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Attempt 2 at launching the Falcon 9 is tonight. 3:44AM Eastern. Do your own math for other timezones.
Pic Related, The computer's AI.

>> No.4705719

>>4705698
:popcorn:

Time to watch it not take off again

>> No.4705722

>>4705719
;_;

>> No.4705731

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aoGXb25lsU

The space program has had its problems as well.

>> No.4705741

Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight time?

>> No.4705748

>>4705741
Whatever time New York and Florida is on (4chan time)

>> No.4705749

where is this launching from?

>> No.4705755

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/status.html
Not the official coverage, but it beats watching the words OFFLINE on a screen. Also on nasa tv
Launching from florida. Complex 40 at cape Canaveral.

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>>4705755
ah, i didn't know it was taking off from here!

i think i may go pass by and watch if it actually does launch, depending on the weather and how clear the skies are.

>> No.4705820
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4705820

If it fails again tonight I will rage so hard

>> No.4705823

>>4705820
>privatize space launch, it'll be great!!!

>> No.4705830
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4705830

I'm thinking about extending my studies into aerospace.

Do you guys think that rockets are going to be replaced by SStO aircraft anytime soon? I was looking at skylon stuff but it seems that would actually cost MORE.

>> No.4705847

List of streams?

>> No.4705868

http://new.livestream.com/spacex/Launch

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4705878

>>4705847
Take your pick.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
http://www.space.com/nasa_tv.php
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/status.html

>> No.4705882

Anyone know if there's going to be another Q&A?

>> No.4705905

>>4705878
the stream on NASA's website is superior.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

>> No.4705906
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4705906

I didn't even have to convert for my time zone!

Also I thought she was holding a still image of Pops from Regular Show for some reason.

>> No.4705921

T minus 1 hour

>> No.4705928

>>4705878
Holy shit. Spacex stream music is fucking awesome, anyone know what it is?

>> No.4705937

>>4705928

Second this.

>> No.4705945

Do you guys think It will be visible from my house? I live in Tampa.

>> No.4705962

Why is Ron Burgundy there?

>> No.4705959

SHITS ABOUT TO GO DOWN

>> No.4705964

>>4705945
Probably. You lucky bastard.

>> No.4705966

Oh yeah baby. What's the best stream?

>> No.4705968

>>4705962
This is Ron Burgundy signing off, Fuck you earth

>> No.4705972

>>4705966
http://new.livestream.com/spacex/Launch is pretty clean, I don't know if its full yet, though.

>> No.4705973

>>4705966
meant here
>>4705970

>> No.4705970

>>4705968
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

>> No.4705975

>>4705945
I hope it is not visible inside your house.

>> No.4705978

>>4705975
Well I dont think I said inside. Let me check....nope

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4705983

Haha! Two more.

>> No.4705984

Damn, that's one heck of a LAN party.

>> No.4705989
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>>4705984
Fuck, forgot my pic.

>> No.4705991
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4705991

Excellent

>> No.4705990

That look a little soyuz-y to anyone else?

>> No.4705992

GET IN HERE FAGS

>> No.4705993

>>4705989
I like how they have a largish crowd watching mission control.

>> No.4705994
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4705994

I'm in!

>> No.4705996

>>4705993
I love how the last launch was on a weekend and only had 1000 viewers, and there are now 2700 viewers

>> No.4705998

>>4705996
I pretty much forgot on Saturday and now that I remember, I've been notifying others.

>> No.4705999

20 MINUTES

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

>> No.4705997

>>4705993
How much do they charge for entrance?

>> No.4706000
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4706000

don't mind me, just being freemarket here.

>> No.4706001

>>4705999

>> No.4706002

>>4705998
same here, especially since I live in Florida. Everyone I know was pretty devastated when we found out they were canceling the space shuttle program.

>> No.4706005

>>4706000
Funny that the first successful launch carried dummy payloyad.

>> No.4706003

What's the payload? and which stream has login free chat?

>> No.4706006

>>4705996
I was watching two streams last time and one of them had alot more than a couple thousand watching.

>> No.4706007

/sci/?

/sci/ is go.

>> No.4706008

>>4706003
Food mostly, and some middle and highschool experiments from what it sounded like

>> No.4706009

>>4706000
it's called testing.

Kistler went bankrupt for a reason.

GO for terminal count

>> No.4706013

Ugh, they only have a single shot at launching today? Just pay for some extra gas, damn.

>> No.4706014 [DELETED] 

10 MINUTES NIGGERS

>> No.4706010

>>4706006
Fair enough. The one I was in went from 1000 to 2500.

I Had to switch to a low quality stream, though (laginess). This one has 5000.

