>Weather is 60% "go" for today’s Falcon 9 launch attempt, sending Dragon to resupply the International Space Station. Lightning and clouds are still a concern. Liftoff is targeted for 4:10pm ET – live launch webcast begins at 3:55pm.
Place your bets
>>47521479
inb4 "why don't they launch in the mornings when the weather is good"
What research progress are they even making launching these rockets anyway?
>>47521556
this particular rocket is a ferry mission for hardware, experimental samples, and provisions for the ISS.
Stream and info:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVpa25iqH0
NASA TV for your video players:
http://public.infozen.cshls.lldns.net/infozen/public/public.m3u8
>>47521556
ISS supplies and some tiny satellites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-6#Payload
They are also attempting another landing on the boat
>>47521609
>They are also attempting another landing on the boat
This is a joke right? kek
>>47521659
no it's real
> Elon Musk @elonmusk · 23h 23 hours ago
>Odds of rocket landing successfully today are still less than 50%. The 80% figure by end of year is only bcs many launches ahead.
What's with the towers surrounding it?
>>47521659
Could someone explain why this is something that needs to be done from a scientific perspective other than "cause my dick is bigger"?
>>47521659
they did it once.
it makes for easier recovery + better cost efficiency (they can reuse most of the rocket)
>>47521609
>>47521659
Nice boat.
>>47521713
Tesla Towers.
>>47521750
Fair enough.
>>47521713
lightning.
>>47521713
Provides lightning something to hit other than the rocket full of highly explosive fuel.
>>47521729
It allows them to re-use the rocket after each launch. So if they recover the stage, all they have to do is make sure nothing will break on a subsequent launch, refuel it, slap a fresh payload on it, and launch again. They could save easily $40M USD per launch by reusing the first stage.
>>47521729
landing a rocket on a boat with people on it seems like a good idea eh?
Rockets, man.
Why is Science just so god damn motherfucking cool?
>>47521772
The barge is unmanned.
>>47521729
https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/why-explore-space-a-1970-letter-to-a-nun-in-africa/
for the future of mankind
Pic related is what happened last time, they tried the boat thing. I'm starting to think it really is a joke.
>>47521659
damn i really hope that will work
DAILY REMINDER THAT SPACEX NEVER LAUNCHES ON TIME
SCREEN CAP THIS POST, IT'S GOING TO BE SCRUBBED
http://strawpoll.me/4124427
>>47521780
Nature is cooler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPrGxB1Kzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXK2G2AzMTU
>just one or two storms
see you tomorrow
55 minutes
>>47522164
hahahaha
>>47522164
Chuckled.
Reminder that Elon Musk is the savior of all mankind.
IT'S HABBENING
Launch has been delayed 1 second.
>>47522164
Post the Launch is no go one.
>>47522364
I couldn't find it.
What's taking so long?
>>47522164
>>47522371
>>47522364
Is NASA TV's stream unreliable as fuck for anyone else?
>>47521809
lmao
funky music
http://livestream.com/spacex/events/3959775
>>47522393
Sorry, no, it's fine for me. But I'm in urop with 130MB/s down.
>>47521788
I guess you can't say niggers are always going to find a way to kill themselves, why give them food to find another way....
>>47521809
fuck off, your the reason companies usually don't release their failures. Don't ruin it...
>>47521729
they could land the rocket at the launch site but it would take more fuel. It's cheaper to land on the boat and ferry it over.
>explosions
>>47522393
yeah a mediocre 28mpbs downstream and its freezing for me
They are using Thinkpad Lenovo
all go for launch
there will be rocket history or a cool explosion, win win really.
Reminder this wouldn't be happening without GNU/Linux
>>47522576
daily reminder that the rocket will not be running on linux as it's not a rtos and thus too unreliable :^)
>>47522592
I was thinking of the system used to simulate and design it
3:00 minutes
we are go for launch
GO FOR LAUNCH
is it actually happening???
It's happening.
>>47522604
>Professional design tools on Linux
lmao
HOLD HOLD HOLD HOLD
59 SECONDS
Why are they not launching from their west coast space port?
ONE MINUTE
FASTEN YOUR JIM JIMS
TEN
WARBLE GARBLE
WOW IT'S FUCKING NOTHING
O
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IT'S
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FUCKING
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NOTHING
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IT'S HAPPENING
G2G FAST
Where's the MechJeb pod?
