/sci/ - Science & Math

The new drone ship.

Elon's twitter is usualy the first place to look if you want to know how the landing went.

Here's how the landing works.

Also, if they do recover the first stage, it will be shipped to Texas where it will get a thorough inspection. Then, it will be flown again, probably with a boilerplate capsule.

After that we will truly be in an age of reusable spacecraft......

I hope they finally stick the landing. The third time's the charm, right? But really I'm just tired of seeing them fail.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ZeiBFtkrZEw

Place your bets!

http://strawpoll.me/4760589

A scrub is very unlikely though - 90% chance of good weather for the launch

>>7357688
Why doesnt the barge have some sort of robotic arm to catch the ship instead of relying on the ship landing like a ballerina?

I mean it's impressive to be able to land it that way, but is it necessary?

>>7357738

Rockets have lots of compressive strength on the vertical axis, but laughably little on the horizontal one for their size. Think of an empty soda can- if you do it just right, you can put the full weight of the average child on an empty can and it won't crumple, whereas the same child can dent the side and cause structural failure with a single finger. Rockets are very similar, but also 150 feet tall.

>>7357752
In this case, 244 feet tall.

>>7357738
Read this: http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/06/24/why-and-how-landing-rockets

http://strawpoll.me/4754089

>>7357771
This doesn't tell me why it couldn't be done the other way.

I mean, had they just put huge nets on either side of the barge, it may have not exploded.

Sure maybe a robotic arm might not work because of the compression force on the sides, but why is it that we couldn't have some other "catching" procedure to help aid in the landing?

Watching these things is always nerve wracking, considering that one single launch failure could set back Mars colonization by half a decade or more.

Don't be surprised if it's scrubbed, lads. The summer weather here in central Florida is pretty much constant severe thunderstorms, but they often hit late morning to afternoon, so we may get lucky. Pic related is a storm over kennedy space center I coincidentally took the other day. On cloudless days this is a prime spot for watching rockets.

Fun fact: This will launch and land on Elon's birthday

>>7358037
Last forecast I saw put it at 90% chance of favorable weather conditions.

>>7358043
Just checked and it looks like you're right! It happens to be the only day this week predicted to be clear of storms. I really hope they land that shit this time. It'll be huge for the aerospace industry around here.

When are they planning to land the rocket?

>>7358071
Stage will land approximately 7-8 minutes after launch.

Confirmation of success/failure may not be communicated to the public for much longer though.

If it goes well, SpaceX will surely mention it.

If not, they may not necessarily comment on it but you can guess how it went.

>>7358015
> be autist

feel really sorry for the cold gas truster. it tries so hard, gives it all, but its not enough. then it dies

>feelsbad

>>7357683

whatever happened to the other drone ship?

>>7358437
it blew up

>>7358448
Nah, they just retired it. The new one is an improved model

Three hours to launch!

I'm in Cape Canaveral, about to head to a high place to watch this launch. Will take pics for you guys! Two and a half hours left.

>>7358576
Elon is dat u?

>>7358586

Getting pumped for this launch. 1 hour!

Weather guy reported good conditions for landing area.

pic related is going to happen
also this is a nice stream and chat
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2015/06/28/live-spacex-falcon-9-launch-dragon-capsule-cape-canaveral-international-space-station/29422285/

fuck those long urls

>>7358679
cheers for the link

>>7358679
also is anyone else getting sick of the media being massively pessimistic.

like they want it to fail? dunno maybe i am reading into headlines too much

ugh, what an awful time for my router to start flaking out

>>7358689
You can use the NASA TV app on your phone as abackup.

Ustream also works on phones.

List o' streams

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
http://www.ustream.tv/NASAHDTV
https://youtu.be/ZeiBFtkrZEw
http://youtu.be/aSDE9zPyZPk

Waiting in line for this Exploration tower. I'll have a fantastic view. Also cruise ships floating around and shit

>>7358692
that is one sexy barge

>>7358696
Very nice.

Meanwhile, at SpaceX...

>>7358699
that stress would kill me, one tiny mistake and you cost your company millions

>>7358698
Was. It got severely damaged and they replaced it with a new one "Of Course I still Love You"

>yfw you notice the clover

>>7358699
Note the top right view

They appear to have live video downlink this time. Watch for that shot on the NASA feed, or a feed of SpaceX's Hawthorne MCC control room galley for an early indication of how the landing went.

