SpaceX Launch Thread

>>9010036
Live stream located here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmWeATngb4

You didn't need to make another thread you fucking autistic musk faggot.

I for one welcome our new overlord, Lord musk

>>9010058
Heaven forbid I make a thread about an actual relevant scientific event, as opposed to another fucking flatearth, or IQ circle jerk thread.

/sci/ really is a shit hole now.

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>>9010058
>who could be behind this post, i wonder

40% isn't good lads.

My digits confirm that we will however, have a launch tonight.

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>>9010064
>implying Bezos cares what you or Musk thinks

>>9010063
that's not the point you fucking moron

we don't need 5+ spacex threads up at one time

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>>9010073
>one of these three rockets won't exist until years from now

>>9010076
There is two threads, this one and another which is a general 'why is spacex shit' thread.

So no, it is you, that is the fucking moron.

Hopefully, you get banned.

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>>9010077
>one of these launchers has landed and re-flown five times in a row

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>>9010076
Like the last post in that thread says, "Fuck this hater thread". The other thread doesn't even say "spacex" in the catalog, it has a fucking blank in it. ULA shills can keep their shit thread.

>we don't need 5+ spacex threads up at one time
Which threads would those be? I only see two, plus another one bitching about Elon's Mars plans.

>>9010081
>>one of these launchers has landed and re-flown five times in a row
Babby flights that didn't have a payload or even go sideways. Fucking ezmode.

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East Orlando anon here. Weather is shit as usual. Rocket will not launch.
Post memes for luck.

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>>9010064
Bezos:
>realizes he's balding early on
>shaves it all off early on

Musk:
>realizes he's balding early on
>gets extremely obvious hair transplant to satisfy insecurity

kek

>>9010073
Who thought that fucking feather was a good logo. Looks ugly as fuck

>>9010086
plebeians who use 18th-century kerosene fuel bitching about "ezmode"

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>>9010073
New Glenn is as far from today as ITS will be from NG initial flight.Also Heavy is able to throw as much to GTO as NG because of better mass fractions and staging efficiency

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>>9010089
you're right, spacex logo is much better

>>9010094
It is actually, yeah.

>>9010094
simple is sexy.

>>9010092
>New Glenn is as far from today as ITS will be from NG initial flight.
the ITS in that photo is already being scaled down to SLS size, and won't even fly in the 2020s

>Also Heavy is able to throw as much to GTO as NG because of better mass fractions and staging efficiency
the fuck is "Heavy" falcon heavy?
FH reusable GTO is like 8000kg whereas NG is 14000kg

>>9010091
If Falcon 9 used Hydrogen, it would need to double in size.

>>9010092
No point talking about what a paper rocket can throw
Might as well talk about a Falcon double heavy with 5 cores + expanded upper stage could do.

Blue Origin is still a pretty small company

Can all you spergs stop the Blue Origin vs SpaceX screaming?

there's a rocket launching in a bit.

>>9010094
lol I made that just over two years ago, had to see the .psd to be sure though, still proud of it

>>9010112
you're here forever

>>9010100
>FH reusable GTO is like 8000kg whereas NG is 14000kg
They're both 0kg until they launch. Guess which one is launching any time soon?

>>9010112
Its quality, i'll give you that

>>9010100
With downrange landing can do around 13 000kg we will see in the coming years about the prices of different configs but expending center core might be a popular dual even triple launch option.

>>9010116
>moving the goalposts

>>9010118
falcon can't even fit two standard GTO sats in the fairing let alone 3

>>9010109
Honestly, i have kinda missed it. The last couple of launch-treads were civil, polite, almost...boring. Its just not the same without the autistic screaming.

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reminder that six hours after the launch we have a landing too

>>9010124
whats up with the question mark and insert?

