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re: NASA has Launched Orion Spacecraft ..splash down successful!
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:26 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:26 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
The rocket scientists forgot to open the damn drain 
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:28 am to BottomlandBrew
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The rocket scientists forgot to open the damn drain
Actually it didn't close.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:31 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
New estimated T0?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:32 am to IT_Dawg
Not yet. LM wants to cycle the fill and drain valves to see if they can get all of them in the right config.
5 cycles..and then they will reassess.
5 cycles..and then they will reassess.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:34 am to IT_Dawg
Not yet. It's just another Delta IV heavy launch though, this one just happens to have the Orion as a payload. Delta IV's are the biggest around though, it should be a good show.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:34 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Is a cycle essentially just opening and closing the valves?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:35 am to foshizzle
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it should be a good show.
One time I wish I was at KSC...it's a nice place to visit..but surrounding areas are pretty dead now that Shuttle's been done.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:35 am to BottomlandBrew
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Is a cycle essentially just opening and closing the valves?
Yes, and getting verification of the position.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:45 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
New launch time yet?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:48 am to WeeWee
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New launch time yet?
I think the launch window is until 9:44ET if I'm reading this correctly.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:48 am to WeeWee
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New launch time yet?
Negative Ghostrider.
Issues with the valve cycles on Port and Core on the Liquid Hydrogen. Troubleshooting plan to be developed. Stay tuned.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:52 am to IT_Dawg
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It's the vehicle they will use to put man on Mars (2035).
They've been saying "we swear we'll be on Mars in 20 years" since 1969. Presidents make these empty promises knowing that they will in no way be accountable for it. Seriously, pretty much every president since we landed on the Moon has promised this, but of course they're full of shite. Until they put out a precise 10 year plan like they did for the Apollo mission, then we're no closer going to Mars than we were 40 years ago. It's simply fricking embarassing.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:53 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
They don't have much time left to figure it out.... Maybe an hour now? I don't see this thing getting off the ground today, but I'm no expert.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:54 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Not yet. LM wants to cycle the fill and drain valves to see if they can get all of them in the right config.
Who the frick put Les Miles in charge of this shite?
We'll be lucky to move this thing above the treetops now
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:56 am to OMLandshark
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They've been saying "we swear we'll be on Mars in 20 years" since 1969. Presidents make these empty promises knowing that they will in no way be accountable for it. Seriously, pretty much every president since we landed on the Moon has promised this, but of course they're full of shite. Until they put out a precise 10 year plan like they did for the Apollo mission, then we're no closer going to Mars than we were 40 years ago. It's simply fricking embarassing.
Presidents don't do the work. Engineers and scientists do.
If Presidents would really like to help, they'd lose their petty thinking of "that was the previous administration's way of thinking..and just because it was his, I'm not adopting it"
Constantly shifting from one program to another causes brain drain and loss of other skills to other industries.
Add that to the fact of the ultra conservative safety culture here at NASA...and you have the recipe for staying in LEO.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:57 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Not yet. LM wants to cycle the fill and drain valves to see if they can get all of them in the right config.
Who the frick put Les Miles in charge of this shite?
We'll be lucky to move this thing above the treetops now
Nicely played sir!
LM=Lockheed Martin in this case.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:57 am to CSB
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I don't see this thing getting off the ground today, but I'm no expert.
I would agree.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:58 am to TigerFanatic99
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I don't see this thing getting off the ground today, but I'm no expert.
I would agree.
Stranger things have happened. But I'm in the same corner. I think the launch window will expire.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:59 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Just saw this and figured there was a thread on here about it...glad I didn't miss it.
What's the hold up currently? And what are the chances this thing launches soon?
What's the hold up currently? And what are the chances this thing launches soon?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:59 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
What dictates the launch window? estimated weather conditions?
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