What an embarrassment for Boeing, and very justified.
I really want this to end in a good light but it seems doubtful. I hope they can get home safely but it doesn't appear to be on the ship they came in on.
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I really want this to end in a good light but it seems doubtful. I hope they can get home safely but it doesn't appear to be on the ship they came in on.
Meanwhile, SpaceX just keeps doing their thing:
June 25 Falcon Heavy • GOES U
Launch time: 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 UTC)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
"A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May."
Cheers!
June 25 Falcon Heavy • GOES U
Launch time: 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 UTC)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
"A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May."
Cheers!
Yup, I will miss it by a couple days. Tried to schedule my trip to watch it but . . .
Another Falcon 9 tonight if everything goes well. Should be a nice time of night again to put on a show.
I had that one listed as either yesterday or today. Looks like it's this evening...
"Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Sunday, June 23, at 8:47 p.m. PDT (11:47 p.m. EDT, 0347 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 11th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight."
"Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Sunday, June 23, at 8:47 p.m. PDT (11:47 p.m. EDT, 0347 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 11th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight."
And another drone ship landing stuck 
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I didn't get as much as usual this launch. Had issues operating the phone and holding my beer 
This just never gets old!
This just never gets old!
Still pretty damned cool!
Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES satellite appears to have gone off without a hitch.
As always, seeing the side boosters landing together is pretty cool...
As always, seeing the side boosters landing together is pretty cool...
If all goes well again, we have another launch to watch tonight. I think that's 3 in 10 days!
Never sure about coverage for these spook satellite launches...
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=nrol-186
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=nrol-186
While not as exciting as a later (darker skies) launch, it's still cool to watch.
^cool^
That was one of the best video'd barge landings I've seen yet. They usually have break-ups in the video but this one is clean from both barge and booster cams...
That was one of the best video'd barge landings I've seen yet. They usually have break-ups in the video but this one is clean from both barge and booster cams...
Space is hard. Chinese ground test accidently turned into a booster launch
Space is hard! I wonder if they at least got any good test data 
Well, they tried twice last night before they scrubbed, maybe tonight we'll get our 4th rocket in as many weeks.
Firefly prepares its Alpha rocket for a second launch attempt of NASA mission following ground systems issue
Firefly prepares its Alpha rocket for a second launch attempt of NASA mission following ground systems issue
Well, maybe the fourth try will get it launched.
Firefly to make another attempt to launch Alpha rocket on NASA mission
Firefly to make another attempt to launch Alpha rocket on NASA mission
Super foggy, but the clock still ticking at T - 22:00
[edit] Appears to have been a perfect launch! Good deal!
[edit] Appears to have been a perfect launch! Good deal!
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Not bad viewing. This flew away from the coast and not down the coast so it was a bit different than the SpaceX launches. Still pretty cool!
If all goes well again, we get another SpaceX launch on the 7th.
If all goes well again, we get another SpaceX launch on the 7th.
Well tonight's planed launch is at a crappy time to view (5:21 pm Pacific) but will try and watch anyways.
Turksat 6A Mission
Turksat 6A Mission
Well that's interesting, I think SpaceX web people are drunk today. First it said, 5:21 at Vandenberg, now it says 7:30 at at Cape Canaveral. Then I get an email that it's at 7:46 at Vandenberg again.
Here's my prediction, somewhere at some time a rocket might be launched!
Space is hard
Here's my prediction, somewhere at some time a rocket might be launched!
Space is hard
A small compilation of nebulas photographed by Hubble over the years. Look like candy
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NASA needs to proffer a new candy crush like game.
No way should NASA fly anyone back home on it, it's time to pull the plug on Starliner (and the SLS) and give the contracts to SpaceX...
https://news.yahoo.com/news/sounding-boeings-starliner-may-completely-165211616.html
https://news.yahoo.com/news/sounding-boeings-starliner-may-completely-165211616.html
That's just embarrassing on so may levels. It should have never left the ground in the first place with the issues it had.
Maybe NASA isn't giving Boeing enough money.
If the Star liner doesn't come back to earth, how they going to know if it'll land successfully? Another procedure Boeing didn't fully test.
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It'll return, but without crew onboard. If it doesn't make it, same outcome as scuttling in space somewhere. Failure with crew onboard is a MASSIVE PR issue that will end Boeing's manned space program. It might be done now anyway. God knows they have enough problems with aircraft inside our atmosphere.
It was a sarcastic comment. I'm sure Boeing wants to get the module back. All the testing they done back on earth as to why the thrusters weren't working correctly hasn't helped them solve the issues.
It's such a shame all the time and money invested in the program and to show for it they have two astronauts on a extended stay. I'm glad they made it there safely. I wonder what the two of them really think . . .
