Posted on 04/13/2015 1:05:27 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
The countdown is on! This could be a very historic mission with the return of the booster to a landing pad in the ocean.
CORRECTION: Launch time is 4:33pmEST, 1:30pmPST. My previously stated time pertains to video feed start.
Can also watch here:
Thanks. I hope there’s no ‘holds’ or aborts.
Weather is a tad iffy.
Does anyone know how long after initial launch it will take the “retain stage” to arrive back in the vicinity of the flat-ship in order to attempt touch-down?
1 min..?
5 min..?
10 min..?
8 minutes (I’m guessing).
8 min does sound vaguely reasonable.
I sure hope they try it, this will hopefully be really cool.
You know, this might not be quite Kitty Hawk, again, but I do feel it is close.
Imagine where airplanes would be today had they ALL been US Postal Service, right..?
Time for “UPS”...
I am socked-in west of site. Probably 90% chance of ppd.
Looks like Elon Musk is going to test lightning and magnetic field threat. Why not?
Still counting down at 9 minutes.
HUGE crowd inside mission control at Hawthorne, CA.
where is this launch from? CA or FL ?
T minus 5 minutes.
Launch is from Cape Canaveral.
Launch from FL, booster landing hopefully in the pacific off of CA.
Weather hold.
They just HELD the launch! Cloud ‘Anvil rule’.
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