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The ASIASAT-6, Gravity 0 Party Thread
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Chris Bergin
on 06 Aug, 2014 22:59
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Yep, another SpaceX launch, another party thread.
SpaceX's last launch was "just another Comsat launch", launching when everyone in the Western world was supposed to be asleep, yet we still ate through over 100,000 visits on the news site and forum in the launch window alone. I never thought I'd see the day when the servers would be choked at 4am Eastern.
I'm rambling now, but people used to ask me "what are you going to do when Shuttle retires. It's going to be dullsville until Ares (tee hee) launches!"
We've never been busier, although at this rate.....
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#1
by
IslandPlaya
on 06 Aug, 2014 23:50
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Wake me up with a fine lunch!
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#2
by
AJW
on 06 Aug, 2014 23:50
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#3
by
deruch
on 06 Aug, 2014 23:56
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Congrats on the great site traffic! But in honor of upcoming SpaceX plans, I think this would be more appropriate:
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#4
by
kevin-rf
on 07 Aug, 2014 01:54
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Wake me up with a fine lunch!
I think something ate his lunch, hence the need for more lunch tables
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#5
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TripD
on 07 Aug, 2014 05:02
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I'm pretty sure that Gravity 0 was responsible for a whole gaggle of bad hair bands in the 80's. And we thought those do's were having to defy gravity.
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#6
by
mikelepage
on 07 Aug, 2014 08:33
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Woah, so this is going to be one of those themed parties eh? Let me get my ghettoblaster.
Congrats on the traffic!
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#7
by
Zed_Noir
on 07 Aug, 2014 08:53
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Yep, another SpaceX launch, another party thread.
SpaceX's last launch was "just another Comsat launch", launching when everyone in the Western world was supposed to be asleep, yet we still ate through over 100,000 visits on the news site and forum in the launch window alone. I never thought I'd see the day when the servers would be choked at 4am Eastern.
I'm rambling now, but people used to ask me "what are you going to do when Shuttle retires. It's going to be dullsville until Ares (tee hee) launches!"
We've never been busier, although at this rate.....
So, our managing editor must be waiting for the first SpaceX crewed flight announcement with dread.
Maybe around the fourth quarter 2015.
Chris is going to need a VLCC instead of a bigger boat.
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#8
by
IslandPlaya
on 07 Aug, 2014 10:30
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Not a helium cylinder/sphere to kill Jaws? Oh hang on...
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#9
by
411rocket
on 07 Aug, 2014 11:58
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Yep, another SpaceX launch, another party thread.
SpaceX's last launch was "just another Comsat launch", launching when everyone in the Western world was supposed to be asleep, yet we still ate through over 100,000 visits on the news site and forum in the launch window alone. I never thought I'd see the day when the servers would be choked at 4am Eastern.
I'm rambling now, but people used to ask me "what are you going to do when Shuttle retires. It's going to be dullsville until Ares (tee hee) launches!"
We've never been busier, although at this rate.....
I think, the first stage landing tests, that has been making the news, is the cause of your server / bandwidth problems. You may need to upgrade both, the way things are going.
After the Video repair job, some people may have seen this site, explored it some & now hit this site on future SpaceX launches. More & more are probably looking for the test results, not realizing, that these larger Sat launches, are not retaining enough fuel for the tests. In my opinion, the landing tests has gotten their attention, big time.
Elon has gotten my attention, more than the shuttle did (although I watched that too). I also remember seeing some of the Apollo, not sure on the Mercury flights though. No cable tv in the early years, at home.
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#10
by
e of pi
on 07 Aug, 2014 13:10
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SpaceX's last launch was "just another Comsat launch", launching when everyone in the Western world was supposed to be asleep, yet we still ate through over 100,000 visits on the news site and forum in the launch window alone. I never thought I'd see the day when the servers would be choked at 4am Eastern.
I think, the first stage landing tests, that has been making the news, is the cause of your server / bandwidth problems. You may need to upgrade both, the way things are going.
Just a note, because it's important and Chris doesn't mention it enough: L2 subscribers are what pay for those servers, and what would be needed to pay for larger ones. Not only do you support the site by subscribing, though, but you also get access to back archives of videos and information, and sometimes things get tossed around there while Chris is still doing the job of a good journalist and working a story to completion. If you like the site, you want more like it, and you want to support the site's operations, please consider subscribing the L2.
More on topic...I've got to get used to this new cadence. We've barely finished up all the post-launch kibbitzing in the Asiasat 8 party thread, how will we ever get this thread to 50+ pages within 20 days if we don't move the party over here pronto?
