SpaceX rockets and launches

[Tankus]

oooerrrr

 

[skyscraper101]

8 mins to go. Exciting

 

[Crispy]

Buitterflies

 

[2hats]

Lightning field mills are all green. No precipitation concerns.

 

[A380]

Come on .

 

[weltweit]

8 mins to go. Exciting

Glad I saw your post, my life feed had gotten 60 minutes delayed :-/

 

[weltweit]

There is something uniquely American that the two astronauts are being referred to as "Bob & Doug"

 

[Tankus]

heh ..."Bob and Doug"s next great adventure

 

[weltweit]

Just a British contribution to the American applause

Yay

 

[A380]

Bob and Doug!

 

[T & P]

All going smoothly so far

 

[A380]

First stage landed !

 

[ginger_syn]

Its quite exciting.

 

[skyscraper101]

Are they wearing wellies?

 

[Tankus]

they needed string for that blue inflatable diplodocus . so not fully equipped ,

Elon should have got them some welsh wellies

 

[weltweit]

19 hours till arrival at the space station.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

YES YES YES YES YES

 

[Numbers]

Can we see this in the UK?

 

[Tankus]

50 years to come full circle

 

[Epona]

That was epic

 

[weltweit]

The nose cone is deployed ..

What language is this because it certainly isn't English ..

Thrust is nominal ..

wtf

:-/

 

[Limejuice]

I enjoyed that.

I'm raising a glass to rocketeers everywhere.

 

[weltweit]

What is this business of throttling down for max Q (is it, max resistance or something)?

 

[20Bees]

Wow
Like the kid watching Apollo 11 all those years ago, I’ve been sitting here twitching and squeaking and the dog keeps bringing toys to make it better

 

[20Bees]

Understatement of the week!

Its quite exciting.

 

[Crispy]

What is this business of throttling down for max Q (is it, max resistance or something)?

This is when the aerodynamic forces are at their highest. The rocket is getting faster and faster, while the atmosphere is getting thinner and thinner. Max Q is when the effect of the thinning atmosphere outweighs the increasing speed and the air resistance starts to slack off. They deliberately lower the thrust at this time to keep the vehicle stresses low.

 

[2hats]

Can we see this in the UK?

Look upthread.

 

[weltweit]

This is when the aerodynamic forces are at their highest. The rocket is getting faster and faster, while the atmosphere is getting thinner and thinner. Max Q is when the effect of the thinning atmosphere outweighs the increasing speed and the air resistance starts to slack off. They deliberately lower the thrust at this time to keep the vehicle stresses low.

Thanks Crispy, I figured it was something like that, they only throttled back for a short time though which is interesting.

Watching the post launch interview with the NASA boss, they were all quite nervous, the NASA boss said he was praying. Should they really have such little confidence?

 

[Crispy]

Thanks Crispy, I figured it was something like that, they only throttled back for a short time though which is interesting.

Watching the post launch interview with the NASA boss, they were all quite nervous, the NASA boss said he was praying. Should they really have such little confidence?

Even the safest spaceflight is still a hairy business.

 

[Epona]

Thanks Crispy, I figured it was something like that, they only throttled back for a short time though which is interesting.

Watching the post launch interview with the NASA boss, they were all quite nervous, the NASA boss said he was praying. Should they really have such little confidence?

Basically you have humans in a small capsule strapped to the top of a massive fucking explosive device, anyone who isn't shitting their pants to some degree has something wrong with them...