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 Mar 20 2007, 11:37 PM
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put the screen in your front window and move back about 100 yards.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 20 2007, 11:47 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
With a monitor that large, you're seing Falcon 1 slightly larger than it is in real life.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
You have five minutes to get your mocha Doug.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:04 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm not falling for that one again...see
"I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO"  Doug |
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Mar 21 2007, 12:04 AM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Oooh. I've no fingernails left. How do people do this for a living...
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Mar 21 2007, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
darn
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:07 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Oops - someone didn't realise his mike was still on.... But I share the sentiment. aaaargh..
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Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I assume once they've done an ignitiion they can't then recycle for another go.....oh - and did you just head that bit of audio on the feed
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Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM
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Like I've been saying all along -- I'll believe it when I see it.
So far, I still ain't seen it. Lots of nice smoke and flame, just no rising rocket...  And I swear, about 30 seconds after the engine shut down and they called the abort, I heard one of the controllers' voices on the loop saying an agonized "Oh, God...!" -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Mar 21 2007, 12:08 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
And again. Someone really needs to tell that guy he's on air.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:10 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
You don't hear that during an Atlas V launch
Hell, I didn't hear so much as a "Merde" after that first Ariane V failure Doug |
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Mar 21 2007, 12:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I too would think once they entered ignition sequence that would be it, but I swear I thought I heard someone whisper something about trying another go-round.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:16 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
SFN agrees with you..
"main engine chamber pressure was less than 0.1 percent lower than the redline limit, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX vice president of business development, tells reporters. She added they are looking to recycle the countdown. Launch has not been scrubbed." Recycle to T-11min being touted....I'm impressed. Doug |
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Mar 21 2007, 12:16 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
I herd that too. I thought I heard the same guy (he was the F*** and M**********r dude) say that it was "just 1 PSI over". Possibly I misheard but they are apparently recycling back to T-11 so it looks like we're still on.
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Mar 21 2007, 12:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Yep -- the last thing I heard, here, was "Verify you have no contraints for a recycle," followed by "Verified." Looks like they're gonna try again, here.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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