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mikey23545 02-10-2015 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by eDave (Post 11320951)
Always a big letdown when they have to scrub.

Rocket launches should be like football games...They should play in everything except hurricanes and earthquakes...

DaFace 02-11-2015 02:23 PM
Aww.

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SpaceX is still tracking towards a 6:03pm ET liftoff of DSCOVR, but unfortunately we will not be able to attempt to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9. The drone ship was designed to operate in all but the most extreme weather. We are experiencing just such weather in the Atlantic with waves reaching up to three stories in height crashing over the decks. Also, only three of the drone ship’s four engines are functioning, making station-keeping in the face of such wave action extremely difficult. The rocket will still attempt a soft landing in the water through the storm (producing valuable landing data), but survival is highly unlikely.

DaFace 02-11-2015 04:49 PM
Take 3 in 15 minutes. Everything seems pretty smooth today (ignoring the fact that they won't be able to try to land it).

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

Ming the Merciless 02-11-2015 05:03 PM
ohh yah

Fish 02-11-2015 05:05 PM
Up up, and AWAY!!!!!!

DaFace 02-11-2015 05:18 PM
Well, at least I got to watch one finally. Just wish they could have tried to land then thing. :sulk:

DaFace 02-11-2015 05:56 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target &amp; nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/565659578915115011">February 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Easy 6 02-11-2015 06:03 PM
Had to watch the rerun, but very cool nonetheless.

It takes successes like this to get to the vertical landing they're looking for, it'll happen soon no doubt, cant wait to see it.

Thanks for getting this thread started, DaFace.

DaFace 03-01-2015 01:50 PM
Heads up that there's a scheduled launch tonight at 9:50 pm Central.

Nothing terribly exciting in terms of experiments this time - no legs and no attempt to land the second stage at all - though it's the first time SpaceX has ever delivered two satellites with one launch.

Weather is 70% GO at the moment.

DaFace 03-01-2015 09:16 PM
(Countdown is to the webcast - not the launch.)

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DaFace 04-13-2015 01:51 PM
Next barge landing attempt (and ISS-bound launch) coming up at 4:33pm EST if anyone is interested.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
http://www.spacex.com/webcast

Easy 6 04-13-2015 02:50 PM
Launch scrubbed for weather.

DaFace 04-13-2015 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11434514)
Launch scrubbed for weather.
Damn you anvil clouds!! :cuss:

Sweet Daddy Hate 04-13-2015 05:34 PM
Will this country ever build a craft that doesn't look like 1950's redux?

Just unveil the anti-grav system already for ****'s sake.

DaFace 04-14-2015 02:03 PM
T-8 minutes

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