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Welp, shit... the stream crashed, swear to allah that happens every single time a cool stream is posted up on this board.

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11317050)

Welp, shit... the stream crashed, swear to allah that happens every single time a cool stream is posted up on this board.

Launch got scrubbed at the last minute, so you didn't miss much. Apparently Air Force RADAR went down.

Try again tomorrow at the same time (6:10pm EST), though weather may be an issue.

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 11317055)

Launch got scrubbed at the last minute, so you didn't miss much. Apparently Air Force RADAR went down.

Try again tomorrow at the same time (6:10pm EST), though weather may be an issue.

I should be home in time for that tomorrow, cool.

Game on again (hopefully) in an hour.

aww yah

link to stream

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<br /><a href="http://www.ustream.tv" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream</a>

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10663604)

Original OP:

SpaceX expects manned flight to ISS in 2016-2017

I've always casually paid attention to what SpaceX is up to, but I had no idea they were this far along. I'll post a few articles and videos, but here are the high points:

It's a three-stage system, and their goal is that ALL THREE will be 100% reusable, dramatically reducing the cost of space flight.
The crazy thing about that is that the three stages will all land themselves on land (no splashdowns, no parachutes) right back at the launch site.
The passenger module can handle up to seven crew at a time (compared to 3 for the Soyuz), again increasing the ability to move people back and forth easily.
As you might imagine, the technology in this thing is way beyond the Shuttle or Soyuz, so in theory, it'll be considerably safer since it can handle more situations automatically.

Here's the announcement page from SpaceX to get you started.

http://www.spacex.com/news/2014/05/3...ned-spacecraft

http://i.imgur.com/jnQ46Iw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2FX9xBe.jpg

And here's a general CNN article from CNN with some videos. I'll try and post the good ones.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/us/spacex-new-spacecraft/

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Here's an animation of the capsule re-entry and landing:

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Cf_-g3UWQ04" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

OMG?!?!?! You mean we'll actually reach earth orbit again in 2016 because of our incredible effort under Obama to return to space!

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Originally Posted by mikey23545 (Post 11320841)

OMG?!?!?! You mean we'll actually reach earth orbit again in 2016 because of our incredible effort to return to space!

It's looking like it will probably be 2017-2018 at this point just because of scheduling, but yes. And hopefully shortly after we'll actually break orbit again. It's been too long.

Big day for SpaceX!

<iframe width="600" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eCCjV6fYojM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Another Stream:

http://www.space.com/17933-nasa-tele...-space-tv.html

For those who don't follow it very closely, this will be attempt #2 at landing the first-stage rocket vertically on a barge in the middle of the ocean. Last one was the first time they'd tried it, and they got close...

<iframe src="https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK/embed/simple" width="600" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe><script src="https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js"></script>

It's not quite as exciting but, by coincidence, the CRS-5 capsule returning from ISS will be splashing down in the ocean around 40 minutes after this one launches.

Busy day for SpaceX.

Winds are too strong up high at the moment. Seems like every time they do one of these things at a time I can watch, they get postponed. :(

Scrubbed again. Dammit.

Could go again tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 11320923)

Winds are too strong up high at the moment. Seems like every time they do one of these things at a time I can watch, they get postponed. :(

Always a big letdown when they have to scrub.