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SpaceX |OT| Reusable Rockets - To Mars!
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It's crazy how routine the landings have become.
A reminder that we went from NEVER BEEN DONE in 2014, to 1/3 success rate in 2015, to 50/50 in 2016 to 100% success rate and total routine in 2017.
Now it's 2018 and the real surprise is when they don't attempt or suffer a failure on landing.
4 years. 4 years from "Impossible, that'll never work!" to "Oh, another landing, ho hum."
A reminder that we went from NEVER BEEN DONE in 2014, to 1/3 success rate in 2015, to 50/50 in 2016 to 100% success rate and total routine in 2017.
Now it's 2018 and the real surprise is when they don't attempt or suffer a failure on landing.
4 years. 4 years from "Impossible, that'll never work!" to "Oh, another landing, ho hum."
Space X .Jr is having a launch today!
It's just like a real SpaceX launch, except it doesn't worry about any of that silly "orbit" nonsense.
Straight up to space and straight back down. Maximum efficiency.
It's just like a real SpaceX launch, except it doesn't worry about any of that silly "orbit" nonsense.
Straight up to space and straight back down. Maximum efficiency.
It's a real sign there's excitement for space again! (of course SpaceX masterrace)
I think it was just to achieve a higher launch profile for the capsule (350,000ft).
If you were aiming that at me, would you kindly explain yourself?
They are testing the system to get ready for crewed flights, which should begin by the end of this year. It's a system primarily designed to fly 6 tourists on a short, 10-15 minutes trip, which brings them 100 km up, let them enjoy the views in weightlessness for a few minutes and then falls back to Earth.
This flight also carries some payloads, mainly research payloads that conduct experiments in weightlessness.
This flight also carries some payloads, mainly research payloads that conduct experiments in weightlessness.
It's intended to be a final uncrewed test of the suborbital launch and recovery system before they start taking humans up and down in a test flight. The final objective is to take fee-paying passengers to the Kármán line.
It's a suborbital space tourism venture, hence the reference to the first United States suborbital space flight by Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7.
Oh, no. Sorry about the confusion. It was aimed at Tygre. I just don't understand the smug attitude towards companies that aren't SpaceX.
lol sorry. I'm actually in a bit of a cranky mood today :( - shouldn't have responded as such. Apologies.
To be honest I'm not all for space tourism - so I do think the New Shepard thing (and Virgin Galactic) while interesting is a bit of a side show - but I do think Blue Origin has a massive role to play in the future, both in terms of New Glenn and with them supplying BE4 engines for ULA for Vulcan.
I was more interested in seeing their engine tests for BE4 than I was the launch today :D
Eh jeff bezos / BO has an history of smugness towards SpaceX. From unprofessional digs at SX from exponents of the company, to bullish attempts to patent technology that SpaceX is already using.
Also calling out members like Tygre for innocent jokes comes off as a bit defensive to me.
His tweets around the time they were both trying landings were embarrassing, so I'm also happy to give Bezos grief.
He went pretty quiet after SpaceX achieved orbit AND landed the first stage.
I honestly haven't followed Blue Origin that closely, but that doesn't really surprise me. Regardless, I can't go talk to Bezos about his attitude, so I'm here talking to fans about their attitudes.
I mean, I'm certainly not defending Blue Origin here or anything. Go ahead and call out their mistakes, their faults, their limitations, etc. I'm just more bothered by how weirdly antagonistic it's gotten. That said, I'm probably not helping out much with posts like that, so I do apologize for that.
And like Dan said, competition is good! The more successes all companies have, the better off we'll be in terms of spaceflight.
Oh, lighten up~
I wouldn't have posted that if I didn't want BO getting more exposure and didn't support every billionaire on the planet literally setting their money on fire to get us into space. I just also like to poke fun at how rinky-dink Bezos' outfit currently is.
Rockets launching is cool, rockets landing is cooler, rockets putting things into orbit in-between those two things is actually useful.
Slightly off topic, but has anyone gone to Vendenberg CA to watch a rocket launch before?
There's an Atlas V launch scheduled for Saturday morning which is tempting me.
There's an Atlas V launch scheduled for Saturday morning which is tempting me.
Not too sure how up to date this info is FliX, but try this: https://perens.com/2017/02/16/how-to-view-launches-at-vandenberg-air-force-base/
Thanks, I had found various sites but not that one. I'll check it out.
Bruce Perens, now that's a name that brings back memories. He was an early open source evangelist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Perens
So the meterologists predict Launch Weather 20 Percent 'Go' For Saturday for the Atlas V launch in Vandenberg.
Is that sort of normal or low?
Still not sure if the drive up is worth it if the chances are slim.
Is that sort of normal or low?
Still not sure if the drive up is worth it if the chances are slim.
Things can still change a lot, predictions at L-48h and L-24h are more accurate and can still improve.
Edit: and, given how large the error margin are for forecasts even a few days in the future, the news previously reported on this thread that SpaceX's Bangabandhu launch was delayed for the weather is most likely false.
This isn't any launch though? I mean have you seen the fact that the Rockets land vertically like in a cartoon?
I'd say that deserves some excitement.
The lauching will be great, I wonder when they will try to launch one just 24 hours after its mission.
SpaceX @SpaceX
Targeting Falcon 9 Block 5 launch of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 on May 10 from Pad 39A in Florida.
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F9 Block 5 is all mated with the payload, stood up on the pad and weather's looking good. Launch window opens today 16:12 EDT (20:12 UTC 21:12 BST)
Hot fire test went well a few days ago.
Who's taking bets? I reckon they'll launch bang on time. No holds or scrubs :)
Hot fire test went well a few days ago.
Who's taking bets? I reckon they'll launch bang on time. No holds or scrubs :)
You see with a single glance that they aren't lying when they say reusing the booster has the potential to save a lot.
They should launch another Falcon Heavy in Florida in the September/October timeframe this year.
There's no bigger rocket right now, if that's what you're looking for. Bonus three boosters landing almost together.
Yep. I bet that interstage gets a bit of a toasting when MVAC ignites :D