SpaceX

[Tank]

spacex launched again tonight from vandenburg. we stood in our front yard and watched it race by, headed towards san diego. according to launch data, it was just starting to pick up speed through our area at 6000+ mph.

it was pretty impressive to see.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft

[Lhalo]

14 hours ago, Tank said:

spacex launched again tonight from vandenburg. we stood in our front yard and watched it race by, headed towards san diego. according to launch data, it was just starting to pick up speed through our area at 6000+ mph.

it was pretty impressive to see.

I watched it with my kids. It was the first time I saw the booster come back down. The entry burn lit up the sky way more than the 2nd stage.

Now I know what to look for on the next launch.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Lhalo said:

I watched it with my kids. It was the first time I saw the booster come back down. The entry burn lit up the sky way more than the 2nd stage.

Now I know what to look for on the next launch.

watching the booster return to earth and land on the target is as exciting as the first time of discovering the opposite sex. 

[Lhalo]

Just now, Tank said:

watching the booster return to earth and land on the target is as exciting as the first time of discovering the opposite sex. 

It looked like it was landing somewhere out by San Clemente island. It was hard to tell where exactly but it was definitely south. 

[gotbeer]

So I read an article that said that SpaceX's main source of income is no longer rocket launches.  They are getting more money from Starlink now.  

[gotbeer]

SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle

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"During this burn, several engines began shutting down before one engine failed energetically, quickly cascading to a rapid unscheduled disassembly of the booster,"

 

[Tank]

"quickly cascading to a rapid unscheduled disassembly of the booster"

such a poetic way to say it blew up.

[Lhalo]

 

[gotbeer]

Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights

[Redondo]

 

[Tank]

i'm no expert, but it looked to me like there was some kind of malfunction.

[gotbeer]

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

i'm no expert, but it looked to me like there was some kind of malfunction.

Or Godzilla.  Wake up sheeple.

[Lhalo]

Less than an hour for the next starship launch. @Tank @gotbeer @Redondo @Slegnaac

 

[RallyMo]

Looking good this morning. Really great stuff.

[gotbeer]

3 tries and they get starship to space. Hopefully they have video of the rapid disassembly of the first stage

[Lhalo]

Falcon 9 vapor trail above my house. Sunset launches are the best.

 

[Blarg]

Pulled off the freeway to catch this flying over San Dimas.

 

 

 

[gotbeer]

I always miss the good ones

[Lhalo]

 

[gotbeer]

Probably going to miss this one too.  But this might be a pretty spectacular launch.  Dusk, right before a storm.

Watch for a SpaceX rocket set for Friday launch from the California coast

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A Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Friday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Santa Barbara and soar along the coastline. Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 p.m. PT after Thursday night's launch was scrubbed.

 

[Lhalo]

8 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Probably going to miss this one too.  But this might be a pretty spectacular launch.  Dusk, right before a storm.

Watch for a SpaceX rocket set for Friday launch from the California coast

 

Clouds are rolling in. 

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Clouds are rolling in. 

Exactly 

[Lhalo]

11 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Exactly 

I think it was already pushed until tomorrow but it doesn’t matter because the sky visibility is going to suck all weekend. Oh well. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Still launching ?