>> No.4706011

>>4706000
>steal millions of dollars from individuals who earn it and use it to spend it on toy rockets
>free market
Ishiggitydoo

>> No.4706012

>>4706007

negative, I have to pee

>> No.4706015

>Controllers shall not call an abort after five---
>Fifteen, sir
>Fifteen seconds

>> No.4706016

>>4706014
my body is ready

>> No.4706017

Engines chilling in.

Just chillin', yo.

>> No.4706018

>>4706013
They have all the fuel they can reasonably carry. It's all the maneuvering that they will have to do in space to prove to NASA that everything works.

>> No.4706020

Does anyone know how long it will take it to reach the space station?

>> No.4706021

no chatter this time?

no press conference?

what happened to the 15 different angles?


oh wait, you mean they're focusing on the rocket instead of PR now?

FUCKING FINALLY
a good lesson to learn

>> No.4706022
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4706022

WHAT IF TERRORISTS ARE HIDING IN THE PAYLOAD BAYS WAITING FOR THEIR CHANCE TO EXPOSE SPACE TO THEIR FAITH OF ALLAH

>> No.4706025

oh boy oh boy oh boy

>> No.4706026
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4706026

Don't fail me now, free market.

>> No.4706027

>>4706020
a little more than a day

>> No.4706028

>>4706021
Watch NASA TV if you don't want any of that.

>> No.4706029

>>4706022
They will die of no oxygen. (they have atmosphere, but no oxygen)

>>4706020
If they went directly, not very long, but since they plan on a bunch of maneuvers, sometime around the end of the week.

>> No.4706030

5 minutes

>> No.4706031
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>> No.4706032

T- 4:20, yo.

>> No.4706034
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>> No.4706035

>>4706020
A day or two, but they wont be berthing for a few more days and the entire berthing procedure takes over 8 hours

>> No.4706037

JUST LAUNCH IT ALREADY

>> No.4706038

3 minutes!

>> No.4706040

>>4706026
I just realized that this thing will make the paultards even more annoying. Guess I'm rooting for the fireworks effect now.

>> No.4706041

oh shit yeah here we go

>> No.4706042

EAGLE 20 FOX 2

>> No.4706043

GO FOR LAUNCH

>> No.4706044

>>4706040
>Soyuz is owned by a Private company
>this is the third flight of the Falcon 9

>> No.4706050

lol, i can hear the frogs croaking in the background, florida ftw

>> No.4706051

nominal chill

>> No.4706052
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4706052

gotta go fast

>> No.4706053

>>4706040
Screw you and your fireworks. This sucker's gonna FLY! (...or get scrubbed!)

>> No.4706054
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4706054

NIGGA WE LAUNCH NOW!!

>> No.4706055

One minute!

>> No.4706046

two minutes and counting!

MY BODY IS READY

>> No.4706047

Them crickets will soon be cooked.

>> No.4706048

>>4706037
You have to launch it within a specific time, aka a "launch window."

>> No.4706057

ONE MINUTE

>> No.4706058
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4706058

>mfw HOLD HOLD HOLD

>> No.4706059

HURRY THE FUCK UP

>> No.4706060

If it gets scrubbed again, I'm gonna be mad as hell.

>> No.4706061

>>4706040
That would be stupid. SpaceX follows the classical method of using government funded research and subsidies to get started.

>> No.4706062

GET READY FOR LIFTOFF

>> No.4706063

THIRTY SECONDS

>> No.4706064
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4706064

Aborted

>> No.4706065

GO GO GO GO.

>> No.4706056

Jesus christ find a new word, nominally is annoying as shit

>> No.4706068

YEAAAAAHHHH BOYYYYY

>> No.4706069

GO BABY GO

>> No.4706070
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4706070

LIFT OFF

>> No.4706071
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>> No.4706072

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

FUCK YEAH

>> No.4706066

LIFT OFF FUCK YES FUCK YES

>> No.4706067

GOING UP GOING UP

>> No.4706075

>Supersonic
It's on now.

>> No.4706076

we supersonic now

>> No.4706077

Looking good.

>> No.4706073

supersonic bitches

>> No.4706078

video feed is gonna cut out any second

>> No.4706079
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4706079

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g_3UjVdAbg

>> No.4706080

FUCK YES!!!!

I just came home from work and opened the page when they had liftoff!

>> No.4706081

stage separation!

>> No.4706082

DAT RED HOT

>> No.4706083

it's beautiful

>> No.4706084

Holy shit this was breathtaking. Even more so because it was a private company and not a NASA launch

>> No.4706085
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4706085

Miku?

>> No.4706088

This was definitely worth being late for college.

>> No.4706089

Dragon node has been jettisoned. Fuck you. That gave me a heart attack.

>> No.4706090

Oh shit, I didn't know they had live feed cameras on the dragon. I assume that feed is from the dragon, right?

>> No.4706086
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4706086

Hey, there isn't sound is space after all!

>> No.4706087

What is that dripping?

