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Photo shows lighting strike launchpad as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy prepared to launch
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:34 am
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:34 am
Thought this was pretty neat...
You can watch the lightning hitting the launchpad here (YouTube link)
quote:
SpaceX has shared a picture of the moment the launchpad for its Falcon Heavy rocket was struck by lightning.
The Falcon Heavy launch attempt at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday was scrubbed because of the severe weather,
At one point, the rocket's launch pad was struck by a bolt of lightning that pinged off the lightning protection mast on Launch Complex 39A in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.
Later checks showed that the bolt had not damaged the rocket or its payload, showing the mast had done its job of deflecting most of the bolt's power, SpaceX said on Twitter Friday.
You can watch the lightning hitting the launchpad here (YouTube link)
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The rocket finally launched to space on Sunday on its sixth-ever launch, per SpaceX.
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Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:35 am to saint tiger225
How many cars can Elon power with that bolt?
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:37 am to saint tiger225
but there is no thunder!
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:37 am to kywildcatfanone
quote:
How many cars can Elon power with that bolt?
1.21 gigawatts worth..
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:39 am to saint tiger225
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:41 am to saint tiger225
Caught this while playing golf in Arizona years ago. About the best I got. 
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:41 am to saint tiger225
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:44 am to saint tiger225
Surprised it didn't blow up
Posted on 5/3/23 at 11:54 am to saint tiger225
Posted on 5/3/23 at 12:26 pm to saint tiger225
Pretty neat how the bolt bounced off that water tower.
Posted on 5/3/23 at 1:45 pm to saint tiger225
And thus, the power rangers were born
Posted on 5/3/23 at 1:53 pm to saint tiger225
What if Elon built his on Wardenclyffe tower and disguised it?
Posted on 5/3/23 at 2:25 pm to JodyPlauche
quote:
Surprised it didn't blow up
The launch attempt that day had been scrubbed before fueling began... there were no explosive materials on board the vehicle at the time
Posted on 5/3/23 at 2:27 pm to Lonnie Utah
Looks like there's only one other NASA nerd on here. The old school Apollo boys would have know what to do...
Apollo 12: SCE to AUX
Apollo 12: SCE to AUX
This post was edited on 5/3/23 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 5/3/23 at 2:35 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:
Looks like there's only one other NASA nerd on here. The old school Apollo boys would have know what to do...
Apollo 12: SCE to AUX
A lightning strike caused Apollo 12 to stop sending telemetry data back to Houston during launch
Houston was seconds away from aborting the launch in the air and basically force the crew to pull the eject lever since the mission controllers had no clue if Apollo 12 was on its scheduled path or not
Then 1 of the mission controllers had the idea of 'switch SCE to AUX'... the command got to the crew who flipped the switch... telemetry started relaying to Houston again... it showed the vehicle was where it was supposed to be and the mission continued
This post was edited on 5/3/23 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 5/3/23 at 4:02 pm to rt3
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Then 1 of the mission controllers had the idea of 'switch SCE to AUX'.
John Arron. Nasa Legend.
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