ABORT ABORT
>>47522675
kek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVpa25iqH0 [Embed]
when do they land
>>47522692
about 9 minutes after launch
>>47522667
>2 seconds into launch
>VLC has quit unexpectedly
ALLAH AHKBAR
>>47522705
Didn't mean to reply
GOOD LUCK STAGE ONE
WE'RE HEADED TO VENUS
AND STILL WE STAND TALL
that was beautiful
>Moon
>Sheep
Be LIE ve it
GOYM
Comon Stage One. Land on that barge and make history.
>buffering
>stream crashing
meanwhile I was watching Twitch in 720p just fine, wtf Livestream?
>>47522696
>>47522687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJcRMzJ1zA
music for Jeb
do we get to watch the other part try to land on a boat?
will there be a livestream from the barge?
>it fucked up on T- 00:00:03
Fuck Livestream.
>>47522620
Thanks, I'm grateful your post died to bring us this stream.
>>47521743
>just read the instructions
>>47522768
No, but Musk should post the video later.
>>47522767
>>47522768
bargemind
>no Stage 1 footage
>keeps focusing on Stage 2
FFFFF
>>47522692
>intel hd graphic cards at work
>>47522757
Use the youtube link.
>>47522787
I was delighted when I heard the name, and the Of Course I Still Love You as well
when is this thing going to dock on the iss?
rip in peace crs-6 ;_;
>>47522803
This tbh. I've never been less interested in a livestream from space. Show us the landing.
>>47522803
I don't know if they have the ability to live feed from out there.
>>47522823
2 days
So what are you guys munching on watching this? Popcorn here.
>>47522823
Friday.
wtf is the white thing
>>47522836
>have livestream from space
>have no livestream on earth
Oh technology.
>>47522823
It takes about a day or two to reach the ISS. You have to match orbits, positions, and velocities and that takes awhile.
>>47522848
Earth
>>47522848
moon
When does stage 1 land (or not land) on the barge?
>>47522848
your mom
>>47522842
rice and tea
>>47522823
They barley have a nation why would they have something in space, think before you speet
>>47522848
sun
dem thruster firings.
>>47522872
It's already happened, or not.
>>47522872
[CLASSIFIED]
>>47522842
seed
>>47522872
It already did (or failed to do).
>>47522872
2 minutes ago
>>47522848
aliens
>>47522872
In a few minutes. We don't get a look though iirc.
>>47522877
i didn't mean to spaek on a rough tone, i was just curious
Reddit thread OP is saying they are hearing good things.
Also nice solar array.
>closing the webcast
This is bullshit.
barge landing info when?
>spaceship landings
We sci-fi now.
rip in rip stream
Thanx, to our NASA customer :^)
>>47522901
I think he was joking about how similar ISS (the space station) sounds to ISIS (the terrorist organization).
>funky music resumes
>everybody has a triple monitor setup
Pretty dope tbh
>>47521479
>Lightning and butts are still a concern.
The cloud-to-butt plugin makes me giggle every time
>T+17m Not a successful landing today.
>T+16m "Rumors that the Falcon 9 booster landed on the drone ship, but not softly. At this point, who knows."
>T+15m Not looking good. Sounds like another CRS-5.
FAILURE
>We falcon punched the barge... @SpaceX CRS-6
https://twitter.com/SpaceXEngineer/status/588075066757361664
>>47522969
Dammit...
>>47522969
-_- FALCON PUNCHARU
>>47522969
>>47522969
fuuuuck
although its pretty silly of them to even try that
>>47522961
gb2/reddit
from musk : https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588076749562318849?s=09
it actually landed, to hard tough.
>>47522969
video?
>>47522969
>pretty silly
>Saving more than $50M per launch
>>47523018
>>47522969
>falcon punched
>but too hard for survival
is this a good or bad thing
>>47521609
>no iridium satellites
God damn I need more iridium flares to shoot
did it died?
>>47523035
should be a cool vid
>>47523035
better than last time, but still likely kaboom.
>>47523035
if you campare to the last time id say is good, last time it missed and the angle was all fucked up, this time apparently it was just going to fast
>>47522969
At least they have humour.
>>47523055
maybe the thrusters stopped too soon or the boat was pushed upward by a wave.
>Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival.
I wonder if there will be KSP explosions.
>>47523090
we got it last time
So is this so we don't have to rely on Russians anymore to go up to the ISS?
