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re: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes midair
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:30 am to DawgCountry
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:30 am to DawgCountry
I looked over at Mrs. Pimp as it launched and said "this isn't going to end well is it"?
Because America doesn't get the bad-arse effortless wins that we used to take for granted any more right?
Two minutes later-KA-BOOM. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Because America doesn't get the bad-arse effortless wins that we used to take for granted any more right?
Two minutes later-KA-BOOM. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:31 am to Volvagia
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You can't deny that it is starting to look bad for him/spaceX with all of these failures.
This is the first launch* failure in 19 launches of the Falcon 9.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 11:33 am
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:34 am to DawgCountry
There's nothing to figure out here. There is no foolproof method to leave our terrestrial home. A certain amount of launches are going to be fireballs, that's just the science of the forces needed to escape the earth.
Our boomer parents accepted this reality and we landed on the moon.
Millenials not willing to accept certain losses is the number one reason why we will not get to Mars.
Our boomer parents accepted this reality and we landed on the moon.
Millenials not willing to accept certain losses is the number one reason why we will not get to Mars.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:35 am to LSUAlum2001
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the shuttle program was very successful. To completely shut it down without a viable, working, alternative, was an idiotic mistake.
I totally agree...I was kind of shocked when they did that...
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:35 am to Volvagia
quote:I think this is their first rocket that blew up. NASA and other agencies have a higher fail rate)
You can't deny that it is starting to look bad for him/spaceX with all of these failures.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:38 am to Napoleon
...well, NASA has been sending shite up for 60 or so years, of course they have had more failures.
..and SpaceX has the 60 years worth of data to aid in their designs.
..and SpaceX has the 60 years worth of data to aid in their designs.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 11:40 am
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:42 am to BottomlandBrew
It's all a game of perception, not facts.
You have the experimental landing crash, you have the pad explosion from a rival company (that most probably attributed to SpaceX anyway) last October, and now this.
ETA: actually they have failed 3 times on the experimental landing, most recent attempt being a couple of months ago.
You have the experimental landing crash, you have the pad explosion from a rival company (that most probably attributed to SpaceX anyway) last October, and now this.
ETA: actually they have failed 3 times on the experimental landing, most recent attempt being a couple of months ago.
This post was edited on 6/28/15 at 11:52 am
Posted on 6/28/15 at 11:56 am to Volvagia
The only thing I care about at this point is getting a setup done to shoot at approaching asteroids.
Nothing else up there matters
Nothing else up there matters
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:01 pm to DawgCountry
The explosion was so large that the shock wave shook homes all over central Florida. It was strong at my beach house. I'm about 100 miles away. It probably was flying closer than that because it flys NE after launch
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:04 pm to DawgCountry
I hate how little we focus on space travel. Of all the things we should spend public money on, space exploration should be at the top of the list.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:04 pm to Volvagia
For something that has had a 20%-50% chance of success from the get-go, the failed landings aren't a loss. As the landings get better and the cost savings are a bigger deal, then losing one might be considered a loss. Landing the rockets are lagniappe at this point.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:09 pm to DawgCountry
See what happens when you pass gay marriage! ;)
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:10 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Landing the rockets are lagniappe at this point.
Correct. Standard practice up until now has always been to ditch them anyway, it's hardly a loss compared with that.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:12 pm to Spankum
NASA was a house divided w/ Shuttle.
It is such a long and involved story...
Safe to say Bush and Obama had a hand in in it's demise.
It is such a long and involved story...
Safe to say Bush and Obama had a hand in in it's demise.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:16 pm to LSU1NSEC
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Space Station needs supplies badly.
There are four more launches scheduled within the next three months. They'll be okay.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:37 pm to LSU1NSEC
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Just reading about that. Space Station needs supplies badly.
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This is the second failed station shipment. In April, a Russian cargo ship spun out of control and came down. And last October, another company's supply ship was destroyed in a launch accident.
Just bring back the shuttles.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:42 pm to N2cars
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NASA was a house divided w/ Shuttle.
It is such a long and involved story...
Safe to say Bush and Obama had a hand in in it's demise.
I'd be curious to get a breakdown of the strata of technology that was on that thing. First launch in '81 and you probably had legacy tech still onboard when they decommissioned them. NASA was probably raiding computer integration companies' legacy stock all over the country.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 12:46 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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First launch in '81 and you probably had legacy tech still onboard when they decommissioned them. NASA was probably raiding computer integration companies' legacy stock all over the country.
There is some truth to that, but keep in mind, making any change to a human rated rocket is a very long and involved process.
Reliability trumps all and while it would be great to have the latest and greatest, random reboots could be fatal.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:06 pm to LSUAlum2001
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..with the exceptions of Challenger and Columbia, the shuttle program was very successful
Besides those two they only built three others... And one of those was to replace Challenger. I'd hardly call that a beacon of safe space travel.
Posted on 6/28/15 at 1:10 pm to Scruffy
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I hate how little we focus on space travel. Of all the things we should spend public money on, space exploration should be at the top of the list.
I agree. People forget all the positive benefits from the NASA space program. Stuff you don't even necessarily connect to space travel.
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