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- imbecile10
- Bravo !gonzalle
- Fucking wow.ArmandoEstrada
- that double fucking landing. ahhh, who needs sciencejaylarson
- What about that center core tho...cannonball1978
- Don't Panic. So cool.Wolfboy
- Jesus christ, this brings tears to my eyes, so amazing.elahon
- CygnusZero4-8
Cool. Wake me up in 40 years when they actually do something with this and put a dude on mars.
- Hey cygnus - go check your posts from earlier in this thread, dour bucket of pointless negativity that you are.detritus
- K, you keep celebrating the molasses that is the US space programs. Garbage next to what they were doing in the 60s at breakneck speeds.CygnusZero4
- Takes the fucking guys 10 years to launch anything now. In the 60s, took them only 10 years to figure out how to put someone on the MOON.CygnusZero4
- None of us here will live to see them put a man on mars. Moving at a snails pace with little funding or support from washington. Space isnt important anymore.CygnusZero4
- At what cost? SpaceX can do that ... and make a profit. The SLS, etc, is indeed a pork barrel of molasses. Your ire in this regard is misguided at best.detritus
- Musk is having to do this on his own along with some investors, and at this rate it will take 50 years to actually get a guy on mars.CygnusZero4
- with less computing power than a simple phone, i get CY, but it doesn't mean this thing wasn't really awesome.renderedred
- Peronally I think Mars is misguided. Moon and deep space is where things should be going now. If Musk wants to do Mars, let him - he's earned every right.detritus
- It must truly suck being you Cygnus. A man whom can not enjoy one single fucking thing.kona
- SpaceX isn’t a us space program. It’s private.monospaced
- The entire point of this was to get funding. It could be argued you share the same opinion as musk. Difference is that he’s doing something about it.monospaced
- GM2784
- upvoted you both hahapockets
- i am guessing the next tesla commercial...renderedred
- the moon looks weirdly tiny here :\detritus
- flat earthimbecile
- also, there's a load of shit coming off this thing, which can't be good in local orbit. Polish job is cool though - earth's reflection! *dampensdetritus
- BusterBoy1
Brilliant to watch apart from the Apple Storesque cheering on the live stream that made it impossible to hear any of the comms in the background.
- Oh God Yeah - I'm afraid that's the one thing I really loathe about SpaceX footage.
Just shut thew fuck up and gaze in awe. Then clap at the end, as allowed.detritus - It was all a bit Ryder Cup. WOO! GET IN TO SPACE!!Fax_Benson
- Oh God Yeah - I'm afraid that's the one thing I really loathe about SpaceX footage.
- pockets1
twitter post with no solid source:
"Hearing from a friend that works in SpaceX, center core failed to relight and destroyed ASDS OCISLY"
- "Live stream radio confirms they lost the center core on landing on the drone ship. Bummer."pockets
- https://video.twimg.…pockets
- Boo, I feared as much. It's the most important bit, too! I'm guessing those pylons that attached side boosters might've fucked things on the way downdetritus
- ..he says, entirely speaking out of his arse.detritus
- uan7
- "Don't Panic" was a great touch.R_Kercz
- ^So goodGM278
- It's a great time to be alive!shapesalad
- Fax_Benson1
pretty incredible once I realised I was watching the wrong stream
- detritus0
who's the limp fucker downvoting positive posts here... I wonder?
- fiver4
Gives me chills. Amazing. Has the core landed?
- I don't want to be negative, but I'm guessing something less than great happened there.detritus
- *refreshes twitter every 10 seconds*detritus
- i know!renderedred
- GM2782
Ten minutes to liftoff. Go baby, go!
- Oh fuck me, have they brought it back forward?! Thank fuck I came home when I did! (!!!)detritus
- HOLY CRAP the two falcon rockets landing!GM278
- Thanks for posting, man - I would've been totally gutted if I'd missed that - I literally got home 5 minutes before reading your post!detritus
- You're very welcome!GM278
- renderedred4
Fucking awesome! Best thing I watched in a while.
- uan1
- detritus0
Bunch of fucker! Delayed until after midnight GMT
- detritus0
I really, really, really want to know what it sounds like to hear three orbital rockets go off at the same time, in person.
- detritus2
Crikey, I'd never seen this. Just imagine having no concept of what this is and seeing it in the sky overhead one night.
- detritus1
An interesting user comment from Arstechnica on the apparent Zuma failure...
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Legit conspiracy theory time. How do you put a satellite in orbit without anyone knowing about it? You hide it with another satellite!
Apparently, during the first launch window for Zuma back on November 15, a secretive US satellite tracked as "USA-276" was due to fly directly overhead under conditions ideal for a rendezvous. USA-276 itself is secretive and unusual, having passed as close as four miles from the ISS. It seems like the NRO (or whoever actually built it) has a lot of confidence in their control over that satellite and its maneuverability.
The rescheduled launch window for Zuma seemed to rule out a rendezvous with USA-276; the launch inclination was expected to be similar, but the satellite wouldn't be passing overhead at the time. However, several days of launch delays coincidentally moved Zuma's launch window closer and closer to lining up with USA-276's orbit. The earlier launch windows could have been decoys, intended to suggest a willingness to launch away from USA-276 when it remained their goal the whole time.
What are the reasons for this? Well, if USA-276 is meant to be a highly maneuverable satellite, it could potentially burn through fuel quickly. Testing the ability to refuel an unmanned spy satellite would be highly valuable. If you made the rendezvous quickly, you could claim your refueling drone was "lost" and it would be hard to disprove. We're not yet at the point that civilians can track the exact location of every satellite at all times without government help (hell, we can still lose highly advanced jumbo jets in the middle of the ocean). Once the refueling drone is docked with USA-276, they would be tracked as a single object in orbit.
Why claim it's lost, then? To try to hide that you have this ability. That's especially relevant when you consider the repeated close passes USA-276 has made to the ISS. It seems like a satellite meant to surveil other satellites, which would be more valuable if it had ample fuel and could make orbital changes more frequently. You'd only get one real shot at it before the element of surprise is lost, but if you had a maneuverable satellite with ample fuel on board, you could go take close-up photos of a few Russian satellites before they realized what you were doing. Hell, maybe even get close enough to grab one and deorbit it.
They also could just have deorbited USA-276, and parked Zuma in its orbit so it looks like USA-276 now. Claim you lost your new satellite, when you really lost your old and spent one.
— shelbystripes
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https://mainenginecu…detritus - Turns out 'lighting conditions' will make it impossible for non-state actors to track anything in the orbit SX attempted to launch in for 2 weeks. Convenient!detritus
- http://www.nbcnews.c…detritus
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