>>47521788
>Can’t they see that starving children the world over need to be fed? I find it interesting that 40 years later there are still starving children. Shouldn’t they have perished by now?
Good article, but even better comments. Thanks for the link.
>>47523107
We've been sending up cargo via the falcon9 for a while now. We still need them for crew.
>>47523107
yes. also private space industry means cheaper rockets
>>47521479
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dragon_V2_interior.2.jpg
Now that looks like some futuristic anime aestetic right there. I wonder how much that's going to change by the projected Dec. 2017 for the first manned test flight.
>>47523079
The boat is supposed to be pretty stable even in stormy weather. As long as it isn't a hurricane
>>47523055
last time they ran out of hydraulic fuel for the steering flaps, I wonder what caused failure this time
>>47523124
Apparently they saved quite a few kilograms by using touch instead if buttons.
Everything is touch except the emergency controls.
>>47523107
Will there ever be a USSS?
>>47523136
RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQByFjYczfE
>>47523154
America cannot into space stations. They might be world leaders in heavy rocketry, but last time they tried to build a space habitat they ended up begging the Soviets for help.
>>47523220
most ISS modules were shuttle launched, with many of them being US made.
>>47523115
>implying there aren't an extra 2 billion people now.
Picture time.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588082574183903232
>>47523278
is it kill?
>>47523278
They should just add electromagnets to the feet of the landing gear so it doesn't tip!
>>47523291
It tipped over into the ocean, the barge is returning empty.
>>47523295
or make the whole boat out of blubbery balloons
>>47523303
>>47523303
That's a fine picture
>>47523306
I would install safety nets
>>47523307
bubble wrap the rocket
>>47523307
>>47523315
Yeah, or add lifesavers to every corner of the barge so if the first stage falls into the ocean they can help it stay afloat until it can climb back aboard.
>>47523330
or just add lifeguards to save the rocket from drowning after it tips over
>>47523348
I think we're onto something here.
What's Elon Musk's email address?
>>47523303
>>47523310
>there wasn't a giant mechanical arm to grab the rocket and hold it in place
Classic mistake.
video in a few days
I don't get it. Why would the rocket be destroyed if it fell into water? Can't it just float with the help of some sort of inflating device? Then just go fish it out
>>47523372
Normally it should be able to land without one. The problem is either that it went to fast and rebounded which made it topple over or that the landing legs broke.
A giant arm would also be impractical since it isn't that accurate.
>>47523377
Why don't they have 4k 120fps cameras recording it from multiple angles? Or at least a nearby drone to take a distance shot like they did with the trial runs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjWqQPWmsY
>>47523403
That might be possible, but is not the end goal. He wants rockets to be like cars, just refuel and launch again.
>>47523403
not waterproof, maybe water damages it
>>47523403
NASA already did this with the SRBs on the shuttle, it required a ton of work to clean the engines to the point where they would meet spec.
>>47523377
>Can put a man in space
>Can't transmit video from a boat
They're just milking it.
>>47523428
Huh, it doesn't fly very straight does it?
>>47523462
>implying they didn't both land successfully and Musk is just fucking with everybody
>>47523428
neat
Holy fuck based 'merrica
>you will always been a yuropoor
>>47523462
Do you realize how long it took to get some HD cams on the ISS?
Besides it's not that easy to do it from the middle of the ocean. You have to use satellite communication which is slow as fuck.
>>47523428
I imagine what they do have on board is sufficient for them to learn from the incident.
Or perhaps they want to keep the best material for internal use so that competitors don't learn too much from the failure. From what I understand SpaceX doesn't even bother to patent many of their innovations because it would expose their IP to the Chinese.
>>47523496
>>47523462
Last time I checked iridium satellites transmitted at 2400 bit/s and it's planned for the next gen to transmit up to 8 Mbit/s by 2020
>>47523471
Kinda reminds me of a bike. When you go slower it's harder to maintain balance. But I can't see how the same mechanical principles would apply to a rocket.
>>47523495
I know, feels good.
>>47523545
actually it does since relative wind stabilize it. With no speed = no stabilization
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1769.html
Apparently they sent an espresso to ISS
>>47523647
yeah, making foam in space was apparently fairly difficult
>>47523647
Developed by Italians, so you know it's high-quality coffee.
>>47523647
Of fucking course this is Italy's contribution to the ISS.
>>47522835
They only have signal from high up, can't have high quality transmissions over the edge of the earth for stuff like this.