>> No.4706093

>>4706089
nose cone, you moron

>> No.4706094

>>4706092
Nope.

>> No.4706095

holy shit
that was fucking beautiful
shit like this makes me wish i wasnt a fucking sellout econ major and was studying to be a rocket scientist like i wanted to in high school

>> No.4706096

>>4706092
yeah, came back though.

>> No.4706097

>>4706090
No its a live feed from the second stage

>> No.4706091

>>4706085
MECO

>> No.4706092

Video just cut out for anyone else?

>> No.4706098
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4706098

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MARRRRKEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT

>> No.4706100

>>4706095

oh shit nigger you sold out for MONEY?

that shit is just paper!

>> No.4706102

Guy from Tampa here, My wife and I saw it zooming across the sky. Way fast yo

>> No.4706103
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4706103

MUH FREEE MARKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>> No.4706101

Switched streams. Much better.

>> No.4706105

> a nominal

shit sounds too close to 'anomaly'

>> No.4706107

>>4706102
Lucky bastard

>> No.4706108

Well, that was nice. I'll check back later to see the progress.

>> No.4706109
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>> No.4706122

ORBITTTT

>> No.4706123

>>4706105
I got scared when I thought he said "anomaly"

>> No.4706112

FYI, second stage has the ashes of Doohan and others. It's supposed to remain in free orbit for about a year before decaying.

>> No.4706113

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=77777

>> No.4706114

we orbit now

>> No.4706116
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4706116

IN ORBIT WOOOOH

>> No.4706117

AND WE ARE IN ORBIT

FUCK YEAH

>> No.4706118

How long until it reaches the ISS?

>> No.4706120

>Orbit
It's on now.

>> No.4706121

DRAGON IS IN ORBIT!

>> No.4706130

Orbit achieved, FUCKING YES.

>> No.4706131
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4706131

>>4706091
Oh miko!

>> No.4706124

>>4706103
Never mind that they used NASA facilities for it...

>> No.4706126

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDeBcpLITQ

>> No.4706127
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4706127

ORBIT

>> No.4706128

>>4706114
>>4706114
>>4706114
>>4706114
>>4706114
>>4706114
>>4706114

>> No.4706129

>Nominal

This word is now stuck in my head forever

>Hey anon, hows it goin?
>NOMINAL

>> No.4706134

Losing video, but that's normal.

>> No.4706136

>>4706102
>mfw i live in tampa and was sitting in front of my computer watching the stream instead of actually looking at the sky
fuck the internet

>> No.4706137

THEM SOLAR ARRAYS

FUCK YEAH SPACEX

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4706138

>tfw orbit achieved

>> No.4706139
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4706139

Well done space X

>> No.4706133
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4706133

It's no Space Shuttle, but that was still great to watch. Hopefully this'll encourage more investment in private space travel.

>> No.4706141

>SOLAR RAY DEPLOYMENT
>WOMAN CUMS IN HER PANTIES

>> No.4706142
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4706142

AMERUCA

>> No.4706143

That woman was already orgasmic. lol
"solar arrayyyyss aaaaaaah"

>> No.4706144

I like how there's a crowd cheering as if it's some crazy sporting event.

>> No.4706145

>>4706129
i lol'd

>> No.4706149

Free market saves the day ^____^
Statists butthurt now

>> No.4706150
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4706150

DAT ON ORBIT

>> No.4706151

>>4706143
no, she sounds ecstatic and almost surprised, like she said, "son of a bitch!" before it

>> No.4706153
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4706153

>private company

oh boy these jews are going to beat that donkey dead.

>> No.4706154

Video was sketchy, but got to see solar arrays deploy

>> No.4706147
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4706147

HOW DOES IT FEEL NOT BEING A ROCKET SCIENTIST

>> No.4706148
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>> No.4706156

ALL DOSE PEOPLE

>> No.4706157

Dat hug fest

>> No.4706158

Like how the crowd is going apeshit and the scientists are all "Ain't no thing. Just a rocket scientist."

>> No.4706159
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4706159

>>4706155
Yeah.

>> No.4706160

THE IMPORTANCE OF SPACE X IS NOT FREE MARKET, IT IS THAT A NORMAL SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH COSTED 400 MILLION PER LAUNCH, WHILE SPACE X WILL COST 40 MILLION PER LAUNCH MAX.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE FREE MARKET, THIS IS FOR NASA.

>> No.4706155

was that a ufo in the upper left corner

>> No.4706163

Aw yeah, dis soft electronica

>> No.4706165

>>4706160
free market solved the cost issue, now go back to bed liberal scrum

>> No.4706166
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4706166

EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL FOREVER

>> No.4706167

>madness
>because of free market qualia

>> No.4706164

there's a show on the science channel beginning right now about a potential moon base

just in case you want to stay up

>> No.4706170
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4706170

what's with this music?

