Let the conspiracy theories begin! :tinfoil:

Stop this shit. It's very likely that they've got a root cause analysis tree for realized risks that has "sabotage" as one of its branches. As all the other possible root causes get crossed off the list, you've got to take a serious look at it at some point.

I HIGHLY doubt this is sabotage.

This.

Elon Musk AMA at 3:00 Pacific

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comme...uestions_in_a/

Money to anyone who asks him why Andy Reid is such a sh*t play-caller when the Chiefs have the lead.

I would but I got banned for saying the play-by-play girl was hot.

AMA has started. Slow answers so far: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comm...ut_becoming_a/

ITS compared to Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy:

https://i.redd.it/7vmsxs9caosx.jpg

And the rest:

https://i.imgur.com/CVSBGiL.jpg

They've got a long way to go, but I think I'd take a vacation to Florida to try and watch that thing launch.

Fer Sher

check it

Nice...

Back in business.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iridium NEXT first launch date set for Dec 16 at 12:36 PST, pending regulatory approvals <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEXTevolution?src=hash">#NEXTevolution</a></p>&mdash; Iridium Corporate (@IridiumComm) <a href="https://twitter.com/IridiumComm/status/804301527720534016">December 1, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Still no official announcement about what went wrong with AMOS-6, but presumably that will be coming soon.

About time. Thanks DaFace.

Related to this thread, apparently the Russians lost their ISS-bound resupply mission today. It's not been a good couple of years for ISS missions. :(

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/r...n-crew-is-fine

That article doesn't say anything about lost lives so this was an unmanned resupply ship?

Correct.

Well, now they're saying early January. Oh well.

OK, let's try this again. From the official account this time.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting return to flight from Vandenberg with the <a href="https://twitter.com/IridiumComm">@IridiumComm</a> NEXT launch on January 8. Update: <a href="https://t.co/15yMaiobpX">https://t.co/15yMaiobpX</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/815920600258490370">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Actual launch time will be 10:28am PST (going off of the west coast this time).

Woot....

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Launch moving due to high winds and rains at Vandenberg. Other range conflicts this week results in next available launch date being Jan 14.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/818137294779478016">January 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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So when do we start terraforming Mars?

http://i.imgur.com/NBDAGKf.jpg

It's been ages since they've launched from the west coast. Seems weird these days not to have the lightning towers in the shot.

Here's hoping that they don't pump diesel into the unleaded tank again.

That's the one launching around noon tomorrow?

Yep

Bump for the launch, space geeks.

Thank you Sir.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast

When do they usually start broadcasting?

In 34 minutes it looks like.

LMAO

I would hope they start at least a little before liftoff.

What I've come to know is they don't start streaming more than a few minutes before. The start of the stream says 30 minutes as of right now.

Exactly my thought. Or do we have to watch a pre-game show? When's the actual launch?

Now

The stream screen just started its audio.

26 minutes

BTW, you can use the "Space Launch Now" app to watch it on your phone... Just in case you don't have it already...

Stream just started...

T-3:30

LOL, Casting to the TV, kids are giddy every time I do... This is SOOOOOOOOOO cool..

Thought that was fire for a second...

Sweeeeeeeet!

God's speed.

I wish they'd show the first stage doing its thing

I love this stuff... Soooo cool!

Ummmmmmm..

BADASS!

HOLY SHIT!!! That was awesome!!!

That was a bad ass landing. Too cool.

I could watch this kind of stuff every day!

2nd burn done, ~5 min from Sat deployments.

So the only "failure" was the link to the ground station that would allow is to watch the satellites being deployed.. And I thought they said they were going to be able to show tape of it that the 2nd stage's camera records. That didn't seem to happen.

But hey, that's cool no matter what!

Did it look to have a bit of a lean to anyone else?

Heh. Wouldn't be the first time:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/bb/showp...&postcount=454

http://i.imgur.com/eFWPRPs.jpg

I couldn't watch this one live, but glad to hear it's a total success! I look forward to the webcast when I get home.

Just now watching the webcast. Man...that was some BEAUTIFUL footage of the first stage coming back. I love that stuff.

Yeah, I hope they make a split screen view and show the views from onboard the 1st stage next to the feed from the barge.

Not to mention I'l love to see the Satellite deployment recorded footage from the 2nd stage.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/293/32...b97ae3df_k.jpgIridium-1 Launch by SpaceX, on Flickr

Just awesome.

https://i.imgur.com/sjGJEIS.jpg

Wonder if they fly the same crew that's been doing the work on the east coast out to California to process this one.

This may be my favorite landing shot yet.

https://i.imgur.com/6kXnI2J.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting Feb. 18 for Dragon&#39;s next resupply mission to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station">@Space_Station</a> — our 1st launch from LC-39A at <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA">@NASA</a>&#39;s Kennedy Space Center.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/829422029245919232">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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We finally have a static launch on the new pad (39A), so I think we shouldn't have anything but the usual delays at this point. Countdown and header are active again.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First static fire test of Falcon 9 at historic launch complex 39A completed in advance of Dragon&#39;s upcoming mission to the <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station">@Space_Station</a>.</p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/830895038251073536">February 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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It's pretty crazy to compare the amount of "stuff" there is on that pad compared to the shots of the last launch from Vandy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Falcon 9 and Dragon at historic launch pad 39A. Liftoff slated for Saturday at 10:01am ET. <a href="https://t.co/fkAhMbZig5">pic.twitter.com/fkAhMbZig5</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/832644375863717889">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Tight timing. My hockey team skates at 9:10, so I'll need the MiFi and tablet...

I can here it now,

Team stretching and warming up the goalie: "what 'cha doin coach?"

Me: "Game plan!!!"

I once asked my team at work to reschedule a meeting because of a launch. ROFL

Love the old/new contrast.

Maybe I throw a big bucket of boiling hot water on the ice and we get a 30-minute delay! Salt.... Or....I could go Tonya Harding on one of the official's shins, that'll be good to get us through the launch!

http://i.makeagif.com/media/12-09-2015/49NaYE.gif

lol

I took my team to a local bar that let's us cast to a TV for a meeting. :)

SpaceX / NASA briefing on tomorrow's launch...

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NASA coverage started...

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As I said before, it just looks plain bizarre to have so much "stuff" on that pad compared to everything they've done before.

Really, as I think about it, it's modern (unmanned) rockets that are the outlier. Growing up, I was pretty used to every launch being on a big, complicated complex like 39A. It's just that lately we've gotten used to launch pads being pretty streamlined and minimalist.

SpaceX stream is up (though not actually started yet).

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SpaceX webcast is live.

As is their technical webcast. No "announcers", but awesome to hear the comms and see different angles. I usually keep both up.

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I'll watch this one from my balcony. See how my dogs react to the Sonic Boom.

Aw, man...I'm jealous.