SpaceX And/Or Rocketry In General

mikey
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The picture of the test

The picture of the test firing reminds me alot of that WWII photo of the German General sitting in his chair when things went CATASTROPHICALLY wrong and he was vaporized in the explosion!!! They mixed the chemicals and BOOM!!!!!

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Not very many fairing catches

Not very many fairing catches have actually worked with the fairing ending up high, dry, in the net, and undamaged.

But yesterday the most recent Starlink launch scored one of two fairing halves, and they got a very pretty daytime video which appears to show it nicely away from all the net edges.

While someone posted this on Youtube, it got blocked, so what I can provide is a link to Elon Musk's twitter posting.

While full-screen is a bit blurry, it still improves the immersive effect.  Silencing the sound avoids Muzak and loses nothing useful.

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archae86 wrote: Not very

archae86 wrote:

Not very many fairing catches have actually worked with the fairing ending up high, dry, in the net, and undamaged.

But yesterday the most recent Starlink launch scored one of two fairing halves, and they got a very pretty daytime video which appears to show it nicely away from all the net edges.

While someone posted this on Youtube, it got blocked, so what I can provide is a link to Elon Musk's twitter posting.

While full-screen is a bit blurry, it still improves the immersive effect.  Silencing the sound avoids Muzak and loses nothing useful.

Nice video indeed.  I am like a little kid immersed in magic.  Wow!!!!

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Delta IV just got off the pad

Falcon 9 just got off the pad at ~1920.  Here comes the sonic boom.  Good one!!!

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robl wrote: Falcon 9 just

robl wrote:

Falcon 9 just got off the pad at ~1920.  Here comes the sonic boom.  Good one!!! 

Very nice

Gary Charpentier
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https://www.space.com/rocket-

https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-return-to-flight-launch.html

Quote:

The California-based company's two-stage Electron rocket aced its return-to-flight mission tonight (Aug. 30), delivering an Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

The launch, which took place at 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT on Aug. 31) from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site, was the first for the company since July 4, when an Electron failed shortly after liftoff. An investigation soon traced the cause of that anomaly to a single faulty electric connection in the booster's upper stage, an issue that Rocket Lab representatives said would be relatively straightforward to avoid on future flights.

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https://www.businessinsider.c

https://www.businessinsider.com/rocket-lab-launches-photon-satellite-2020-9

Quote:
Rocket Lab just launched its first spacecraft, transforming a leftover piece of its rocket into a satellite that can carry missions to the moon or Venus

 

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SpaceX live crew launch to

SpaceX live crew launch to ISS today.

Seti Classic Final Total: 11446 WU.

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RandyC wrote:SpaceX live

RandyC wrote:

SpaceX live crew launch to ISS today.

just watched it from the street in front of my house.  the horizon glowed a bright orange when they lit the engines.  Just like the good old days - apollo, discover and now dragon.  It felt good and we needed some good news!!

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robl wrote: RandyC

robl wrote:

RandyC wrote:

SpaceX live crew launch to ISS today.

just watched it from the street in front of my house.  the horizon glowed a bright orange when they lit the engines.  Just like the good old days - apollo, discover and now dragon.  It felt good and we needed some good news!!

I watched it go up on my laptop and then ran outside and saw it head up the East Coast past me in North Carolina!! It had a REALLY nice plume as it went by!!!

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