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Is this webcast only?

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Originally Posted by mlyonsd (Post 14201343)

Is this webcast only?

It won't be on NASA TV if that's what you're asking (since it's a private company's mission).

Doesn't sound promising. But at least I'd get to watch if they postpone. :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Upper atmospheric wind shear is very high. Will have to postpone launch unless weather improves soon.</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116110823015849985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 14201355)

It won't be on NASA TV if that's what you're asking (since it's a private company's mission).

Thanks. I just switched over to NASA and there was a guy on stage doing comedy. They should maybe rethink that.

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 14201335)

Looks like they're pushing all the way to the end of the window.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New T-0 of 8:32 p.m. EDT due to upper-level winds. Vehicle and payload still look good for launch.</p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1116108354001051648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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That'll make it basically an instantaneous window at that point, so we'll see if they get it off. Unfortunately I won't be able to catch up until late tonight, so I hope you guys get to enjoy the show.

That doesn't bode well.

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Originally Posted by mlyonsd (Post 14201365)

Thanks. I just switched over to NASA and there was a guy on stage doing comedy. They should maybe rethink that.

A funny astrophysicist? Isn't that, or shouldn't that be an oxymoron?

Well, sucks it got scrubbed, but I should be able to watch tomorrow night at least! Pretty much the same timing - window opens at 6:35pm EST.

Are we going to launch this piece of shit?

Hope so. Looks like weather is 90% favorable today (80% yesterday). High-level winds can be a bitch, so we'll see.

Spoiler!

Beautiful picture of the black hole.

Aww...that little lunar lander that SpaceX launched a few months back didn't make it.

https://gizmodo.com/israels-bereshee...oon-1833979818

Israel's Beresheet Probe Crashes on the Moon
George Dvorsky

The Beresheet probe crash-landed on the Moon earlier today, dashing Israel’s hopes of becoming only the fourth country to land a functioning probe on the lunar surface.

“We lost it,” said a SpaceIL official a few minutes after mission controllers lost contact with the Beresheet probe. “We failed to land the spacecraft.”

The descent had been proceeding normally until the probe was around 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) above the lunar surface. And in fact, Beresheet even managed to take a selfie a few minutes earlier, at around 22 kilometers (13.6 miles) from the surface.

“Well, we didn’t make it. But we definitely tried,” said another SpaceIL official. “And I think that the achievement of getting to where we got is really tremendous. I think we can be proud.”

The exact cause of the malfunction has not been disclosed, but the probe appeared to have experienced an engine failure during the descent. Israel was trying to become only the fourth country to land a probe on the Moon, the others being the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to the crowd gathered at the SpaceIL control center.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All systems and weather are currently go ahead of tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch of Arabsat-6A from Pad 39A; launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT, or 22:35 UTC → <a href="https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z">https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1116442323477381120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">T-1 hour until Falcon Heavy launch of Arabsat-6A. Webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → <a href="https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z">https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1116454697127124992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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If anyone's looking for something to watch pregame, Everyday Astronaut hosts a live stream for pretty much every launch, and he's there live today.

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