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Nzoner's Game Room>Space Exploration megathread
DaFace 09:40 AM 06-01-2014
Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions

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How to Watch a Live Launch
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Where to Learn More
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Glossary
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Donger 04:06 PM 04-18-2018
Originally Posted by DaFace:

Aside from that, there's this goofy bastard.




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Wait, what?
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DaFace 04:48 PM 04-18-2018
Originally Posted by Donger:
Wait, what?
Theory is they're going to try using something called a ballute:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballute
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DaFace 04:48 PM 04-18-2018
I sure hope this goes well. This is definitely one of the more important things SpaceX has launched so far.
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DaFace 04:52 PM 04-18-2018
Looks like a beautiful day to watch a rocket launch.
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DaFace 05:01 PM 04-18-2018
Feels like it's been forever since we've actually had a landing to watch. All looks good thus far.
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Bewbies 05:07 PM 04-18-2018
It will never get old watching rockets land. So crazy.
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Molitoth 05:17 PM 04-18-2018
Doh, did I miss something?
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Molitoth 05:20 PM 04-18-2018
weee, just watched the replay on youtube of the drone landing, but do not see any status on catching the fairing.
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DaFace 05:20 PM 04-18-2018
Originally Posted by Molitoth:
Doh, did I miss something?
Launch and landing is done, but the webcast is still up if you want to watch. You can rewind for those parts and then go back to live to watch the second burn and deploy here in a bit.
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DaFace 05:23 PM 04-18-2018
Originally Posted by Molitoth:
weee, just watched the replay on youtube of the drone landing, but do not see any status on catching the fairing.
They're still having a lot of trouble figuring that part out. They did have chutes on one of the fairing halves but no boat to try and catch it.
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DaFace 05:30 PM 04-18-2018
While we're waiting for the sat deploy, I went ahead and updated the OP. Bangabandhu-1 isn't all that notable in terms of the payload, but it'll be the first launch of the "Block 5" version of the rocket. In theory, the booster will be capable of being reused up to 10 times without refurbishment. I'll be curious to see (assuming it works) if they consider giving the boosters names in the future since we'll see a single booster putting in a lot of work.
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DaFace 05:44 PM 04-18-2018
All looks good. Still need to hear from NASA that they've got a good signal, but for now, we can breathe easier. :-)
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DaFace 05:58 PM 04-18-2018
Solar arrays deployed. Now TESS just has to move itself into its proper orbit over the next couple months. Total mission success on the SpaceX side!
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Hydrae 06:19 PM 04-18-2018
That was pretty awesome. Love seeing a private firm launching FOR NASA. I have been a proponent of privatizing space since the Apollo program died.
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DaFace 06:29 PM 04-18-2018
Originally Posted by Hydrae:
That was pretty awesome. Love seeing a private firm launching FOR NASA. I have been a proponent of privatizing space since the Apollo program died.
Yep. I've slowly become more and more against SLS. NASA needs to get out of the launch vehicle game and focus on doing great science instead. Once Blue Origin gets New Glenn up and running, they'll have multiple options for providers to do just about any launch they could want.
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