Go Baby Go!

"user314" (user314) 05/10/2018 at 17:44 • Filed to: None

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Launch of the first Block V Falcon 9 is less than two minutes away.

Why are you still here, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !

Edit: They’re not going to space today. Computer threw an abort pretty much as soon as it took over.

For Sweden > user314 05/10/2018 at 17:51

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Alternatively,

For Sweden > user314 05/10/2018 at 17:53

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When you’re confident in your new rocket but not that confident

Also, it aborted

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 05/10/2018 at 18:05

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Also, it aborted

Clearly, not launching from Iowa.

user314 > For Sweden 05/10/2018 at 18:06

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One of the computers BSOD’ed, they’re waiting for it to reboot.

ttyymmnn > user314 05/10/2018 at 18:07

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Why do they land the booster on a ship? Because they can?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:08

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Charles Farmer would have launched

ttyymmnn > user314 05/10/2018 at 18:08

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#scrubbed

Tune in tomorrow!

MM54 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:10

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It lets them reuse it vs letting it crash into the ocean - saves money

ttyymmnn > MM54 05/10/2018 at 18:14

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I certainly understand that, but why land it on a ship instead of the ground? The ground tends to be much more stable.

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:50

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It’s a matter of fuel and performance. Since the first stage has to retain enough fuel to flip around, boost back and land, they can only return to the Cape (or V’berg if they’re on the left coast) if the payload is under a specific mass or into certain orbits. To get around that, they have Just Read the Instructions and Of Course I Still Love You (Musk is a massive nerd, and the platforms are named for Culture ships), which can move to the proper spot for a landing. They’re equipped with thruster pods for station keeping, and have proven to be quite stable (the landing failures thus far have all been due to mechanical problems or oversights with the Falcons).

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 23:26

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Same SpaceX time, same SpaceX channel!