>science, it's for some chill motherfuckers

>> No.4706172

>>4706160
Space Shuttle isn't a capsule though. Compare it to other capsule craft.

>> No.4706173

>>4706160
Crew launches are going to be more like 140M, but that's for 7 seats. Soyuz costs like 114M for 3 seats.

>> No.4706174

>>4706136
nope, we went outside and watched it. It was pretty exciting

>> No.4706171
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4706171

>>4706160
Imma get them to launch my waifu up there.

>> No.4706175

Who said anything about free market?

Fucking hell.

It's a motherfucking rocket in motherfucking space.

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>>4706160
lol bullshit, it's heavily subsided, they are barely operating so to say how much it costs at this point in time is useless. not to mention they've pushed up their price estimated constantly. elon is a filthy lying jew.

>> No.4706177

That was pretty cool.

>> No.4706178
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4706178

>>4706166
shh no tears
only NOMINAL now

>> No.4706181

>People caring about free market shit
SCIENCE IS TAKING PLACE SHUT THE FUCK UP

>> No.4706182

Will we reach Mars by 2060?

>> No.4706189
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4706189

This made me nominal in my pants

>> No.4706190

>>4706181
>hurrr stand back I'm going to try SCIENCE
go back to masturbating over xkcd comics, or just go back to reddit.

>> No.4706191

This thread is nominal.

My physics HW is not nominal.

>> No.4706188

As a scientist with some expertise i can safely say that the free market is nominal.

>> No.4706195

>>4706182
Hopefully, if companies like SpaceX can take over the 'menial tasks' of space travel, NASA will be able to focus on awesome stuff like this.

>> No.4706196

>>4706182

From NASA's website,

"This is the beginning of a new era in space exploration where we will build the capabilities to send humans deeper into space than ever before. We will use the International Space Station as a test bed and stepping stone for the journey ahead. We are changing the way we do business, fostering a commercial industry that will safely service low Earth orbit so we can focus our energy and resources on sending astronauts to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. The road ahead is challenging but this approach and space exploration architecture puts us in a position to go where no human has gone before."

>> No.4706197

>>4706118
75 hours, I think.

>> No.4706200

inb4 Dragon crashes into the ISS, killing everyone onboard.

>> No.4706199

>In the future, SpaceX will be operating colonies and armies on off-world projects.


How does this make you feel?

>> No.4706201

>>4706196
> space exploration
> humans
They're doing it wrong.

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4706204

>>4706191
>>not nominal
Use off nominal. It's more space grammatically correct.

Also, this FEEL SO MOON!

>> No.4706206

>>4706199
Glory to the SpaceX Empire!

>> No.4706207

>>4706196
>>4706195
Too bad that it appears SpaceX could handle that logistics problem better than NASA. I hope they partner for Mars.

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4706208

AAAAWWWW YYYEAAAHHHH

>> No.4706210

>implying someone like this isn't the beginning of the end

>> No.4706212

While we're at it... everyone sign this petition

http://www.change.org/petitions/double-nasa-s-budget-to-1-of-the-us-budget

>> No.4706213

>>4706207
Well, whatever. I'm from the "I don't really care HOW they get there, so long as they DO" camp.

>> No.4706214

>>4706190
He didn't reference that xkcd comic at all. I think he's saying it doesn't matter if it was the free market or government funded or anything, because scientific progress is being made.

>> No.4706215

Press event or something in an hour.

>> No.4706217

>>4706212

I can't in good faith sign a petition that asks us to spend MORE money when we're 16 trillion in debt.

Cuts gotta come from somewhere.

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4706218

>>4706208
9000< hours in mspaint

>> No.4706219
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4706219

>now we can get started...

EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL FOREVER!

>> No.4706220

WE SPACE PIRATES NOW

>> No.4706221
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>>4706220
TUUUUUUUUUUUBESSSSSSS!

>> No.4706222

>>4706217
HURRR DURR I'M SURE WE NEED TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON DEFENSE

>> No.4706224

WAIT IT ALREADY HAPPENED?
FUCK
but its 3:18 AM HERE?!
fuck are you on DST?!

>> No.4706225

>>4706224
Eastern

>> No.4706227
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>>4706224
>not using EST
>2012

>> No.4706228

>>4706224
NOPE
READ IT AGAIN, THEY SAID EST "EASTERN STANDARD TIME"
YOU ARE IN CST, "CENTRAL STANDARD TIME"
THAT SHIFTS THE CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR, SO 3 IN THE MORING IS 2 IN THE MORNING.

>> No.4706226

>>4706217
How about your ovaries? Since you seem to have already misplaced your balls.

>> No.4706229

>>4706224
dont you know where florida is?

>> No.4706230
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>>4706221
DID YOU SAY TUBES??

