On 12/21/2015 09:51 PM, Paul Breed wrote:
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. ;-)Yes, STS is a hard one to pigeonhole in terms of flight regimes. They ditch the LOX/H2 tankage, which is a bit like throwing an apartment building away on every launch.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <mailto:timwilson3@xxxxxxx>>
> Date: Mon, December 21, 2015 7:34 pm
> To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
>
> You missed the whole Space Shuttle thing, right? ;)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Vanderbilt" <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> >> Date: Mon, December 21, 2015 6:41 pm
> >> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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>
> >>>>>> <mailto: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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >