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(SpaceX) Interesting Today's second chance at rocket failure brought to you by SpaceX. Their Falcon 1 (25% success rate) launches today. Webcast begins at 6:40pm EDT. LGT stream   (spacex.com) divider line 175
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Amdahl's street justice 2009-07-13 11:48:01 PM  
woohoo! it made it!

 
wengkius 2009-07-13 11:48:36 PM  
Misha80: 4150meters per second that's fast.

Not as fast as

sprott.physics.wisc.edu

 
BZWingZero [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-07-13 11:48:51 PM  
Holy crap! It worked! Go SpaceX!

 
XMark 2009-07-13 11:49:29 PM  
Yeeha!

 
The Bestest 2009-07-13 11:50:06 PM  
now granted it was due to weather and no malfunction and also granted the launches were on opposite sides of the world, but its still a bit profound to me that a private company, one only a few years old at that, has a successful launch the same day NASA has to postpone theirs.

 
ColonelNorth 2009-07-13 11:51:33 PM  
If only they kept the audio going. I wanted to hear if the second stage would relight and if deployment was successful live.

 
jw1776 2009-07-13 11:51:36 PM  
That recycling of a system with only 3 minutes to launch, and still being calm enough to get it Green and launch it... Wow

 
RocketRay 2009-07-13 11:52:02 PM  
Check ain't in the mail til spacecraft separation, but from the looks of it they're gonna get that check. They got past the hard parts beautifully.

 
Astidcrisse 2009-07-13 11:55:34 PM  
i777.photobucket.com

 
global wombats [TotalFark] 2009-07-13 11:55:46 PM  
IC Stars: and at least find someone who doesn't say "gonna"

Was so sure it was gonna go boom!

After the first stage separation, when it blew up last time I watched, you just knew this thing is gonna go all the way.

For a dodgy outfit, Spacex did a great job here.

Well done guys, gonna have a few more beers celebrating your success.

And video from 260 kilometres up, that is gonna be impressive!

Gonna go now.

 
W. T. Fark [TotalFark] 2009-07-13 11:56:23 PM  
The Bestest: now granted it was due to weather and no malfunction and also granted the launches were on opposite sides of the world, but its still a bit profound to me that a private company, one only a few years old at that, has a successful launch the same day NASA has to postpone theirs.

SpaceX would not have had so much derring-do if they were carrying humans on-board.

 
i am the infidel 2009-07-13 11:56:28 PM  
I congratulate SpaceX. Job well done.

I did notice that they lost communications because of the curvature of the earth and the signal was line of site. If only there were a group of communication satellites that circled the earth that could prevent that from happening.

Honestly, job well done.

 
BZWingZero [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-07-13 11:57:14 PM  
global wombats: For a dodgy outfit, Spacex did a great job here.

After two successful launches in a row, they are quickly leaving dodgy territory and heading to reputable launch provider.

 
maxheck 2009-07-13 11:59:17 PM  
jw1776:

That recycling of a system with only 3 minutes to launch, and still being calm enough to get it Green and launch it... Wow

That was my thought... I have no idea what the RCO system is, but having it go red 4 minutes before launch has to be a big "Uh-oh!"

 
The Bestest 2009-07-14 12:02:20 AM  
W. T. Fark: The Bestest: now granted it was due to weather and no malfunction and also granted the launches were on opposite sides of the world, but its still a bit profound to me that a private company, one only a few years old at that, has a successful launch the same day NASA has to postpone theirs.

SpaceX would not have had so much derring-do if they were carrying humans on-board.


True, but their next launch is the maiden flight of the Falcon 9, which will ultimately carry their Dragon manned vehicle.

 
X15 2009-07-14 12:10:51 AM  
X15: GAH! Commentary! NO!

At least the chick is different this time, and possibly better, we shall see.


So much better then before! The last chick was horrible, and someone finally told them both to not talk over the loop.

 
sjbiars 2009-07-14 12:24:41 AM  
Private companies can't afford as much CGI time as NASA or the Soviets.

 
glompoc 2009-07-14 12:32:04 AM  
Now if Elon Musk can make his Electric cars work...

 
Fragility 2009-07-14 01:14:48 AM  
I feel silly. I posted the image in the Endeavor thread.

The screenie i took in the live feed. I suck cause all i have is Microsoft Paint and an image resizer.

i10.photobucket.com

Same image seen in story
No I don't know how to do new windows, so control clicky please.

 
tomwilson 2009-07-14 01:48:12 AM  
Amdahl's street justice: YES YOU BLOODY WELL SHOULD HAVE

/No hate, just mega-jealous

 
Manhigh [TotalFark] 2009-07-14 06:11:55 AM  
The Bestest: now granted it was due to weather and no malfunction and also granted the launches were on opposite sides of the world, but its still a bit profound to me that a private company, one only a few years old at that, has a successful launch the same day NASA has to postpone theirs.

To be fair, this thing didn't launch from Florida where the weather problems were, so they didnt have the same conditions. Also, NASA tends to err on the side of caution more than they might if they weren't launching people.

That said, it was an awesome launch.

 
jack21221 2009-07-14 08:12:11 AM  
Well done, SpaceX!

 
Somaticasual [TotalFark] 2009-07-14 10:41:15 AM  
Fragility: I feel silly. I posted the image in the Endeavor thread.

The screenie i took in the live feed. I suck cause all i have is Microsoft Paint and an image resizer.



Same image seen in story
No I don't know how to do new windows, so control clicky please.


you should check out GIMP if you can't afford one of the graphics editors - it's a freebie open-source photoshop substitute..

 
Fragility 2009-07-14 12:19:28 PM  
Somaticasual: Fragility: I feel silly. I posted the image in the Endeavor thread.

The screenie i took in the live feed. I suck cause all i have is Microsoft Paint and an image resizer.



Same image seen in story
No I don't know how to do new windows, so control clicky please.

you should check out GIMP if you can't afford one of the graphics editors - it's a freebie open-source photoshop substitute..


Ya, I had GIMP on my old computer. I just built a new one and haven't installed it yet. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 
roughridersfan 2009-07-14 12:48:00 PM  
Another option is Paint.NET, which is also free.

 
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