>> No.4706231

>>4706225
I'm not in the US, but its 3:18 AM here (my city has the same hour as NY all the year except when these faggots are on summer)

>> No.4706232

>>4706212
>>4706212
>>4706212
>>4706212
>>4706212
>>4706212
>>4706212

>> No.4706236

>>4706231
when I meant DST, it was 'is the is on Daylight Save Time' or whatever its called

Where I live, its GMT -5 which is pretty much the timezone for EAST US

But then you get fucking DST while we dont
fuck it.

>> No.4706233

>>4706231
Farmers gotta farm

>> No.4706234

>>4706218
Lol at that that FALSE color Earth photograph from a Ruski weather satellite.

Damn Ruskis should know that NIR doesn't composite well with the visible streams.

>> No.4706238

>>4706236
4:23 EDT

>> No.4706240

>>4705719
Hah, in your face you troglodyte niggerfaggot. But in good spirit, congrats SpaceX and NASA.

>> No.4706241

>>4706236

DST ruins everything again

OFF NOMINAL
ABANDON SHIP

>> No.4706242

>>4706238
3:23 here.. again, we don't have DST
but we lie on the same timezone
I was expecting this shit to happen in like 10 minutes.. but no.


Also

can someone explain me the
NOMINAL
thing?

>> No.4706246

>>4706242
shhh... everything is NOMINAL now
shush now..

>> No.4706247

>>4706242
DRAGON POWER SYSTEMS NOMINAL

>> No.4706245

>>4706242
Learn the difference between EST and EDT.

>> No.4706248

>>4706242
i'm sure there is a recording somewhere
go watch it

>> No.4706250
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4706250

WE SUPAHSANIC NOMINAL

>> No.4706251

WHATS THE NOMINAL THING?

>> No.4706252

>>4706251
see this
>>4706247

I'll be right back with the source

>> No.4706254

>>4706251
Launch control said nominal like 100 times during the launch

>> No.4706256
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4706256

>>4706251

>> No.4706257

>>4706232
Just signed and sent a letter to my representative. He's a republican so I made it mostly about national defense and tourism dollars since we are in Florida.

>> No.4706255
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4706255

Riding on the backs of dragons to conquer the solar system? Take that china!

>> No.4706258
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>>4706255
Here is an actual space dragon

>> No.4706259

>>4706242
NASA uses it because it works better with VOX than other words like "normal".

>> No.4706260

>>4706251
>>4706252
2:31:00
power systems nominal
solar panels deploying

>> No.4706262

WE SPACE DRAGONS NOW

>> No.4706261

>>4706257

that's a nominal idea anon, people don't necessarily listen to online petitions, it's the letters that really do the trick.

>> No.4706263

>>4706262
>>4706258

This is nominal

>> No.4706264
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4706264

superior dragon with superior babe

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>>4706258
I'm actually visiting from /co/. I think now would be a good time to recommend some comics for you space lovers out there

>> No.4706267

Firecracker technology
boys love it
because so Neanderthal

>> No.4706265

>>4706264
>>4706264

is that some legend of dragoon up in here?
fuck yeah, this space launch gets more and more nominal.

>> No.4706268

>>4706267
>Neanderthal
You mean nominal.

>> No.4706269

Fuuuuck, I missed it. Anyone got a recording anywhere yet? I'd like to see those solar arrays and NOMINAL.

>> No.4706272

>>4706269
And hear that solar orgasm.

>> No.4706273
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>> No.4706271

>>4706269
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
21:30:00
nominal

>> No.4706275

>>4706271
>>4706272
Thank you based /sci/

>> No.4706276

In a few minutes I'm gonna watch the station cross over my house. Do you think I'll be able to see the dragon aswell?

>> No.4706278

>>4706276
Its already in orbit. Probably no

>> No.4706277

>>4706276
eh, mebbe
what part of the world?

>> No.4706281

>>4706276
its orbiting for two days before docking, iirc.

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4706284

Now aren't you glad they didn't launch it with that faulty fuel pump?

>> No.4706291

I'd imagine that it's too small to see. The panels on the station make it really easy to spot from the ground just about anywhere.

>> No.4706292

>>4706284
Simulations predicted nominal performance even with the fault. Better safe than sorry so nominal operation could be guaranteed.

>> No.4706301

>>4706276
get out your binocs, the dragon and its debris should be 13 minutes behind the ISS

>> No.4706307

>>4706276
Sweet, my shitty binoculars probably won't pick it up but I'll try anyways

>> No.4706317

>from the whitehouse

"Congratulations to the teams at SpaceX and NASA for this morning’s successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Every launch into space is a thrilling event, but this one is especially exciting because it represents the potential of a new era in American spaceflight. Partnering with U.S. companies such as SpaceX to provide cargo and eventually crew service to the International Space Station is a cornerstone of the President’s plan for maintaining America’s leadership in space. This expanded role for the private sector will free up more of NASA’s resources to do what NASA does best -- tackle the most demanding technological challenges in space, including those of human space flight beyond low Earth orbit. I could not be more proud of our NASA and SpaceX scientists and engineers, and I look forward to following this and many more missions like it."

