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

[Lar]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

Edit: for those curious, here's the link. At least one clever person found it already without help.. http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=lar  I guess having the ID "lar" was kind of a giveaway?

[Joffan]

Ok what is going on. Im king of lost.

Hey, I'm the queen of roswell. We should get together.

[RubberToe]

I like the idea of the first stage doing a very large pre-planned vectoring after getting close to the ocean like the other poster mentioned. That would essentially prove to the FAA the ability of the stage to target a specific area, then at some point start moving to where it really needs to go. That would help clear the way faster for the next step in the process, which would probably be to aim for close to the coast somewhere, and divert to a ocean landing almost at the point where the land meets the ocean.

You might as well use any fuel left in the tank at the end to do something useful versus just dropping the stage into the ocean with fuel remaining.

RT

[adrianwyard]

From what I hear* from various sources, the "pushing the boundaries" news being referred to is that, on Friday, Elon Musk will make a few tweets. It won't be news on MCT or anything like that, it'll just be a few selfies he took Monday, of him and the ISS crew hamming it up together in the ISS Cuppola.

*The voices in my head count as sources, right?

 

So that's why he wasn't present at the post-launch press conference; he was on the 'phone'. And 'long distance' at that. It all makes sense now. 

[StealerofSuns]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

Something like the below image, except it's Elon riding the first stage back while its being towed behind a boat.

[docmordrid]

I like the idea of the first stage doing a very large pre-planned vectoring after getting close to the ocean like the other poster mentioned. That would essentially prove to the FAA the ability of the stage to target a specific area, then at some point start moving to where it really needs to go.
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RT

A video of THAT would crash the server

[neoforce]

Personal party crash: 

My cell phone receives a text message... a new tweet from Elon!!  OMG, OMG, OMG...  wait ...  Tesla stuff.

Then it all happens again 20 minutes later.

Don't get me wrong, I love Tesla..  but what a party crasher... where is that significant Elon tweet we are waiting for?

[Neuron]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

They successfully landed the second stage exactly on top of the previously recovered first stage.

[billh]

I'm hoping they will announce that Zefram Cochrane has been hired by SpaceX.

[MarsInMyLifetime]

From what I hear* from various sources, the "pushing the boundaries" news being referred to is that, on Friday, Elon Musk will make a few tweets. It won't be news on MCT or anything like that, it'll just be a few selfies he took Monday, of him and the ISS crew hamming it up together in the ISS Cuppola.

*The voices in my head count as sources, right?

 

So that's why he wasn't present at the post-launch press conference; he was on the 'phone'. And 'long distance' at that. It all makes sense now. 

He *is* the big cheese, after all.

[Helodriver]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

Space X has just finished acquiring the Sea launch Odyssey Platform, will use it along with newly inked usage rights at Kourou, the (refurbished) San Marco Platform,  Sriharikota, Woomera, and Johnston Atoll to establish a transglobal network of launch and landing sites for Falcon 9 rockets to leapfrog their way around the planet without ever having to lose performance due to RTLS limitations. Regularly scheduled thrice daily orbital payload service begins in 90 days, point to point passenger transport by 1st quarter 2015.

[StephenB]

Ahh.... Last time I checked Selfies don't really count as a groundbreaking news story. I hope Chris is planning on showing us more than another picture Elon with his cat.

That's actually a baby Ewok.

[leetdan]

From what I hear* from various sources, the "pushing the boundaries" news being referred to is that, on Friday, Elon Musk will make a few tweets. It won't be news on MCT or anything like that, it'll just be a few selfies he took Monday, of him and the ISS crew hamming it up together in the ISS Cuppola.

*The voices in my head count as sources, right?

 

So that's why he wasn't present at the post-launch press conference; he was on the 'phone'. And 'long distance' at that. It all makes sense now. 

He dropped out of the presser early, not because of another meeting, but because of the TDRS handoff. 

[mr. mark]

On the Breaking News story.... hint "Lasers"

[groundbound]

I'm hoping they will announce that Zefram Cochrane has been hired by SpaceX.

Almost. They've actually hired some martians who will start work on a landing pad and an ISRU plant. The first SpaceX mission there will be primarily for payroll purposes.

[Lobo]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

Edit: for those curious, here's the link. At least one clever person found it already without help.. http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=lar  I guess having the ID "lar" was kind of a giveaway?

A sea Monster grapped the stage and pulled it down.  That's why they can't recover it.  The big news is a new species of sea monster is discovered!

[Stellvia]

I'm hoping they will announce that Zefram Cochrane has been hired by SpaceX.

Almost. They've actually hired some martians who will start work on a landing pad and an ISRU plant. The first SpaceX mission there will be primarily for payroll purposes.

Settle down, young Billy, and hearken unto the tale of the Great Spaceship Robbery of 2020...

[NovaSilisko]

Obviously, the stage sunk and its onboard cameras captured imagery of a hitherto unknown underwater civilization of squid people. I would know, I am highly familiar with underwater civilizations of squid people.

[Rocket Science]

Ok (and this is probably a bad idea but...)

Whoever posts the most outlandish but yet still physically possible suggestion will be gifted with a 10 USD credit at my BrickLink store... my judgment final and I'll PM the winner.

They successfully landed the second stage exactly on top of the previously recovered first stage.

After ISS resupply, Dragon will deorbit and land on top of the second stage... Job done!

[rst]

Space X has just finished acquiring the Sea launch Odyssey Platform, will use it along with newly inked usage rights at Kourou, the (refurbished) San Marco Platform,  Sriharikota, Woomera, and Johnston Atoll to establish a transglobal network of launch and landing sites for Falcon 9 rockets to leapfrog their way around the planet without ever having to lose performance due to RTLS limitations. Regularly scheduled thrice daily orbital payload service begins in 90 days, point to point passenger transport by 1st quarter 2015.

For people who just have to get from Kourou to Sriharikota as quickly as possible.  Of course.