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re: SpaceX Launch Today

Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:09 pm to
Posted by InflateADate
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:09 pm to
Damn, hopefully the upper winds aren't too bad closer to launch time
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
Member since Dec 2007
16844 posts
Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:49 pm to
Looks like upper level winds are going to scrub today's launch.
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Member since Jan 2011
23460 posts
Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:50 pm to
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I think they filled this one up with a little more landing fuel.

Well I don't see how this could possibly be a bad thing.
Posted by InflateADate
Member since Dec 2010
879 posts
Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:53 pm to
Damn, no go for today
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
Member since Dec 2007
16844 posts
Posted on 2/10/15 at 4:57 pm to
24 hour recycle. Weather conditions forecast to be more favorable.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
30419 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:26 pm to
Looks like launch is a go for this evening. They will NOT be able to attempt the first stage landing though due to extreme weather in the Atlantic.

Sadly, though the deep space aspect of the mission is interesting, the stage landing was the only really must-see-TV aspect of the launch itself.
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

Looks like launch is a go for this evening.


5 PM CST again?
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43836 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

I think they filled this one up with a little more landing fuel. They said last time they were a little naive on how much fuel it would burn coming down.
How can you have the technology/engineering to build something like this but you cant calculate fuel consumption properly?
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
30419 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:48 pm to
5:03p CST
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:55 pm to
quote:

How can you have the technology/engineering to build something like this but you cant calculate fuel consumption properly?


I thought it was a problem with the hydraulics system, not that they ran out of fuel.
Posted by InflateADate
Member since Dec 2010
879 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 4:11 pm to
quote:

Looks like launch is a go for this evening. They will NOT be able to attempt the first stage landing though due to extreme weather in the Atlantic.


LINK

SpaceX Link

quote:

This mission was supposed to serve as the second test of the company's reusable Falcon 9, but SpaceX just announced that's no longer the case. The weather in the Atlantic Ocean is causing swells up to three stories high, and one of the autonomous drone ship's engines isn't functioning. Instead, SpaceX will perform a "soft landing," which means the rocket will splash down in the ocean and won't likely be recovered.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 4:12 pm
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
152084 posts
Posted on 2/11/15 at 5:01 pm to
T minus three minutes for those interested.
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