>> No.4706319

>>4706317
Mars colony project where?

>> No.4706320

>>4706317
didn't obama cut nasa funding?

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4706329

http://vimeo.com/26735315

Lets GTFO low space orbit!

>> No.4706330

>>4706320 That's mostly Congress doing the cuts.

>> No.4706332

>>4706320
I don't believe so.

>> No.4706336

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
press release going on now

>> No.4706337

A NEW MORE GLORIOUS DAWN AWAITS

>> No.4706349

NOT A SUNRISE, BUT A GALAXY RISE

>> No.4706350

2015- John Carmack makes breakthrough in his private aerospace industry.
2025: Successful moon base established by Carmack's company, begins lunar mining operations, space elevator to earth, and moon-launch facilities.
2030: Merges with United Spacelines to form the Union Aerospace Corporation
2040: Death of John Carmack. Millions weep.
2050: John Carmack's son funds expedition to the moon Phobos to test experimental teleportation in safe environment far from Earth..

prepare thy anusii.

>> No.4706362

Well maybe I'll be able to afford a space trip come retirement.

>> No.4706367

>missions to an asteroid and mars

MANNED MARS MISSION WHEN?

>> No.4706493

with super cheap cargo missions, you can put ten times the mass into leo as the space shuttle for the same price. more ambitious interplanetary missions can be possible now, since assembling a large and complex machine in space is very much possible.
we wont have to pinch launch pennies anymore

jupiter icy moons mission round 2 anyone?

>> No.4706497

>>4706493
is that the huge nuclear powered six probe ship that got scrapped because nuklers r bad?

>> No.4706507

with private launch of a rocket into orbit and the private company planetory resources aspiring to mine asteroids in space and provide cheap materials and fuel in orbit I am very optimistic for space exploration now.

finally, space exploration isn't being dominated by pessimistic penny pinchers but aspiring entrepreneurs.

>> No.4706511

>spaghetti everywhere

>> No.4706524

Honestly I think If they used the raw materials from space (to build whatever) and sent back only the most valuable and useful materials, that would be key to having a cost effective space program.

>> No.4706542

>>4706524
which is exactly what planetory resources is going to do, herp.

In a couple of decades we won't be launching rockets with equipment, we will be launching engineers to the spaceport where we will be building massive ships out of the metals extracted from asteroids and fueling them with the water mined from asteroids and powered by vast arrays of solar cells

>> No.4706562

>>4706524
>used raw materials from space
>steel mill in space
lol no, not in this century

>> No.4706567

>>4706562
Eventually it's inevitable I don't think we have enough fuel to move the materials back to earth for the manufacturing process then back into space.

>> No.4706574

>>4706562
why not?

>> No.4706576

>>4706567
I don't think we can launch a freaking furnace into space. Not even space elevator could handle that, maybe launch loop could.

Besides, we don't even have a space furnace technology.

>> No.4706578

Am sick. Sorry for not providing my usual coverage.
Glad to see they got the turbo-valve on engine 5 replaced and didn't need to replace engine 5 entirely.

For the next few days, there will be a long and complex sequence of demonstrations and tests before the dragon-9 will be allowed within the no fly sphere of the ISS.

That is due for day 4.

>> No.4706582

Data dump from my archives...

The C2+ mission is more demanding; SpaceX need to prove that the spacecraft can be used to deliver cargo to the International Space Station safely. As a result, the spacecraft needs to demonstrate its ability to remain in orbit for several weeks, test its manoeuvring and navigation systems, and perform a rendezvous with the space station.

If the initial rendezvous is successful and the spacecraft is operating well, SpaceX will then be cleared to perform the next stage of the demonstration, which will see the spacecraft approach to within ten metres of the ISS before being grappled by the station’s Canadarm2 remote manipulator system, and berthed at the nadir port of the station’s Harmony module.

In anticipation of being cleared to perform the berthing test, the Dragon spacecraft has been loaded with 520 kilograms (1,146 pounds) of cargo for delivery to the ISS.

Provisions for the crew account for most of this mass, with 306 kilograms (675 lb) of food, clothing and equipment present. This includes 18 bags of crew rations (13 standard and five low sodium), each of which contains nine meals for the crew.

In addition, Dragon C2+ will deliver 123 kilograms (271 lb) of bags to be used to store cargo on future flights, 10 kilograms (22 lb) of computer equipment, including a laptop computer and associated batteries and cables, and finally 21 kilograms (46 lb) of material for experiments; consisting of ice bricks to cool samples, and the NanoRacks CubeLabs Module 9 research package which contains a crystal growth experiment for Ohio State University.