>>7358700
No. There is very little they can do wrong at this point. At T-10 the computer takes over completely. All they have to do is watch values and make sure they're in a nominal range.

>>7358701
bwaka

It's Elon's birthday today!

>>7358701
that's the same one though

>>7358692
Thanks Elon!

>>7358706
>https://youtu.be/ZeiBFtkrZEw

>>7358701
Uhh no.
The first one is not being replaced, they are anticipating needing multiple barges in the future so they built multiple barges.

Can't really see because of the shitty HTC One M8, but I can see that rocket perfectly.

>>7358713
Another Anon sails a boat to the barge when?

Wide shot

>>7358711
Technically they bought multiple barges, and converted them for use as mobile seabourne rocket landing pads. There are now 4 in total AFAIK

there is no stream? All I see is black

>>7358718
try another link, there are a bunch

>>7358714
Don't fucking do this. This will lead to an abort.

>>7358718
Do you not see the "Please stand by. 4:30" on the left hand side?

how much would i have to pay musk to get a seat on the barge
kek

IS YOUR FUSELAGE READY, /SCI/?!

>>7358687
they want clickbait

pissing off part of the readers is a way to make them care. and also repost/comment in some cases.

Hay guys :3

>>7358725
Fuck off you shitty rebranded commie scum.

>>7358725
This thread is for rockets that can autonomously land themselves only

Don't be baka

>>7358725
4th of July isn't for another week.

Friendly reminder to all you Linux guys to use livestreamer and pipe that shit to your player of choice for best performance.

http://docs.livestreamer.io/

Fuck flash btw

>>7358725
*explodes externally*

yessss, techno time

TWENTY MINUTES
W
E
N
T
Y

M
I
N
U
T
E
S

Fuck the SpaceX livestream always scares me

FUCK IT!

WE'LL DO IT LIVE!

>>7358735
why tho

>>7358738
I always forget I have it open, so the music makes me jump

Dat new stream overlay

Neato

Haha it's Assburger again, I love that guy

Oh, I love the new SpaceX tricked out webcast progress bar, annotated with all the launch events!

>1 second launch window

No room for anything.

Whats the white gas pouring out? Collant? O2?

>planning on watching outside
>horizon still obstructed by clouds
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>7358746
Liquid Ox and reaction propellent boil off slowly when tanked, all rockets have to be continually slow-fueled before launch to keep the tanks topped off.

Remember that the callout "Stage 1 safed" = Self Termination System disabled, not a landing

>>7358749
Neat

Cool

Go/no-go poll gave me chills. Humans are fucking amazing.

Finally, some explanations for all those acronyms.

Fucking badass :^)

>>7358744
They can work a small delay, anything up to about 20-30 seconds. They just have to burn more propellant on Dragon and/or burn F9 S1 for longer.

I hope you guys are going to play the Apollo 13 launch music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fra-m7RNMrU

>>7358729

lol

OH GOD THE ROBOTS ARE TAKING OVER
PANIC

SpaceX confirmed for using robots

>audio problems

Starting good I see.

robots taking over
IDS HABBEDING

>>7358755
? link?

>>7358759
Nope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzfOA9uV6E

John just went all robotic ayyyy

>>7358759
>not listening to the vastly superior From the Earth to the Moon intro theme
shiggidy diggidy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZhzt1rh7o

>>7358761
ELON TRIED TO WARN US

WE DIDNT LISTEN

JUDGEMENT DAY IS HERE

>>7358769
i like elon for many things, but if he stops me from having a AI waifu we are gonna have a problem

bird confirmed

6 MINUTES LEFT

fuggging science guys :DDDD

who's having an erection :DDDDDD

>>7358769

You can literally tell the F9 is ready to fucking go.

SHITS GEETING REAL YO

>>7358778
top kek

Oh god here we go

2 MINUTES LEFT IN THE MISSION. 2 MINUTES LEFT.

it's fucking rock hard

T - 1 minute

>>7358759
I HAVE IT SYNCED UP AND EVERYTHING

Launch time is around 6:06

HOLY FUCK

my palms are sweaty

OH GOD

>>7358773
But what if your AI waifu destroys humanity?