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#11
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 07 Aug, 2014 13:28
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Some bad news for American/European SpaceX fans: AsiaSat 6 is launching at 1:06 am Eastern on August 26 (
source). And after consulting satellite tracking software, it looks like if the CRS-4 Dragon is sticking to fly on September 18, the launch time would be 3 am Eastern-ish.
On this side of the world, however, they will be tea time launches.
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#12
by
e of pi
on 07 Aug, 2014 14:39
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Some bad news for American/European SpaceX fans: AsiaSat 6 is launching at 1:06 am Eastern on August 26 (source). And after consulting satellite tracking software, it looks like if the CRS-4 Dragon is sticking to fly on September 18, the launch time would be 3 am Eastern-ish.
On this side of the world, however, they will be tea time launches.
Ouch! I guess I'll have to see what the window is like--1 AM is still early enough I might not need to sleep shift for it, but if it'd be another long window with a delay like AsiaSat 8...that could hurt. I guess I'll just have to play it by ear.
A 3 AM window is at least late enough that I can sleep a full night's sleep beforehand if I fall into bed right after work the previous day, which means no need to try and fall back asleep riding the rush of a launch, or the emotion of a scrub...
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#13
by
Jet Black
on 07 Aug, 2014 15:21
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Some bad news for American/European SpaceX fans: AsiaSat 6 is launching at 1:06 am Eastern on August 26 (source). And after consulting satellite tracking software, it looks like if the CRS-4 Dragon is sticking to fly on September 18, the launch time would be 3 am Eastern-ish.
On this side of the world, however, they will be tea time launches.
My baby always wakes me up for these launches. In fact, here she is watching CRS-3 when she was just 6 weeks old! (her first rocket launch!) - I wanted to make sure she watched history happening!
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#14
by
kevin-rf
on 07 Aug, 2014 15:53
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#15
by
kevin-rf
on 07 Aug, 2014 15:54
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(17th Falcon, 12th Falcon 9, 7th v1.1)
*Yes, it came from my yard, Yes I need to mow, Yes my grass is longer than baikonur, No I do not use weed killer.
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#16
by
Tuts36
on 07 Aug, 2014 16:55
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After the Video repair job, some people may have seen this site, explored it some & now hit this site on future SpaceX launches. More & more are probably looking for the test results, not realizing, that these larger Sat launches, are not retaining enough fuel for the tests. In my opinion, the landing tests has gotten their attention, big time.
Yep, that's me in a nutshell. Not only did that
EPIC thread and video salvage project bring this site & community to my attention, it rekindled a love for space exploration I thought was in the past for good. Someone is pushing the envelope again, with an eye towards getting humanity to another planet. Now I'm browsing these forums every day. Sorry about your bandwidth
But I signed up for L2 so we're good right?
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#17
by
Scylla
on 07 Aug, 2014 17:06
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After the Video repair job, some people may have seen this site, explored it some & now hit this site on future SpaceX launches. More & more are probably looking for the test results, not realizing, that these larger Sat launches, are not retaining enough fuel for the tests. In my opinion, the landing tests has gotten their attention, big time.
Yep, that's me in a nutshell. Not only did that EPIC thread and video salvage project bring this site & community to my attention, it rekindled a love for space exploration I thought was in the past for good.
Someone is pushing the envelope again, with an eye towards getting humanity to another planet. Now I'm browsing these forums every day. Sorry about your bandwidth But I signed up for L2 so we're good right?
Same here. Video repair brought site to my attention. Not a member of L2 yet, money is tight these days.
Planning to give myself a Christmas present though.
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#18
by
Chris Bergin
on 07 Aug, 2014 17:29
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After the Video repair job, some people may have seen this site, explored it some & now hit this site on future SpaceX launches. More & more are probably looking for the test results, not realizing, that these larger Sat launches, are not retaining enough fuel for the tests. In my opinion, the landing tests has gotten their attention, big time.
Yep, that's me in a nutshell. Not only did that EPIC thread and video salvage project bring this site & community to my attention, it rekindled a love for space exploration I thought was in the past for good. Someone is pushing the envelope again, with an eye towards getting humanity to another planet. Now I'm browsing these forums every day. Sorry about your bandwidth But I signed up for L2 so we're good right?
Yes indeedy!
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#19
by
billh
on 07 Aug, 2014 17:45
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Maybe around the fourth quarter 2015. 