>> No.4706584

Unlike the Progress, ATV and HTV spacecraft currently used to resupply the ISS, the Dragon’s capsule is designed to survive reentry and be recovered. With the Space Shuttle retired and Soyuz spacecraft not large enough to accommodate large amounts of cargo, this will provide the only means of returning equipment from the space station to Earth.

After its cargo has been unloaded, Dragon C2+ will be loaded with 143 kilograms (315 lb) of crew equipment, 93 kilograms (205 lb) of research equipment, 39 kilograms (86 pounds) of spacesuit equipment and gloves, and 345 kilograms (760 pounds) of station hardware.

The research equipment being returned includes several different experiments; 24 kilograms (52 lb) of hardware used in the “Plant Signalling” experiment, is being returned; this experiment studied how plants reacted to changes of environment, at a molecular level. Another 36 kilograms (79 lb) of downmass is equipment used for the Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment, or SHERE, which studied the responses of liquid polymers to stress and strain in a microgravity environment.

Sample cartridges from the Materials Science Research Rack, or MSRR, make up nine kilograms (20 lb) of the cargo, including samples from the SETA-2 and MICAST/CETSOL experiments. In addition, equipment from the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) and Active Rack Isolation (ARIS) is being returned, along with cold bags and MSG tapes. The station hardware to be returned includes a multifiltration bed, a fluid pump, water containers and a multiplexer from the Japanese Kibo module.

>> No.4706585

Two minutes and four seconds after separating from the Falcon 9, the Dragon will begin to deploy its solar arrays.

Testing will begin almost immediately, with a demonstration of its absolute Global Positioning System planned for around 55 minutes after launch. This test will ensure that the position and velocity reported by GPS correspond to measurements made during launch, within an acceptable error margin. Two hours and twenty six minutes into the mission, the navigation bay door will be opened, with sensor checkout beginning fourteen minutes afterwards.

With this checkout complete, the Dragon will begin a series of tests known as far-field demonstrations. These will begin with two approach abort simulations, with the first, which simulates a full abort situation, occurring about eight and three quarter hours after liftoff. The second will be performed about 70 minutes later, testing the spacecraft’s ability to use smaller, pulsed, burns to abort.

The full abort will consist of a continuous, on-axis, burn of the Draco thrusters, whilst the pulsed abort will use short off-axis pulses. After each test, SpaceX will verify the correct delta V has been imparted upon the spacecraft, and that its attitude is within expected constraints.

About forty minutes after the second abort demonstration, the third and final far-field test will be conducted. The spacecraft will be placed into a free-drift state, to ensure that it can operate in, and recover from, this condition, whilst staying within attitude limits. The spacecraft will need to be able to enter free drift for grappling and berthing with the ISS.

>> No.4706586

The second day of the mission will be dedicated to orbit phasing; the Dragon first circularising its orbit, and subsequently raising itself towards the orbit of the International Space Station in preparation for rendezvous.

On flight day 3, the Dragon will make a flyby of the ISS at a distance of 2.5 kilometres (1.3 nautical miles, 1.6 statute miles). During this flyby, tests of the Relative Global Positioning System (RGPS) and COTS UHF Communications Unit (CUCU) will be conducted.

the RGPS test consists of comparing the distance between Dragon C2+ and the space station as calculated by the RGPS system to the absolute positions of the two spacecraft, and ensuring the value is within acceptable limits.

The CUCU test involves the station crew sending a command to activate the Dragon’s strobe light, and verification that both spacecraft can send and receive data.

>> No.4706588

The CUCU system, which was delivered to the International Space Station by the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-129 in November, 2009, enables communications between the space station and Dragon, while the Crew Command Panel allows the crew of the ISS to send commands to the Dragon.

A GNC Mission Readiness Review presentation, shows that in preparation for the Flight Day 3 flypast, the station’s Solar Alpha Rotary Joints will be feathered and rotation stopped, and the US Orbital Segment thrusters will be used to manoeuvre to a better attitude for communications.

Once the flypast is complete, Dragon will make a series of burns first taking it away from the station, before flying around and above it, and eventually approaching again from behind and below.

On flight day 4, it will again pass 2.5 kilometres below the outpost, and conduct another CUCU test. It will then make a burn to close its approach to 1.2 kilometres (0.65 nmi, 0.75 mi). Another burn will then be made to enter the approach ellipsoid of the station, closing to 250 metres (820 feet) below the station, on an R-bar approach trajectory.

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Here comes capitalism, responsible for the most successful and global civilization, and will be so for the future of human space expansion.

>> No.4706591

Once inside the station’s approach ellipsoid, the Dragon’s Light Detection and Ranging, or LIDAR, system will be tested. The LIDAR system aboard the Dragon spacecraft is known as DragonEye, and is used for ranging and direction finding during Dragon’s approach to the ISS.