>>9010120
>>moving the goalposts
>not even getting off the practice field

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Why do I love ULA so much? It's pretty simple when I think about it. ULA isn't just the best launch provider in the country; they might just be the greatest launch provider of all time. Just imaging the Altas V riding through the skies of Earth, the wind on its fairing, the mighty RD-180 below it. As she rides through the red sky, NASA swoons at her very scent. They know how she smells; the essence of burning RP-1 smell is sold in Orlando under the name of "Space Orgasm." The very nature of ULA is mystery. Could they be playing a deeper game than even Tory Bruno realizes? The answer is yes, ULA has transcended such boundaries as the physical world, and has free will to do whatever they sees fit. However, ULA is filled with such guile, such arcane craft that they does not even use these powers. Why, you might ask? You will never know, for the mind of the ULA is not one that is easily penetrated. ULA rockets are such a force of nature in this realm that nothing can truly touch them, the only thing keeping them bound to this world at all is their will to exist within the preordained boundaries understood physics. ULA is not only beyond the comprehension of us, it exists within a plane of true focus and beauty. Observe the plume of exhaust gasses from this Delta IV, the gorgeous and rippling flames, the gallant fairing, and most importantly, its engines. Her engines, like cauldrons straight from hell, provide the only glimpse into the true machinations of ULA. Do not stare into them. Many good men have gone mad in the attempt. ULA is not just a launch provider, a formless collection of engineers and rockets; they are themselves the binding that holds the word together. Without ULA, Musk the Menace takes over and the entire space industry as we know it crumbles. The Mississippi would stop flowing without ULA, Kessler syndrome would take over in orbit, and the space station would fall without their fiery gaze. These are just of a few of the reasons why I like ULA so much.

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>>9010125
because that reflection looked like the Dragon logo when I first saw it years ago

>>9010128
>"Space Orgasm."
More like Space Masturbation, amirite?

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>>9010087

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>>9010087

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>>9010087
oh the kerbality

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>>9010087

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>>9010137
THIS IS FUCKING GREAT.

>>9010137
kek, nice one

>>9010138
Dream on, Mars man

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What did he mean by this?

>>9010144
means he voted Hillary

>>9010138
DREAM ON, MARS MAN

stream started

music on spacex stream has started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmWeATngb4

stream's live, niggas.

based John Asperger is back

What would happen if they launched in unfavorable weather? How much effect would it actually have on the rocket?

High increase in chance of explosion? or marginal?

weather looks fine faggot liar

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>tfw no landing today

So no more SpaceX launch for more than a month? I guess it's time for them to get SLC40 fixed already.

>>9010175
plus preparing for FH and tearing down the service structure

>no landing

It's ogre

>>9010176
Apparently the same team does both the SLC40 repair and the 39A upgrades, so they won't be going at the same time.

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>>9010088
>>gets extremely obvious hair transplant to satisfy insecurity
they are a work of art. show some respect

>>9010175
Range is always closed for repairs in july

T-5 mins until launch. Everything is looking good.

Weather looking good.

how many times can this clown say "epic" about a frigging satellite

>>9010187
Those sweet Ku-bands tho

>>9010187
It's the brand name of the satellite.

>>9010187
its the name of the series....

dubs for no go

>>9010187
its simply epic. epic for the win.

>>9010182
>Playstation 2
Wonder how she looks now

The lighting is cool on this one

dubs and kek will end the launch

>>9010187
ebin

RAGE

SPACEX IS FINISHED

rip

ABORT

ABORT

abort

REEEEEEEEEEEE

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

REKT

COCKBLOCKED

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

THE BOOSTER KNOWS ITS DOOMED

BOOSTER DOESNT WANT TO DIE

PLEASE SAVE IT SPACEX

>tfw the countdown clock turns yellow

>>9010226
This, fucking barbarians.

58 min launch window

>>9010231
Aborted for today?

MUH HIGH FLIGHT RATES

Finished and bankrupt.

Fake and gay

Is it going to explode???

>>9010233
>MUH 6 MILLION LAUNCHES WITHIN 9 DAYS

They should have chosed Boeing :^)

Noooooooooooo

SCRUBBED

>>9010233
You cant crash if you dont launch

See y'all tomorrow.

remember the 600 musktillion oxygen molecules that were lost today :(

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

SPACEX KEKS BTFO

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>>9010244
wrong

>>9010226
maybe it was superstitious. Launch failures tend to come in clusters of three, and china just had two failures in a row...

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Guess our memes weren't good enough.

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>>9010250
I FEEL NOTHING AT ALLLLLLLLLL

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No boom today. Boom tomorrow.

>>9010254
THE ENEMY CAN'T LAUNCH THE ROCKET IF YOU DISABLE HIS HANDS

>>9010260
ha

It was the computer who said no and the engineers are now looking for the reason why it said no.

Its kind of odd to think about it, that its the AI reacting better than people to make sure that the launch is actually safe and giving the good to go, I wonder how much efficient is the computer at detecting these problems over an entire board of ground controllers...

