Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - CRS-8 Dragon - April 8, 2016 - UPDATES (Read 285591 times)

cambrianera · « **Reply #300 on:** 04/08/2016 09:15 pm »

Another amazing step from SpaceX.
And another wonderful coverage from NSF.
Interesting days ahead, indeed.

imcub · « **Reply #301 on:** 04/08/2016 09:15 pm »

Nice ... really nice!

qbytex · « **Reply #302 on:** 04/08/2016 09:16 pm »

Well done, SpaceX! It was hard to believe it was real and not CGI in a sci-fi movie! I was really moved.

R.Simko · « **Reply #303 on:** 04/08/2016 09:16 pm »

Oh My God, I can hardly believe it. What an amazing landing! SpaceX has made history again.

Congratulations SpaceX and everyone involved.

macpacheco · « **Reply #304 on:** 04/08/2016 09:16 pm »

Yeah !!!!!
Can we see all future launches with recovery standard ?
Falcon Heavy does 2 RTLS + 1 ASDS from day one !
OMG, Ariane is in deep doodoo !
Lets get those recovered stages flying again ASAP, no point in stockpiling a half a dozen stages at the Cape !

sunbingfa · « **Reply #305 on:** 04/08/2016 09:16 pm »

Amazing effort! Congratulations SpaceX! ASDS landing, BEAM module, Dragon RTF, what an exciting mission!

mb199 · « **Reply #306 on:** 04/08/2016 09:16 pm »

Wow, that was amazing. The video you could see the first stage firing right after separation. What a pretty picture that rocket standing there.

tdrb6115 · « **Reply #307 on:** 04/08/2016 09:17 pm »

Big congrats to everyone involved! Well done! BTW still waiting for my jaws to come up again

Edit: fixed typo

eric z · « **Reply #308 on:** 04/08/2016 09:17 pm »

Let me throw my congrats out there,too! Great job,SpaceX... My wife,Dr.Z had never seen a Falcon launch and I said "Honey, come sit on the couch and watch this". A Beautiful launch, and then our jaws dropped and eyes bugged out when it came sailing down onto the barge, maybe she brought a little beginners luck with her! It was like watching a scene from a late 50s SF movie, except crisper! Well done, hooray! eric z

SwissCheese · « **Reply #309 on:** 04/08/2016 09:18 pm »

Wow! I'm speechless, with a big dumb smile stuck on my face

and to be able to see this live, that was incredible

Congratulations to all people at SpaceX and NASA that made it possible !

CraigLieb · « **Reply #310 on:** 04/08/2016 09:18 pm »

Congrats to all the hard working people that are making OUR dreams come true by pushing the envelope. You are really making the future.

Comga · « **Reply #311 on:** 04/08/2016 09:18 pm »

Quote from: Lee Jay on 04/08/2016 09:00 pm

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/08/2016 08:57 pm
Wonder who won the bingo!

Everyone did.

I didn't personally (picked right in the center) but Lee Jay is right. We all won today.

Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Musk and all the bust-a-gut engineers and others at SpaceX. This is an astounding achievement. Utterly fantastic.

Getting the payload to orbit is also pretty magnificent.

Holding my breath for the trip back on the ASDS. It's amazing how much the massive barge is moved by the ocean.

Read my signature!

feynmanrules · « **Reply #312 on:** 04/08/2016 09:20 pm »

dancing shoes deployed!

mind-blowingly awesome job by everyone at spx!

northenarc · « **Reply #313 on:** 04/08/2016 09:20 pm »

Amazing work and huge congrats to SpaceX, that barge looks really small with Falcon sitting on the deck. I get the feeling this will be the first stage to attempt a reflight if it is sound, they'd probably love to do that by the end of the year if they could pull it off.

Kaputnik · « **Reply #314 on:** 04/08/2016 09:21 pm »

If at first you don't succeed...

This was worth the wait. Thank you Elon, SpaceX, NASA.

IanO · « **Reply #315 on:** 04/08/2016 09:21 pm »

Thanks to NSF so I could follow on my phone while directing a chess tournament. I got to announce to a crowded hall: "Attention players! Round 4 is starting... And the Falcon has Landed!"

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #316 on:** 04/08/2016 09:21 pm »

Launch replays.

toruonu · « **Reply #317 on:** 04/08/2016 09:21 pm »

Congratulations to everyone involved, this was a huge, yet picture perfect mission. I was counting down the seconds until MECO, just to see us past the moment which stained our memory with CRS-7 and then seeing 2 min 30s hit and seeing MECO it was like a stone off my heart

And then seeing the drone video feed I knew that we'd see the landing live and seeing the F9 come into view I was "oh no, it's doing a big divert, will it get itself oriented in time?" and then seeing the landing I was fistpumping, but keeping my mouth shut (child and wife asleep in the next room). Really nice

And then dragon spreading its wings and one could check off all elements of a mission and call it a perfect launch

Serious congratulations to the team, wish I could be there and join such an awesome effort

Next stop: reflight

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #318 on:** 04/08/2016 09:22 pm »

End of NASA coverage.

Greg Pecchia · « **Reply #319 on:** 04/08/2016 09:23 pm »

Congrats SpaceX. Beautiful sight to behold. A new beginning for the exploration of Space, The Final Frontier. I feel like a kid again.