Live rocket launch

[Dave Lloyd]

16 hours ago, Ags said:

I used to be a Musk fan, not anymore. I'm surprised a billionaire can't afford to be polite and respectful.

Me neither, I suspect people like him are so used to "achieving" that a real specialist disagreeing with them is hard to take. While not in any way decrying his achievements he has always seemed to me to be a bit of a dilettante throwing money to achieve his ambitions. 

[Peco4321]

I was asleep during the launch, totally forgot after a late night waiting in vane for the clouds to clear. Watched the catch up but didn't seem to have the razzmatazz of recent launches. 

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, Peco4321 said:

I was asleep during the launch, totally forgot after a late night waiting in vane for the clouds to clear. Watched the catch up but didn't seem to have the razzmatazz of recent launches. 

Commentary was a bit feeble, lacked immediacy.

They still haven't worked out that a bit of blu-tacxk to stop the USB cables on their webcams vibrating loose might help.

They never replied to my tweet suggesting a drone mounted camera to film the landings - I suspect they want to be able to cut the feed if things go awry without raising suspicion so a bit of unreliability is good...

[Peco4321]

One for the morning. My kids email addresses are on the memory card on this solar probe. 

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/08/10/delta-4-heavy-parker-solar-probe-mission-status-center/

 

 

 

[Alien 13]

Not long now 

Alan

[Stub Mandrel]

I knew it wasn't going to happen today when the LA operative said 'This is our 122nd unsuccessful launch..."

Quack Quack Oops.

[Davey-T]

Postponed for 24 hours ?

Dave

[Stub Mandrel]

Even Gerry Anderson's Sun probe faced problems...

[Fozzie]

50 mins untill launch coverage starts again.....

[martin_h]

Live on sky news at 8.30 ish...if it happens!

[Peco4321]

Here we go again. 

[johnfosteruk]

All good so far. Wish ULA could afford webcams though! ?

[Peco4321]

Amazing, the power, the engineering, the science, dedication, what a spectacle. I was nervous but in the end awe struck again. Loved the coincidence of the commentary by Patrick Moore!!  

[Ags]

Big milestone for SpaceX:

https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-return-to-launch-site-landing/amp/#ampf=undefined

[Davey-T]

9 hours ago, Ags said:

Big milestone for SpaceX:

https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-return-to-launch-site-landing/amp/#ampf=undefined

Just starting.

Dave

[Stub Mandrel]

5 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Just starting.

Dave

I set an alarm (idiot....) and watched it quietly on my phone!

[Peco4321]

A big one tomorrow 11:30,  1st with a crew since aborted launch last time:

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/12/02/live-coverage-russia-preps-for-first-crewed-mission-since-aborted-launch/

 

[Fozzie]

T minus 3........

[Stub Mandrel]

?

Thanks for the heads up, looks like its all going ok.

[Peco4321]

All seems fine. Xmas teddy hanging up  ?

[Stub Mandrel]

You would think that they would have something better to do than playing with their iPads.

[Davey-T]

Guess they can uncross everything now

Dave

[Ags]

Big milestone for SpaceX. Today a Falcon first stage flew for the third time for the first time. (Too many numbers in that sentence...)

https://www.space.com/42599-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-3rd-launch-success-sso-a.html

Edited December 3, 2018 by Ags

[Peco4321]

And here we go again.  Ariane’s turn at 20:30 ish  

 

https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/12/04/ariane-5-va-246-mission-status-center/

Edited December 4, 2018 by Peco4321

[Peco4321]

Another one tonight

 

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/01/19/live-coverage-delta-4-heavy-readied-for-launch-from-vandenberg-air-force-base/