>>9010264
it's literally just one sensor linked to a simple logic check

they've had this shit since the 40s and "AI" has nothing to do with it

>>9010264
lol

>>9010264
>if x > ref then abort

Groundbreaking AI indeed.

>>9010267
>assuming that Elon isnt somehow neurally linked to each flight computer

>>9010267
>>9010268
>>9010269


Am, I head that it was the computer and assumed it was an AI behind it, not just a single switch going off.

>>9010252
Really need to edit Bezo's face into the Amos6 fireball.

>>9010274
Yeah, we need a reverse >>9010077, extra bantz

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>>9010274
>>9010276
Ooh, took less than 10 min.

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>>9010276
Who would you rather work for, /sci/?

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>>9010284
Would I get free Prime?

>>9010284
ugh, they are both workaholics who would want you to put in 100-hour weeks like they do. I'd rather applaud their efforts from the sidelines than burn out working under them.

>>9010304
>not wanting to work 100+ hours a week for spaceX.
plebe

>>9010315
I would for a year or two just to have been part of the first few hints of a revitalized space industry. Not even being ironic. Burnout may be an unavoidable part of that, but nobody does the same thing their whole lives anyway. It just means the next job hop comes a little more quickly than it would have otherwise.

Dragon undocking happening

www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv

>>9010866
eight minutes, looks liek

>>9010282
make one with crying zuckerberge

How is SpaceX going to fund their ITS?

>>9010282
Needs sad, hairless Musk and crying zuckerburg. Ad that and its pure gold

>>9010621
This
I have no problem working my ass off for a few years, because the space-industry is actually something i'm interested it.

>SpaceX did in 10 years what NASA and Boeing couldnt in sixty

Makes you think

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>>9011004
So Musk is making SpaceX employees work overtime to do everything 6 times faster.

Is It some kind of Glorified Slave Labor? >>9010254

>www.quora.com/Is-Elon-Musk-trying-to-force-1-Million-people-into-Slave-Labor

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>>9011015
>>www.quora.com/Is-Elon-Musk-trying-to-force-1-Million-people-into-Slave-Labor
NASA did it first

>>9010087

That's an aluminum one tho, the titanium fins are shaped different

>>9010100
ITS being scaled down is not happening, Elon tweeted he's going to give out a design update and everybody decided that meant he binned the entire design and redid it from scratch in 6 months. Sick of this meme desu

>>9011015
not slavery, but a cult. No different than any other charismatic leaders throughout history.

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>>9011220

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>>9010880
>>9010973
Added Bruno too.

>>9011458
who?

>>9011458
saved

Bruno's shit-eating grin really pulls it together

>>9010138

Dream on, Mars man!

>>9011458
>Bruno grin
ULA bankruptcy when?
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/04/05/ula-jurys-out-rocket-reusability/100046572/

Still raining here in Orlando, there will be no launch.

>>9011995
Its the wind that will be the deciding factor, i think

>>9011223
>ITS being scaled down is not happening,
Yes it is.
>Elon tweeted he's going to give out a design update
he said they found a way to do it without breaking the bank, which almost certainly means they made it much smaller so as to be able to use pad 39A, amongst other things
>and everybody decided that meant he binned the entire design and redid it from scratch in 6 months
They had like 6 people working on the original design, it's not a stretch that they could redo it in 1 month, let alone 6
>Sick of this meme desu
Why? Because it's more verification that normalfags like you will never get a Mars ticket?

weather is 70% favorable. yea.

>>9012095
>Yes it is.

No, it's not. You have nothing but baseless speculation to bullshit your way through this argument. If they make it smaller, it won't be a viable system anymore. Stop perpetuating this horseshit.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbCLpWDPV4

>>9012169
>No, it's not.
Yes it is.
>You have nothing but baseless speculation to bullshit your way through this argument.
It's not speculation, it's fact, based upon numerous leaks over the past few months
>If they make it smaller, it won't be a viable system anymore.
The system presented last year was never viable; it was too expensive
>Stop perpetuating this horseshit.
If you think they are keeping the old design, answer me this:
Where will they launch it from?

>>9012184

There are no such leaks. It can be launched from pad 39A because the pad was already built to be over sized for even the saturn V. They aren't going to design a smaller version that may as well be a totally different vehicle, only to the have to design yet another vehicle down the road.