ITS TIME

LANDING AT T+8 MIN

LANDING IN 8 MIN

Time for nominal

LIFTOFF

FUKKING GRACEFUL

MY FUCKING INTERNET BUFFERED 50 SECONDS BEFORE LAUNCH I HATE MY FUCKING LIFE

WINRAR

Noice.

fucking shakeycam

>clouds

Holy fucking shit that looks like a dildo on fire

DID THAT SHIT JUST EXPLODE

wut

>>7358807
did it just explode wtf?

WHAT

OH SHIT

It looks so magical

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

IT EXPLODED

HOLY SHIT

FUCK

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

whoops

What just happened

Challenger 2.0

....
Well
fuck

FISSION MAILED BROS FISSION MAILED

SELL TSLA
SELL SELL SELL

happy birthday to the ground

OH THE HUMANITY!

>Commentators go silent

Are you serious? I want to get to Mars already. This is some bullshit.

>>7358725
this is your fucking fault

Obviously a major malfunction.

;_; RIP IN PIECES

rip

g-guys what just happened?

boom eh?

>Commentator trying to hold tears

Maybe Musk wanted fireworks for his birthday

Very expensive fireworks.

SHIT WHAT HAPPENED

Damnit

WHAT THE FUCK AHAHAHAHAHA

RAWKIT IS KILL

I was shocked for a second then woah

>stream goes silent

it's ogre

So how many billion dollars just went poof?

Rip Elon 1971-2015

lmao top bants @spaceX

Did it even get to payload separation?

IT'S A PRANK

IT FUCKING EXPLODED FUCKING DAMN IT

MARS COLONIZATION SET BACK MORE THEN A DECADE AGAIN

FUCK

i-it's only out of sight r-right?

How much money just exploded?

>>7358837
>tfw you'll never see a first stage land on a barge in your lifetime

HoloLens did this

No way I'm moving to Mars in a SpaceX rocket.

>>7358848
It didn't even get to MECO

>>7358848
not even to main engine cut off

This is like the worst thing that could happen to SpaceX. Now they are going to lose tons of contracts and potential contracts. Meanwhile ULA is more expensive but doesn't actually lose rockets. GG SpaceX is now setback years.

>>7358852
Billions
>>7358855
No vidya for astronots

all those student experiments

>>7358852
As much as it explodes daily in the middle-east. Now fuck off.

>>7358856
SpaceX always felt like a cheap NASA knock off

>>7358852
about 60 million dollars worth

>broken up
well fuck

>>7358859
The payload included the International Docking Adaptor

Now Commercial Crew can't dock to the ISS either

>commentators go silent
>"guise how pissed is elon right now"
>"pls don't fire me"

>>7358852
I dunno, each rocket costs about the same as a jumbo jet.

There wasn't even an option for this scenario on the strawpoll lel

>>7358852

>We lost the video from the vehicle

No shit

>>7358859
pls no
>>7358861
WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE WORMS?!

>ISS is in real trouble now. Dragon down, Cygnus down, Progress down, and no more ATV. I suspect we'll start to see de-crew discussions soon.

FUCK

>This is actually good for SpaceX

WEEELP

>>7358873
time to go ask the ruskies for help again

>>7358872
>WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE WORMS?!
They can eat the Chinese cabbage.
;_;

>>7358859

lol nope.
If you think 1 explosion of an unmanned rocket for a ISS mission like this is "the worst thing that could happen" or that it will setback them years, you've no knowledge of the industry.

>>7358876
EVERY FAILURE IS A STEP TOWARDS SUCCESS

>>7358876
Explain

>some intern forgot an o-ring or something

Shit, can you imagine being that guy that basically killed the momentum of the new space race?

FUCK FUCK FUCK

It's just like disintegrated. What the hell happened!

God fucking damn it.

>>7358883
>intern

Not anymore, poor fucker.

>>7358886
FTS killed it, did not look uncontrolled

>>7358883
Don´t worry, the curries and the chinks or teh europoors are still working on the race

Damn it Elon, that's not the candle you're supposed to blow out on your birthday

>>7358889
FTS?

Hey guys, can't wait for the stream!!

Did I miss it?! Gosh, I hope not!!

I've been looking forward to this for weeks, it's going to be great!!

Apparently the capsule is jettisoned before shit explode. The white cloud is probably from LES.

Did anyone else hear the alarm sounds in the stream just before it broke up?

Some fat cat at Boeing is furiously beating his dick right now.

