Spot the Space Station

[OakIslandBrewery]

I got that book pinned as a save in Amazon but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. From what I understand it's a good read.

 

[passedpawn]

Liftoff is VERY good. It will give you a new appreciation of SpaceX, believe me.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Liftoff is VERY good. It will give you a new appreciation of SpaceX, believe me.

Thanks for the tip, I have no doubts the book will be great. I've been following SpaceX from the beginning and it's the one thing I follow almost daily, HBT too. I'm in Florida at least twice a year and always get to see a launch or just to see one of the boosters come in to port. It never gets old!

 

[passedpawn]

Thanks for the tip, I have no doubts the book will be great. I've been following SpaceX from the beginning and it's the one thing I follow almost daily, HBT too. I'm in Florida at least twice a year and always get to see a launch or just to see one of the boosters come in to port. It never gets old!

I'm in Florida once a year. I stay for roughly 52 weeks. Hot in the summer, but I like the vibe.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I'm in Florida once a year. I stay for roughly 52 weeks. Hot in the summer, but I like the vibe.

I'd move in a heartbeat if I could convince my wife.
My mom and brother live on Merritt Island. Summer is hot but way more tolerable than winter in Wisconsin. I wouldn't miss snow at all. You're a lucky soul!

 

[day_trippr]

Did you ever read Liftoff?

I finally did, and thanks for the recommendation
I liked it, but wished it was longer and deeper...

Cheers!

 

[Pkrd]

Liftoff is VERY good. It will give you a new appreciation of SpaceX, believe me.

I especially like how it doesn’t gloss over the personal toll success took on the SpaceX staff.
Space is hard in many ways.

Looking forward to Starship!

I’m travelling around at the moment, here’s a distant shot of Rocket Lab LC1 across the bay. They should be back in business shortly.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I finally did, and thanks for the recommendation
I liked it, but wished it was longer and deeper...

Cheers!

Just purchased a copy, I should have it Saturday. Besides getting the book I hope there was a successful launch to make the day even better!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Launch postponed till maybe Saturday, failed grid fin actuator. Bummer, but safety first!

 

[day_trippr]

Yup, now scheduled for 8 AM EST Saturday...

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-second-test-flight-launch-delay
Cheers!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Yup, now scheduled for 8 AM EST Saturday...

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-second-test-flight-launch-delay
Cheers!

Better for me, now I can sleep in tomorrow. Pizza day, made three for my daughters arrival, her favorite, mine too. Also kegged beer. Great day.

 

[passedpawn]

So, I heard there was an issue between Sir Elon and Youtube, and that the official SpaceX stream would only be on X (the artist formerly known as prince). Any other news on that?

I love the spaceX feed. They have the best duo, guy and gal, every time. Quite knowledgeable, and they fill the gobs of empty air time with excellent chatter, copiously filled with data and stories.

I want to be prepared

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Gee, I hope that's not true. My daily viewing is on both Labpadre and NFS, both of are up and running this morning. Maybe the actual SpaceX feed will only be on X.

I do like the SpaceX feed for their commentary as it's folks who work there but sometimes it's tough watching all three for the best shots during a launch.

Time will tell I guess. We might have rely on the daily news feed between who is getting impeached, war bombings or someone in court.

We need a SpaceX channel.

 

[passedpawn]

Gee, I hope that's not true. My daily viewing is on both Labpadre and NFS, both of are up and running this morning. Maybe the actual SpaceX feed will only be on X.

I do like the SpaceX feed for their commentary as it's folks who work there but sometimes it's tough watching all three for the best shots during a launch.

Time will tell I guess. We might have rely on the daily news feed between who is getting impeached, war bombings or someone in court.

We need a SpaceX channel.

Well, considering Elon owns both X and SpaceX, I think X is it.

 

[day_trippr]

I've been semi-frantically pawing around and so far haven't found anything that suggests the SpaceX Youtube channel won't live stream the launch on Saturday morning. I'm not inclined to subscribe to the freak show that is X...

Cheers!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Good Morning, Coffee on, three screens/feeds on, a breakfast sandwich - I'm ready!!!

Go Starship!!!!!!!

 

[passedpawn]

15 minutes!

 

[passedpawn]

Appears all 33 raptors fired, sweet!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

OMG, what a launch!

 

[Konadog]

That was awesome! Rapid dis-assembly of the first stage after separation was a bonus.

 

[passedpawn]

I have 3 streams up on my monitors. I think the best one is everyday astronaut feed on youtube. You get the official SpaceX feed there plus some really fun commentary.

 

[day_trippr]

Well that was wild! I guess the FTS on Starship kicked in...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

Well that was wild! I guess the FTS on Starship kicked in...

Cheers!

Yep, double RUD. No landings. But that booster RUD was a bonus. Sploded into a nebula

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Bonus morning for sure and IMO a successful launch even though the Starship didn't make it to Hawaii.

I hope it's a quick turnaround for ITF-3!

 

[passedpawn]

I hope it's a quick turnaround for ITF-3!

I'm sure Elon will tweet a 1-week turnaround. But FAA reviews might add months delay.

 

[day_trippr]

Hopefully they have a big cache of Raptors

 

[Konadog]

I love the shock wave that went thru the fog when they lit all 33 raptors. We haven't heard if the launch pad survived yet have we.

Either way, this launch was 100% better than the last one.

I hope they can get the Falcon 9 off tonight on the west coast as they scrubbed the last two nights. Weather should be better tonight.

 

[passedpawn]

I love the shock wave that went thru the fog when they lit all 33 raptors. We haven't heard if the launch pad survived yet have we.

Either way, this launch was 100% better than the last one.

I think it looked pretty good. One of the launch sites put up a live camera of the pad aftermath and it looked just fine. I think the water deluge helped a lot.

The tower and the "chopstick" rocket grabbers looked brand new afterward. Even the blinking lights at the top of the tower were still blinking (how the hell do they survive that?)

 

[day_trippr]

Nice synopsis of what happened and where they are now...



Cheers!

 

[tracer bullet]

https://www.astrobotic.com/astrobotics-peregrine-launches-to-the-moon/
Maybe people saw this, but we sent something towards the moon a few mornings ago. Alas, it doesn't seem to be doing well. I had planned to put a note on my calendar to try and follow if it actually landed. Oh well.

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PEREGRN-1