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>>9012198
>There are no such leaks.
uh huh
>It can be launched from pad 39A
No, it can't.
>the pad was already built to be over sized for even the saturn V
oversize as in 1.4 times the thrust, not 3x the thrust (NASA is already upgrading 39B just for SLS block 2, which is less than half of full size ITS thrust)
>They aren't going to design a smaller version that may as well be a totally different vehicle
They are designing it to be small enough to use 39A and to be affordable, and will use it to launch their internet satellites. They are also doing away with carbon fiber for this version, because they can't get it right.
>only to the have to design yet another vehicle down the road.
wow, you're literally retarded
>"why design falcon 9 when they have to design the BFR later on???"

New launch time. 8:07
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/882007696664215552

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Keep the memes flowing for good luck.

SCRUB

>>9012269
Just search spacex on youtube.

>>9012240
So that's why the "live in xx minutes" number keeps going up.

Did they ever say what went wrong yesterday?

>>9012254
you're a scrub

>>9012226
ITS will still be the same size. Sorry mate.

>>9010036
Why did they build their launch pad on a 30 degree slope?

>>9010187
Very deftly done, 10 points to you.

>>9012289
Florida isnt exactly on the equator. They need to adjust for that

>>9012303
Ah, thanks, now I understand.

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>>9010036

>That high praise for Dragon as it departed the ISS

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GUYS THE ROCKET JUST BLEW UP ON THE PAD WTF HAPPEND

>>9012380
a strut failed within its spec

here we go

WEBCAST STARTED

GET HYPE


HYPE
Y
P
E

Window's closing fast. No joy.

>>9012390
LOX is already loaded. Shes flying tonight

>>9012391
We'll see

>>9012396
You'll see

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>>9012380
ULA sniper

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6 minutes bois

>SpaceX will not attempt to land Falcon 9’s first stage after launch due to mission requirements.
:(

EPIC

>>9012402
F

BOOM

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T minus 3.

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kek will destroy this rocket

>watching a streaming of a rocket being launched at 2:30 AM

What am I doing with my life.

1 minute bois.

Lets do this.

>>9012411
It could be much worse.

>>9012411
Same time zone. PL here

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T minus 10.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

BEZOS STRIKES AGAIN

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

INTO THE TRASH IT GOES

ABORT

SPACE X FINISHED AND BANKRUPT

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OH COME ON

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>ABORT

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So what happened?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG

BEEEEZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>>9012397
I guess YOU saw. Bitch.

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WHO COULD IT BE?

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No ayy lamos today kids

hahahahahahahahaha

00:09 is the new number of the beast

They put the counter back to 15:00.
Are they going to try and launch it?

>>9012430
He really looks like a classic bond villain, doesnt he?

Was anyone taking bets?

>>9012433
Nope, it's ogre

>>9012433
Window's closed.

>>9012433
No.

>>9012429
You must lead a great life.

You'll see next time.

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Can /sci/ maintain 24 more hours of space memes?

>>9012440
Stay mad

>>9012433
Propellant offload. Get ready for some epic 4th of july fireworks tomorrow

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What if they're doing it on purpose so they launch it tomorrow? You know, 4th of July.

next try tomorrow 4th of july

did they do that on proporse didnt they?

>>9012442
Mildly annoyed, not even close to mad.

>>9012444
That would suck for elon's space slaves though

You could just feel the depression in that guy's voice as he realized he's going to have to work Independence day.

>>9012449
They could just pre-record it.

>having to come in to work on the 4th of July
Damn I bet those burgers will be pissed

>>9012449
Ha. This.

oh no

I sure fucking hope tomorrow's launch won't turn into fireworks

cant they uh, just take the day off?

>>9012452
>>9012449
SpaceX usually gets a week break after July 4th anyways. Plus, the range will be closed, so no launches until august. they really want to get this one over with....

>GREAT AMERICAN HOLIDAY
poor John

I guess that's only making starts interesting. Small problem here, a little explosion there.
See you tommorow at the lottery accumulation.

>>9011015
Most overtime here is voluntary, with the exception of pre-launch or those directly involved in launch ops.

>>9012459
>SpaceX usually gets a week break after July 4th anyways.
This is accurate.

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>>9012441
yes

if they don't stick some sparklers on the 1st stage for tomorrow's attempt I'll be mad

>>9012474
What are the chances of people who lack degrees but already work in the field getting hired there as software engineers?

>>9012481
http://www.spacex.com/careers/list?field_job_category_tid%5B%5D=761&type%5B%5D=20

>>9012480
>AU where elon launches an este F9 on 40.