Welp, commercial crew is fucked. The politicians are gonna have a field day with this and we'll be stuck with big expensive space contractors once again

Recording of explosion?

is there actually any pressure on Elon? I mean he's the CEO but it wasn't him who fucked it up.

>>7358894
Flight Termination System

Basically small controlled explosive devices mounted on the prop tanks

If I had a Ron Paul folder, now it would be a pretty good time to comence a dump

Anyone make a webm of the moment it blew up? I literally looked away because my cat distracted me.

anyone got a webm of the explosion by any chance?

>>7358882
This is the first time a Falcon9 rocket destroyed itself during flight.

A common mindset is that you cannot find all the faults in a design until something unexpected breaks.

>>7358896
>The white cloud is probably from LES.
No, that's propellant. Cargo Dragon has no LES. Second stage might've flung it loose though.

ULA sabotage?

>>7358896
There's no LES on the Unmanned dragon.

>>7358903
Fish rot from the head.

So how done is SpaceX?

>>7358859
Yea, SpaceX will be fine. Ariane 5 experienced some failures when it was first launching, and it's one of the most successful rockets in the business today. What makes me sad is that we won't see another launch for at least six months, if not more :(

>>7358906
You can rewind the stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw&feature=youtu.be&t=23m34s

>>7358913
Uh, NASA's killed astronauts and they're still around.

Pretty sure it'll be okay.

>>7358901
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw
23:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCdsCyFVQ8

>>7358917
shit, doesn't work embed.
skip to 23:34

>>7358913
Not at all done. They'll recover from this, same as Orbital. This stuff happens. Don't listen to the ULA shills, Boeing and LockMart had plenty of complete failures with Delta and Atlas before the join up in 2006.

Save us John Carmack.

>>7358894
Flight Termination System: they explode the rocket so it doesn't fall on the ground

>>7358890
>europoors
>space race
haha no.

>>7358906
similar situation here. I went to go get the dog's food bowl for like 15 seconds. Sat back down at the computer and was like, where did it go?

fuck. This is like the time I turned away for a second in school and missed the second plane hitting the towers

>>7358899
The common adapter for Dragon V.2 and CST-100 was aboard CRS-7 today

>Congress cuts Commercial Crew
>SpaceX blows up CC docking adapter

>>7358880

You are likely a SpaceX fanboi fag who believes that SpaceX is innately better than ULA when in reality consistency is what matters in this industry, not pipedreams about Mars.

>>7358917

>>7358927
>what is ESA

>>7358937
Less than a nothing.

>>7358910
I've had the mindset that SpaceX has been at risk of sabotage since CSR-4, but it is as likely as your next door neighbor being in ISIS.

>>7358927
>what is philae

That's the third ISS failure in less than a year
>Progress
>Cygnus
>SpaceX
Something shady is going on.

>>7358937
>what is ESA
A program to directly support the European aerospace industry. ESA sucks, and I'm a eurofag.

>>7358930
I guess it could be worse. CRS-8 has been schedule to launch the BEAM inflatable test module.

>>7358939
>>7358944
Stay delusional.

thanks obama

This is why we need a space elevator

>>7358947
Go on, tell me about all the great things ESA is doing, particularly as far as human spaceflight is concerned. I'll wait.

>>7358954
>only thing that matters is human spaceflight

>>7358957
>not having any arguments
Oh, I see.

>>7358944
>ESA sucks
How so? They have a pretty damn good heavy lifter, and an alright (but fairly new) light lifter.

>>7358954
>human spaceflight
I though we were talking about launch vehicles?

>>7358954
Successfully launching rockets.

>>7358932
>he said as R7 derivatives still malfunction on the other side of the world

>>7358927
Even when it's flying over water?

How many people do you think in the control room cried because of this?

>>7358957
>>7358959
>>7358960
>human spaceflight doesn't matter, all that matters is launching expensive, fully expendable launch vehicles
Are you people retarded?

>using normal rockets
>not using skylon

>most recent cygnus mission
FAILURE
>most recent progress mission
FAILURE
>most recent proton launch
FAILURE
>most recent dragon mission
FAILTURE

So...
How fucked is the ISS guys?

>Europe

>>7358958
>what is Philae
Also Ariane rockets launch just fine.

>>7358969
They're never coming home

>>7358954

>>7358968
>skylon
There is no such thing

Looks like the second stage went kaboom. I bet they will recover the Dragon

What a shame that something happened to your rocket...

