[AR] Re: SpaceX F9 Launch/Update -- Live Link

  • From: Paul Breed <paul@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:51:13 -0800

The space shuttle tossed most of the hardware and required a billion
dollars of refurb between flights, I've heard it called a 100Ton payload
fairing. ;-)


On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. <
monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For some reason the Space Shuttle just didn't seem as real to me as
this. I put it right up there with Niel landing on the moon. I'm not
even sure why it feels that good.

That felt GOOD!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [AR] Re: SpaceX F9 Launch/Update -- Live Link
From: "Tim Wilson" <timwilson3@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, December 21, 2015 7:34 pm
To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


You missed the whole Space Shuttle thing, right? ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Vanderbilt" <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 9:26 PM
Subject: [AR] Re: SpaceX F9 Launch/Update -- Live Link


Nothing wrong with being excited and showing it. I'm pretty pumped
myself... I'm coming up on thirty years pushing these ideas, though, so
I tend to remember to also answer the question "did what?" for anyone
who had other work to do and hadn't been paying as close attention this
evening.

Plenty of hard work yet to do there. But, dang! Between Blue Origin's
booster recovery a few weeks ago and this, it's pretty clear it's not
just luck, or a stunt - we really are finally well down the road to
learning how to reuse actual useful space-launch rockets.

Henry



On 12/21/2015 6:53 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. wrote:
So awesome! Please forgive my excitement in my last post.
UNBELIEVABLE!
They really did it! I cried and I'm not ashamed about one bit.

GO SPACE-X! GO!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [AR] Re: SpaceX F9 Launch/Update -- Live Link
From: Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, December 21, 2015 6:41 pm
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


It's a twofer - the second stage and payload is in orbit, and the
first
stage is upright back on the landing pad with engine off.


On 12/21/2015 3:09 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
(twitter)
ORBCOMM
‎@ORBCOMM_Inc

"UPDATE: A 5 minute launch window opens at 8:29pm ET this evening for
the #OG2 Mission 2 launch..."

On 12/20/2015 7:37 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
New launch window is 8:33 pm ET Monday.

On 12/20/2015 3:15 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
And Elon Musk's twitter feed now shows this:

"Just reviewed mission params w SpaceX team. Monte Carlo runs show
tmrw
night has a 10% higher chance of a good landing. Punting 24 hrs."

Hmm. Winds? FWIW, the Canaveral weather includes a "beach hazard
bulletin" warning of rough surf and strong offshore winds this
evening.

On 12/20/2015 11:30 AM, (Redacted sender monsieurboo for DMARC)
wrote:
And the SpaceX link for live video of the action is quite simply
their
current home page:

http://www.spacex.com/


Cheers,
Mark L.




Subject: [AR] Re: F9 Launch/Update Thread
From: Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:51:19 -0700

SpaceX worked through the issues and got their static fire test
done
late Friday. They currently hope to launch in a brief window at
8:29
pm
eastern Sunday. (Next window would be Tuesday.) Best wishes to
their
operations crew for a successful flight in time for all to be home
for
Christmas.










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