>>9012481
Disclaimer: I'm a brainlet and work here as a technician not an engineer.

With that being said, I would expect not having a degree will hurt your chances significantly, but I know for a fact that there have been people on the software side without degrees. I think the hardest part would be getting past the initial HR screen. Once past that most of the department/group heads don't really care as long as you have a proven track record and do well in the interviews.

>>9012493
prove it

>>9012496
>prove it
Prove what? That I'm a brainlet or that I work here? Or that we've had software devs work here without degrees?

I'm not posting my ID, even with info blacked out, we aren't even supposed to wear it off campus.

>>9012505
>I'm not posting my ID, even with info blacked out, we aren't even supposed to wear it off campus.
Know the feeling, chem. tutor works in propulsion and can't say shit. elon watch you always.

>>9012518
Yeah, Elon runs a pretty tight ship and since getting cleared for national security payloads we have people from the NRO/SMC mulling about and making things even more strict.

As an aside, propulsion is probably the best group to be in here, those guys are pretty much all top notch, including the managers.

>>9012522
question:
the f9 can withstand two engine-out situations and still make it to orbit, according to SpX. this happened with CRS1.

But, for heavy stuff to GTO or whatnot, is this still the case? There doesn't seem to be as much margin.

>>9012533
I'm not the best source for this so take what I have to say with a large grain of salt. An engine out situation for heavier payloads would probably not end well. Even with lighter payloads an engine out isn't always going to be recoverable, it still depends on which engine(s) go out and at what stage of flight. There may be some circumstances where you could run stage 2 longer but I'm not sure how likely this is.

This is all very dependent on payload and orbit, and at what point you have a failure and in which specific engine.

>>9012522
yea, he was the the lead developer for the new and improved RP-1. It was great to because he helped me learn chem. using fuels as practice work.

>>9012533
Just means they have to burn longer, unless its a launch where they are pushing the margin all the way to the edge then they should be able to handle 1-2 engine flameouts.

Unless its really early in the launch and it puts them below 1.0 thrust to weight

>>9012549
They have to throttle down the engines later in the flight anyways to keep the G's under control

Engine out on a rocket with 9 engines is not anything special
Worst case scenario they could not try to land the stage, using that margin to recoup whatever extra gravity losses they had.

>>9012550
That's very cool to have access to someone like that as a tutor.

>>9012569
From my understanding center engine out's are more problematic. Also, I believe usually and engine out will require an apposing engine to be throttled down, and due to the restriction in gimbaling this can be problematic depending on which engine goes out and at what stage of flight. Again, I could very well be wrong.

>>9012557
> puts them below 1.0 thrust to weight
Lel. I'm sure there is a margin between reaching the orbit and simply falling down after take-off.

>>9012459
>they really want to get this one over with....
not as much as intelsat

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>>9012434
They do look smug af together.

>>9012446
They could have just let the launch date settle there when it was dancing around last week.

>there is a falcon 1-era sat still waiting to be launched


fuck spacex, get slc40 up already. This backlog is crazy

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>>9012446
I think so too

>>9010315
I hear the pay is shit though. He thrives on cheap motivated naive young people.

>>9010621
I worked for hyperloop for one year, busted my balls 14 hour days and yeah, burned out and left. Was nice to be a part of it, got a little stock might be worth something one day. Not a good environment for me tho.

>>9010315
Nobody here works 100+ hour weeks. Even Musk doesn't do that and he splits his time between SpaceX/Tesla. I pretty much live at work and even I get told to gtfo after 70+, and I'm volunteering for it.

On the engineering side you might have the occasional 60-70 hour week, usually pre-launch. But even that is fairly rare and is mostly people doing it by choice to get ahead faster. Most people aren't working more than 50.

On the tech side we have people actually fighting for more hours to get OT pay.

>>9012894
Pay tends to start lower than average but ramps up fairly quickly. Because of the overall org structure, and the fact that we have relatively high turnover, you can typically move up faster than at some of the other traditional aero corps. Salary should be equalized with industry norms at around the 2 year mark, not including any stock compensation which can be a nice bonus. After 2-3 years if you're making less than you would be somewhere else in aerospace that's probably more of a reflection on you than SpaceX.

>>9012915
I know of a couple of guys who went over to Hyperloop One from SpaceX. From what I've heard their management is a total shitshow, particularly Shervin. How did you like it there aside from the hours? What are you up to now?