See, go- I mean guys? This whole spaceflight business is too risky and expensive. Why are you trying to escape into space when we have so many problems to solve on Earth? So many inequalities that need to be fixed with your shekels :^)

god fucking damnit, why couldn't this have happened before the gay marriage shit.

everyone would have forgotten about it, now the media is gonna have a party on the corpse of the dragon

>>7358973
Superior quality here: >>7358955

>>7358972
They have a emergency escape vehicle up there.

>>7358976
Dragon is fucked. It's not designed to reenter at those conditions and it does not have a launch escape system.

>>7358968

Skylon is great but just a dream until it gets billions in funding. Now that is something ESA budget could be used for..

>>7358970
>what is the space treaty

>>7358970
>this is actually what americans think.

>>7358967
No, but it isn't the sole measure of a space program, and it's not even the thing we were taking about.

>>7358985
>implying Americans think

The Liquid Oxygen tank burst on the 2nd stage, just behind Dragon. Dragon seems to have ejected, no idea if it was damaged or not.

News briefing at 1230EST.

>>7358967
>human spaceflight doesn't matter
ESA are working on human spaceflight, just like America. Obviously not on the same scale. Neither can take anyone to space.

>all that matters is launching expensive, fully expendable launch vehicles
Well it looks like you can't even launch expendable launch vehicles.

Also,
>SLS

>>7358980
All things considered, that thing blew up real pretty

Pepe has gone too far this time.

>>7358985
>>7358984
>replying to bait

>>7358994
Antares was better to be honest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxjLumpmcI

>>7358974
>commsat
holy shit
>lifting body reentry vehicle
wow, so new
>more commsats
stop the presses
>russian (!) cooperation mars program
will fail just like the chinese-russian fobos-grunt
>mercury mission
NASA has been there, done that
>more earth observation
boring
>another joint russian venture, this time to the ISS
fucking stop
>solar mission
NASA
>JWST
NASA boondoggle
>more earth observations
>more shit NASA has already done
>JUICE
literally won't arrive at jupiter until 2030
>exoplanet hunting
JWST will already have done this way better by the time it launches

ESA shill please fuck off

>>7357686
Of Course I Still Love You

Written by Jaden Smith

i feel sorry for the kids, they were probably watching this at home.
and then fucking boom there worms get imploded

>>7358970

If you think your country owns something because someone planted a flag in it, I've got some bad news for you.

>>7359006
worse than the students watching their teacher get exploded on challenger? :^)

>>7359004
>hurr durr ESA doesn't do anything
>b-but these missions don't matter

>>7359014

>>7359009
>>7359009

LOL.

>Getting successfully trolled this hard

>>7358969
They'll start dining on the weakest crew members.

>>7359004
One more: the service module for your shitty Orion capsule.

>>7359018
What I meant to say was that they are not doing anything innovative, nothing in a "big way", no groundbreaking, exciting-future-laying stuff. It is just a covert subsidy program for the big European aerospace companies.

verdammte scheisse!

>be me
>my birthday today
>watching my rocket launch
>hoping its gonna land this time
>nope
fuck
i feel sorry for musk now

>>7359023
I'm not American. I'm a citizen of the European Union who is disappointed with his space agency. Orion SM is a good barter for future cooperation with NASA, but it's not exactly amazing, inspiring stuff.

>>7359029
I'm sure he has enough $100 bills around to wipe off his tears

>>7359032
its not about money though

>>7359024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_%28satellite_navigation%29

Also Philae.

>>7359029
>my birthday today
Hey Musk

Watched it happen here in Florida through my telephoto lens.

If you think this is a major setback for SpaceX you haven't read up on the first 10 years of our own American space program. Shit was on fire.

>>7359029
he never gives up though

>>7359029
He just wants to escape from the Jews, but he can't.

this is what feminism do to science.

you lucky now bitches?

>>7359004
But wait, there´s more!

>>7359036
money means he can just try again, all he lost is a bit of time.

>>7359041
Same goes for Russia, they routinely even had their workers blown to bits during launch failures

>>7358996
Honestly expected more replies to my comment. /sci/ doesn't like memes or something? fucking fags I'm going back to /r9k/

>>7359004
You should just leave /sci/ and never come back.

>>7358992
Source?