The DragonEye system has twice been tested during Space Shuttle missions; Endeavour carried a Detailed Test Objective payload on STS-127, and Discovery carried a final test article during STS-133.

With the LIDAR tests complete, Dragon C2+ will hold 250 metres below the station, before performing a series of R-Bar Demonstration manoeuvres. These consist of the spacecraft being commanded to approach from the hold position, closing to around 220 metres (722 feet), before being commanded to retreat by the crew aboard the station.

It will then return to 250 metres and hold automatically before being commanded to approach the station, this time holding at 220 metres rather than retreating. A final decision will then be made on whether to proceed with the C3 objectives, which will see the spacecraft deliver its cargo to the space station.

If all test objectives have been completed successfully, and approval has been given to proceed, Dragon C2+ will then be cleared to enter a 200-metre (656-foot) keep-out sphere around the station.

A final hold will be made 30 metres (98 feet) from the station, before the Dragon will make its final approach to 10 metres (33 feet) from the station.

The space station, and shortly afterwards the Dragon, will then be placed into free-drift mode. The station crew will then use the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), Canadarm2, to capture the Dragon.

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>> No.4706594

During early approach, the arm will be placed in a “high hover” position, and the crew will configure robotics work stations to monitor the Dragon’s approach, before reviewing contingency procedures in case the capture should need to be aborted.

Once mission control gives a go for capture, the RMS capture command will be armed, the arm will be aligned with the Dragon’s grapple fixture, and brought to within 1.5 metres (5 feet) of the spacecraft. At this point, both spacecraft will enter free drift, and the SSRMS end effector will be brought into place over the grapple fixture, and the capture command will be sent.

Once capture is complete, the space station’s attitude control will be restored via the thrusters on the US Orbital Segment. Canadarm2 will then be used to move the Dragon to within 3.5 metres (11.5 feet) of the nadir port of the Harmony module; a Common Berthing Mechanism port which has previously been used for the attachment of H-II Transfer Vehicles and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules which were carried on some Space Shuttle missions.

An inspection of the Dragon’s CBM will be conducted by the ISS crew, by means of a camcorder pointed out of a hatch window on the Harmony module. The Dragon will then be moved to 1.5 metres from the port, and finally onto the port. Four indicators will show when the spacecraft is in position, at which point stage one capture will be complete. The RMS will be placed into a limp state for stage two capture, and then its brakes will be applied, and the Dragon released.

>> No.4706595

station RMS, with the Dextre attachment, will be used to study the trunk section of the Dragon in preparation for future missions where it may be necessary to unload cargo from the unpressurised section.

Once docked operations are complete, and the Dragon has been loaded with cargo to return to Earth, the crew will again grapple it with the SSRMS, and it will be released from the Harmony CBM. It will be backed about 1.75 metres (5.75 feet) away from the port, before being manoeuvred to a release point below the station. The SSRMS will be commanded to release the spacecraft, and it will then be withdrawn by about 4.5 metres (14.8 feet), before the Dragon is commanded to depart from the station.

The Dragon will make three burns to leave the vicinity of the International Space Station, with integrated operations ending once it leaves the space station’s approach ellipsoid. Once departure is complete, the navigation bay door will be closed in preparation for reentry. The spacecraft will be deorbited using its Draco thrusters, and once the deorbit burn has been made the trunk section will be jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere.

Following deorbit, Dragon C2+ will reenter the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. It will be protected by a heat shield composed of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator, or PICA-X, which can withstand temperatures of up to 2,200 degrees Celsius (4,000 degrees Fahrenheit).

>> No.4706597

The spacecraft will subsequently deploy drogue and main parachutes, and descend into the ocean. It is expected to land several hundred kilometres west of southern California.

This thread is now fucking nominal.

Hope this data is useful to you.

Pardon me while I go and call the fucking priest.

>> No.4706604

Oh yeah...

You guys disappoint me
http://mcc.ocs.nl/

Your one stop shop for all video and audio streams pertaining to NASA and space activities.

>> No.4706618

Ever since I was a child, it has been my dream to become an astronaut but I knew it would never come true. Not because I was lacking mentally or physically, but solely because I was born in the wrong country. And I know that I am not the only man who has felt this. But now, with the events that played out today, I have hope. I have hope because now I know that this dream is no longer limited by geographic or national differences but only by one's own will and well-being. It may be too late for me, but there is still hope for many others beside me.

>> No.4706621

>>4706576
>>4706576
uh... ever heard of something called a solar furnace?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_furnace

you seem like an idiot to mee and have demonstrated you lack basic knowledge on this subject.

>> No.4706734

>>4706329
>>4706329
>>4706329
amazing

>> No.4707512

>>4706497
yes
it was scrapped because of the political ramifications of putting that much plutonium into a rocket (about two pounds, oh nooooo)

idiots stifle space exploration once again