Looks like elon tweeted no launch til the 5th.

>>9010088
Dont you have a business to run?

>>9013181
reeeeeee

>>9013181
What went wrong yesterday?

>>9013423
GNC issue first time around. The pad computer disagreed with the falcon computer. Was also a GNC issue 2nd attempt.

If you see a hold after t-9, it is always computer issued I think

>>9013455
Yeah, at that point everything is on internal computers. Surprised they didnt get it fixed the first time though

>>9013181
oh boy, I bet they're not happy about that. They will be spending all of July 4 reviewing the ground systems instead of celebrating Independence Day. They won't even be launching a rocket!

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1 MINUTE.
AM I THE ONLY ONE STILL HERE?

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T MINUS 10.

>>9010073
Musk makes rockets, Bezos makes useless toys, when you get even an apple in orbit well talk

>>9010077
LANDING INTENSIFIES

>>9014435
Nice to know that you're still triggered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74tyedGkoUc

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>your average SpaceX fan
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

>>9014453
Wow, a non orbital experimental cheap copy of what msuk has already achieved.
Maybe in 10 years you could dream of achieving what he did 10 years ago

>>9014461
Not only did Blue Origin land and relaunch their rocket before SpaceX did, they did it 5 times in a row with the same rocket, and one which uses hydrogen fuel at that.

>>9014435
I love both guys.

On one hand you have a rich man making cool rockets.
On the other hand you have a verrrry rich man progressing towards making rockets. BO is currently making a 750,000sqfoot custom rocket factory. Can't really make rockets until you have one of those. They're doing the right thing and starting small.

Sure the New glenn is just a paper rocket now, but I don't doubt at all that it will never fly

>>9014468
*I don't doubt that it will fly

>>9014465
>Not only did Blue Origin land and relaunch their rocket before SpaceX did
A non orbital rocket.

When i was 12 I filled a can of Beanswith gunpowder, ignited it and it lifted like 5 meters into the air. Then i filled it again and it happened again.

Technically i predated both Blue Origin and Spacex.

The difference is that what i did and what blue origin does not have any utility whatsoever.

What spacex did is directly capable of delivering payloads into orbit.

Get fucked shill, you have been assobliterdecimated by the sweeet sweeeet sword of reading books all my life, and you better dont screw up with me little itty boy cause there plenty much plenty more of were that good ol stuffy came from, capise little kiddo-diddo?

>>9014475
>When i was 12 I filled a can of Beanswith gunpowder, ignited it and it lifted like 5 meters into the air. Then i filled it again and it happened again.
Didn't go to space.

>The difference is that what i did and what blue origin does not have any utility whatsoever.
Blue Origin is already selling launch slots for experiments for only $5000, and will start selling suborbital tourism tickets within the year.

>What spacex did is directly capable of delivering payloads into orbit.
recovery has no bearing on orbital payloads, hence why we've been launching payloads into orbit for 60 years
what sets spacex and blue origin apart from the rest is not the launching of payloads, but the recovery of rockets

>Get fucked shill, you have been assobliterdecimated by the sweeet sweeeet sword of reading books all my life, and you better dont screw up with me little itty boy cause there plenty much plenty more of were that good ol stuffy came from, capise little kiddo-diddo?
I have practiced Muay thai for 8 years and after a clean 14-0 I went to BJJ, stopped at brown belt and after 5 consecutive swedish submission wrestling tournament wins at 1st and 2nd place. I started practicing MMA, been doing it for about 6 years now and I already got 17-1 as a record, that one loss was even by DQ (kick to the back of the head while kneeling). Be careful of who you say that shit to, considering that I could knock/choke you and everyone you know clean out.

>>9014502
>Didn't go to space.
what's the use of going to space if you dont get to orbit.

come on, im waiting, say one other use other than tourism, i can wait all day you fucker

>I went to BJJ
lol, admits to doing blowjobs. Im very afraid of your black belt in blowjob

besides, all of my internetz to you dear kind sir for pretending that a mere bully assault power of the fists can even even begin to be comparable oponent to a great logical ratioanl mind

>>9014465
>Forgetting about Grasshopper

>>9014655
>1km vs 105km

It's launching in a few hours

>>9010137
which launch is this?

T-minus 35 minutes. LOX load has started

third time's the charm?