>>7358969
> this smug
they knew

>>7359029
>>7359038

>>7359046
>>>/pol/

>>7359039
>Galileo
Hooray, a GPS competitor. I am so inspired and hopeful for the future.

>Philae
More of this. A Mars rover NOT involving the fucking Russians. Better PR and webcasts.

>>7359050
and reputation, hopefully he doesn't lose any contracts

>>7358982
The crew Dragon is designed to escape from that. The Max-Q abort test is planned for later this year.

>>7359062
>tfw ISS watched there sweet new hololens blow up
https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/615169254392856576

Spacex and tesla are both PR meme companies.

Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed, etc. are the companies that can actually do shit.

SO HOW ABOUT THAT HYPERLOOP NETWORK HUH GUYS

>>7358831
kek

>>7359066
Are you seriously trying to draw conclusions like that from a single launcher failure?
Fuck off.

>>7359072
That's what shills do.

>>7359064
I know. This was a Cargo Dragon mission, not Crew.

Cargo doesn't have LES

>>7359060
>I am so inspired and hopeful for the future.
>implying you shouldn't

Galileo will be simply better than GPS under every single aspect.

>>7359066
Tory Bruno pls leave

>>7359032
maybe not. Most of his wealth is tied up in his companies. He probably lost over $B net worth today.

Happy b-birthday, Elon?

>>7358030
well fuck

>>7359077
Galileo will be great, don't get me wrong, but it does not get my dick hard. Humans on Mars makes my dick hard. I want ESA to make my dick hard.

>>7359072
But they are all about PR. When you ask people about electric cars everyone says "tesla!", but in reality tesla is, what, the third largest producer of electric cars.

Behind actual manufacturing giants that didn't just enter the market on the power of PR.

>>7359066
Way to completely write off millions of dollars and thousands of hours of work by incredibly intelligent people to accomplish certain goals, which they have overall been very successful in achieving.

Same goes for the guys writing off ESA.

contracts will likely simmer down
time for spacex to enter the spacebux industry

>>7359081
So essentially you want meme science instead of useful shit

I hope to not be wrong, but I think there won´t be problems for the resupply of the ISS. I heard that a Progress mission is scheduled to launch in 5 days.

>Talk so much shit about Oculus Rift to Carmack that he closes down his own rocket program
>All your rockets start exploding

>>7359041
>If you think this is a major setback for SpaceX you haven't read up on the first 10 years of our own American space program. Shit was on fire.

Yep, and because they were crash programs that the feds needed for ICBM maturation and Corona, Lockheed and company were given much more leeway than Orbital or SpaceX.

Basically, the early aerospace guys got in on the ground floor because Eisenhower wasn't a fan of the arsenal research system and nobody else in the private sector could do it. They got a huge head-start in the industry and are still reaping the benefits of it.

>>7358969
It's like Game of Thrones: Space Edition up in this bitch!

>Cygnus
KILT!
>Progress
KILT!
>Proton
KILT!
>Dragon
KILT!


>ISS crew
KILT!

Guess they didn't fly so good

>>7359092
Galileo isn't even science, it's just politics and business.

>>7359084
ESA has always run a shitload of space telescopes, if you're into that kind of thing.
Personally, I'm sad they stopped building ATVs. Those things were great.

>>7359097
You do realise they can just come home, if it really gets to that.

>>7359100
4U

>>7359097
ISS = ISIS

>>7359094
Meanwhile Carmack is forced to shill for facebook.

>>7359092
>meme science
>instead of useful shit
What the fuck are you talking about?

Orbital ATK ‏@OrbitalATK 14s15 seconds ago
Our thoughts are with the @SpaceX team. We understand getting to space is hard, but very important work. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

>>7358030

Why do we need to colonize Mars? Not like we're running out of space.

>>7359045
lol

>>7359092

Now see this: a fag who got trolled and now is shitting into his hands and throwing it against the walls

>>7359122
because it's cool

>>7359102
>You do realise they can just come home, if it really gets to that.

>in capsule
>falling out of orbit
>explosion
KILT!

George R. R. Martin will find a way. He always finds a way...

>>7359122
>Why do we need to colonize Mars?
Because it's exciting. Because fuck you, you luddite.

>>7359133
What the hell are you on about?

>>7359122
There's a lot of really interesting science we could do with people on Mars long-term, similar to the role ISS fills today.
But the main reason is still "because we can".

What now? Make another one and go for round 4?

