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Coverage of the Launch of the SpaceX/Dragon (Launch scheduled at 10:21 a.m. ET)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Posted on 06/28/2015 5:30:56 AM PDT by lbryce
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To: TomGuy
Well, this was completely unexpected!
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:28:26 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: null and void
It exploded?Gonna put the news on.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:28:35 AM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: null and void
“Yes, a sprinkling of debris falling, falling”
It sure was. That was the first SpaceX launch my six year old was able to watch live, bad timing there...
Too bad, but it was unrealistic to think SpaceX would never have a single failure. I hope they got enough good telemetry to tell what went wrong, so it can be corrected for future flights.
To: null and void
It would be really bad if they determine that the first stage failed because of the design changes for re-usability.
To: null and void
It will be interesting to see the replay - huge plume and then just smoking pieces scattering in all directions.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:29:10 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: TomGuy
FOXNEWS reports the rocket has exploded just after launch.
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It exploded almost two minutes into launch. Fox News isn’t a good source for much of anything.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:29:26 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Zeppo
Yes. Huge plume, but not a fireball.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:30:26 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
To: Zeppo
It will be interesting to see the replay - huge plume and then just smoking pieces scattering in all directions.
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I noticed the vernier rockets fired very noticeably about 30 seconds before the failure.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:30:56 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
From SpaceX's Facebook page:
FAILURE. The Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated in the sky over Cape Canaveral about 2 minutes, 20 seconds after liftoff.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:31:16 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Wow! It got a bit cloudy here and then I filmed a white trail from far away but it was so boring I turned the recording off. I came inside and saw on fr that it blew up! My friend outside said he saw the smoke!
To: Moonman62
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:32:30 AM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Vince Ferrer
It would be really bad if they determine that the first stage failed because of the design changes for re-usability.
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It would, and it’s possible. They supposedly made a change in the throttle valve response on the first stage, and this was most likely a first stage failure.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:32:43 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
In that picture it looks like the first stage is intact, and the disintegration is affecting the top part of the rocket.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:34:24 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
Space launches are never routine since so many things can go wrong. I told you that you should have driven down there!
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:35:06 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: null and void
Did the range safety officer take action?BTW, that was a paraphrase of what I thought I heard the launch control state.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:35:14 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:35:37 AM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Moonman62
Yes, you are right. The first stage engines all look to be operating normally. Maybe it did come from the upper stage.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:36:44 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Zeppo
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:38:05 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
My friend outside said he saw the smoke! My sense (and I could well be wrong!) was that the "smoke" was condensation from they cryogenic fuel and oxidizer hitting the moist Florida air.
There were no flaming debris falling, the bits and pieces seemed to be cold and trailing fog (for want of a better word). Eerie. I can't imaging how one could dump that much fuel and oxidizer next to nine rocket engines at full thrust and not get a massive fireball.
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:43:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
To: Zeppo
FWIW, today is supposedly Elon Musk’s birthday...
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posted on
06/28/2015 7:45:34 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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