T minus 14, webcast should start soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHVPCj25Z0

webcast has started. T minus 9

it's happening

SpaceX FM is live

that poor rocket. Used only once. How criminal.

>>9016356
thats why it didnt wanna launch the last 2 times

That's what they said last time.

Ha! It was the avionics' fault last time.

>>9016357
:(

captcha: road bittersweet

>>9016362
the ground, not the rocket systems.

come on john don't mess it up again

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>>9016356
no more room for cores in the warehouse!

T minus 2 minutes 30 seconds

NO ISSUES

If repeating digits, rocket blows up!

omg did you guys see that weird alien fly in front of the camera?

T : -09
SCRUB
Calling it

What happens if they scrub again? Is there any limit on launch attempts due to policies or anything?

WE HAVE LIFT OFF

Finally.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

NICE FIREWORKS! HAHA

Nice, local news just aired the launch.

>entered the stream 7 seconds before liftoff

wew glad I made it

>>9012452
Norminal

Guys why no second stage landing with this one?

>>9016386
Eh didn't mean to quotelink

>>9016375
nah. it costs money though, getitng everything and everyone ready. The range gets paid per attempt.

>>9016387
very heavy satellite, needs all the fuel just for the increased performance

>>9016387
Heavier sat + geostat orbit = not enough fuel left to land with

>>9016387
because they've never landed a second stage?

>>9016392
>>9016393
thanks
>>9016394
sorry Mr perfect.

>not reusable

What's the point then?

>>9016397
Nostalgia of the pre-reuse days

>>9016397
sending shit into orbit

>>9016387
the intelsat 35e is a ~6800 kg satellite going to a GTO. Usually that takes about a 4 stage Proton-M, or a 2-stage atlas V with a LH2 upper stage and 4 boosters. To do that with a 2 stage, Gas generator RP-1/LOX vehicle is some kind of black magic already.
Mass fraction on the stages is insane; but the performance required for this launch is simply too much to be able to save fuel to land

Music time

This guy sounds like a Disney character.

The music's nice. I feel like I'm playing super mario galaxy.

It's really like I'm playing Kerbal.

>>9016402
john asberger is /ourguy/

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>>9016365
>first stage value doesn't match ground database limit
>solution: change ground database limit

nice

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>>9016405
>>9016417
SpaceX party!

about to restart

>>9016402

He sounds like the "Fuck Her Right in the Pussy" guy

https://youtu.be/hj2MXNu-G4A

>>9016429
final burn complete, good orbit

>>9016435
satellite deployed! webcast ending

Next launch is on August 3 for an Atlas V launching a TDRS satellite, after a month shutdown for range maintenance.

>>9016437
Do the Russians usually stream their launches as well? I see there are two Soyuz launches planned from Baikonur in between now and August 3rd, including a crewed one to the ISS.

>>9016444
right, that was just from Canaveral. The next launch worldwide is a Soyuz Kanopus-V-IK satellite on July 14 for the Russian military.

A Soyuz-FG will go up on the 28th with new crew for the ISS.

>>9016444
yeah. spaceflightnow usually posts a stream

well, this 3x attempt isn't as bad as when I woke up at 4:30AM when I had an 8am class... and it got scrubbed

then I did the same thing the next night for the 2nd attempt. I woke up at 4 or so. But I fell back asleep before it launched

still made it to class. yeesh

??
that altitude isn't even close to a geostationary orbit

>>9016544
SpaceX and most other launch providers only contract for the elliptical GTO (perigee low, apogee at GEO altitude). The satellite itself will raise itself to the circular GEO orbit.

>>9016561
satellite didnt look like it had an extra tank, thanks

>>9016412
is this him?

https://airandspace.si.edu/support/wall-of-honor/col-john-insprucker-usaf

>>9017639
Looks like it yes.

http://spacenews.com/maser-leaves-spacex-lead-pratt-whitney-rocketdyne/

neat

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>August 28, 2017[204]
>F9 FT
>LC-39A or SLC-40
>Boeing X-37B OTV-5
>LEO
>US Air Force
>Notable because Boeing is the primary contractor of the X-37B, which has until now been launched by ULA, a SpaceX competitor and Boeing partnership.

How embarrassing.

>>9018349
not really. ULA wasn't even allowed to bid on it. the airforce wants to have redundant launch capabilities for the x37b, so they're giving SpX the opportunity to fly it. that way they know if one company can't launch it for whatever reason in the future, they have a 2nd one that will.

It is still kinda funny though.