discussion (Thread 10)" to the MCT Speculation Thread:

Article by the Economist on reusability:
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21600968-spacexs-latest-launch-could-change-economics-going-orbit-up-and-down?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/up_and_down_and_up_again

Hilarious cartoon/caricature!

Whadayamean, that's serious storyboarding of a design of an MCT "Walker", analogous to the Star Wars Walkers.

You mean you can't appreciate the usefulness of some large mechanical legs folded up along the sides of the "transformable" MCT during Mars entry and descent, only to open up before landing for a variety of useful purposes after landing? 

[Norm38]

I'm feeling hopeful about the weather.  The center of rotation is south of Alabama and all the moisture is pushing due north towards Georgia.  May be a miss.  It's too bad this is an instantaneous launch window.  Can't just wait an hour for the storms to pass like in baseball.
I'm wearing my lucky SpaceX shirt, and tomorrow I'll probably be in line for the Easter bunny all through the launch window.  So it's got to be today!

[daver]

  Watching from Lahaina, HA on vacation.   Very excited for this launch.   Go SpaceX!