SpaceX and other space stuff

[Jon Clegg]

Live in about half an hour, launch maybe 45: just a bunch of small sats, used booster.

I thought I read that this one will be a RTLS booster recovery.

 

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I thought I read that this one will be a RTLS booster recovery.

Oh yeah, first land landing in a long while.

 

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got down to 20 seconds and got a hold due to range violation, so try again tomorrow.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Yep. Years ago I was working on a missile flight test program and some yahoo in a Cessna violated the range airspace, forcing us to hold until he got clear -- the operators of one of the tracking telescopes got his tail-number and reported him to the FAA.

 

[Winslow]

...the operators of one of the tracking telescopes got his tail-number and reported him to the FAA.

 

[Jon Clegg]

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The alternative plan was to have our shooter go take a look at him... imagine flying along in your Cessna and having a fighter pull up alongside you with two big honkin' missiles under its wings.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Yep. Years ago I was working on a missile flight test program and some yahoo in a Cessna violated the range airspace, forcing us to hold until he got clear -- the operators of one of the tracking telescopes got his tail-number and reported him to the FAA.

The alternative plan was to have our shooter go take a look at him... imagine flying along in your Cessna and having a fighter pull up alongside you with two big honkin' missiles under its wings.

 

[Winslow]

The alternative plan was to have our shooter go take a look at him... imagine flying along in your Cessna and having a fighter pull up alongside you with two big honkin' missiles under its wings.

I'd have said do both. Belt and suspenders, and all that.

 

[Jon Clegg]

I'd have said do both. Belt and suspenders, and all that.

As I recall, the pilot didn't think he could spare the fuel to do it.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Apparently it was a yahoo in a helicopter, not a Cessna.

SpaceX had to reschedule its rocket launch because a helicopter entered the 'keep out zone' with seconds to go - and Elon Musk isn't happy about it

 

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Rocket launch by air drop in about 12 minutes:

 

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Apparently it was a yahoo in a helicopter, not a Cessna.

SpaceX had to reschedule its rocket launch because a helicopter entered the 'keep out zone' with seconds to go - and Elon Musk isn't happy about it

Jeff Bezos just saying hi, perhaps?

 

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Rocket launch by air drop in about 12 minutes:

Separation and ignition nominal!

 

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Less than an hour now:


Music's on now! Now T-10:00

Best close up video of the landing burn I've seen, near perfect on the landing. Still makes me pump my fist in the air every time I watch another successful launch and landing!

 

[Winslow]

Stuck the landing! Sweet.

 

[Jon Clegg]

That landing sequence was sooooo cool.

 

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Looks like they will let Ingenuity keep flying as long as it keeps working... NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity could keep flying the Martian skies for months | Space

 

[fhm555]

First all-civilian astronaut crew visits Alabama, talks upcoming SpaceX launch

 

[StereoPlayer]

A possible raptor configuration for SpaceX.

 

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Elon also tweeted a bit recently about the possibility of a 9 Raptor Starship.