>>7359122
1) A great way to ensure human survival in case of a global destructive down here (supervolcano eruptions, ecological catastrophe, nuclear war)

2) National or international pride

3) To study the effect of such living conditions on human life

4) The eventual explotation of Mars resources

5)It can serve as a base to explore the outer solar system

Just to name a few

DIFFERENT FOOTAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4BORTwYE0

Elon wanted a big firework for his birthday.

>>7359149
'vehicle programming damage'?

>>7359149
That's from the NASA stream I believe.

>>7359156
I keked a bit, am I going to space hell?

>>7359122
no niggers up there

>>7358979
>tfw westboro baptist church will blame this on the supreme court ruling for gay marriage in all fifty states

>>7359178
That'll be good for a laugh.

Elon Musk verified
There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause

does anyone know how much that rocket actually cost? wiki says 61mil for the rocket but what about the capsule? or is that included

also whats the go when a rocket crashes contract wise? spacex has to send another up for free or what?

>>7359216
dang

>>7359230
Contract says the amount of Dragons to be delivered do SpaceX has to deliver one at no extra cost to NASA.

>>7359236
ah ok, wiki says they get about 160mil per delivery not too bad i suppose.

wages and shit will take alot of that 40mil though and other random stuff

>>7359244
SpaceX and NASA probably worked out an insurance deal but it can't replace a whole docking adapter and food supply.

You had one job, Elon.

>>7359236
"Sorry about that dock adapter, bro."

>>7359250
>>7359248
how much would the adapter cost? surely nothing too crazy

>>7359252
Well they built two to go up, so there's actually still a spare.

I bet the Jews did this.

Seriously SpaceX and Tesla are the types of companies the Jews fear.

>>7359250
>If Congress is going to cut our funding, we're going to BLOW IT ALL UP

>>7359252
The price of stuff on the ground isn't really an issue.

>>7359256
You can go and tell >>>/pol/ that then

>>7359252
Price is nothing. Time is. Besides, it's been a while since ISS got resupplied. Let's just hope Progress doesn't fail.

>>7359262
>inb4 Progress fails because Russian engineers are working more on Angara just like last time with Proton

>>7359256

SpaceX and Tesla are Jewish companies. ULA benefits from SpaceX willing to prototype new ideas they can later build better for arguably cheaper, and Tesla doesn't directly compete with the big three (Tesla sells luxury cars, most car sales are utility vehicles and commuter shitboxes).

They're both popular though due to a charismatic CEO and good branding. Henry Ford himself had a similar reputation as did Howard Hughes and Steve Jobs.

>>7359256
>implying /pol/ hasn't already gone there
>>>/pol/47171231

>>7359258
More like "Why build one when you can have two for twice the price!"

>>7359252
Well the IDA program has cost over 100 million

>>7359254
oh handy
>>7359262
how long would it take to make the adapter? i thought they were just basically big seals

AT LEAST WE HAVE THE SLS RIGHT??

>>7359268
Why the fuck does Roscosmos still bother with those Proton rockets? They're scary as hell, and they don't work.

>>7359278
Please don't joke about stuff like that.

>>7359268
Last Progress already failed.

>>7359276
No idea. But they've already completed everything once, they just have to build again.

>>7359278
/sci/ has no sense of humor.
Also /kspg/ got reported and sent to /vg/ hell again. What the fuck is wrong with janitors? They aren't allowed to delete generals.

Guys, guys.
It's Elon Musk birthday.

>>7359301
Shh no dreams, only tears now.

>>7359082
YEah you know maybe not everyone own a Tesla cuz it's a fuckin luxury cars you know...

>>7357683
RIP space worms

>>7358873
There's still H-II.

>>7359695
>The roads are closed, the river is unnavigable, the weather is too bad for a helicopter.
>But don't worry, we can still get food and water on this novelty amusement park ride.

So have they found out what went wrong yet?

>>7360068
It exploded.

>>7360068
ULA guys put some sugar in the gas tank.

>>7360076
>>7360081
>/sci/

>>7360068
"There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause."
"That's all we can say with confidence right now. Will have more to say following a thorough fault tree analysis."
-Elon Musk on Twitter

>>7360035
what are you on about? Japan's H-IIB is boring and reliable (same as H-IIA with double the first stage engines and solid boosters), perfect record so far.

>>7360324
Yeah, I fucked up. Sorry about that.