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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #500 on: April 30, 2021, 11:28:36 AM »
Extra bonus points if it comes down in Mexico
I guess the Gulf of Mexico is fair game too.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #501 on: April 30, 2021, 11:34:27 AM »
If this was NASA this wouldn't be so funny. With every hard landing NASA would have to pause for a year or two while they conduct a $100 million study and then spend $3 billion changing the design of a valve. Elon turns his head and yells "NEXT! and change that %$#! valve by tomorrow morning" while we play landing pad bingo.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #502 on: April 30, 2021, 01:49:52 PM »
Road closure has been canceled so a scrub is assumed. Think the weather is the issue
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #503 on: May 01, 2021, 11:40:25 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #504 on: May 01, 2021, 09:25:48 PM »
Oh crap, we're screwed. Maybe she'll treat it like her border job and never show up.

Vice President Kamala Harris given yet another job, this time chairing the National Space Council
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/05/01/vice-president-kamala-harris-given-yet-another-job-this-time-chairing-the-national-space-council/.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #505 on: May 01, 2021, 09:49:20 PM »
Yeah we are screwed, musk needs to move offshore.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #506 on: May 01, 2021, 11:22:11 PM »
Oh crap, we're screwed. Maybe she'll treat it like her border job and never show up.

Vice President Kamala Harris given yet another job, this time chairing the National Space Council
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/05/01/vice-president-kamala-harris-given-yet-another-job-this-time-chairing-the-national-space-council/.

Now she can officially manage the space between Biden's ears.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #507 on: May 02, 2021, 06:05:32 PM »
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Just received an Alert notice for Monday, May 3 from noon - 8 p.m. Currently there is no road closure scheduled on the Cameron county website but that can change at any time. #WenHop 🔥🚀🔥
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #508 on: May 02, 2021, 11:07:02 PM »
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No hop on Monday! The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for May 3 has been removed. TFRs are currently posted for Tuesday and Wednesday, meaning the soonest that Starship SN15 could fly is now May 4.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #509 on: May 02, 2021, 11:37:51 PM »
At some point it makes sense to make that airspace its own actively controlled airspace like any other airport.  Temporary everything bureaucracy is pointless waste and drag.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #510 on: May 04, 2021, 12:02:09 PM »
Scrub. Could be weather
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #511 on: May 04, 2021, 12:09:37 PM »
Thanks.  I have the video up, but the sound turned down.  I didn't noticed the title change to note it was scrubbed.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #512 on: May 04, 2021, 01:22:01 PM »
Still got a Starlink launch this afternoon.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #513 on: May 04, 2021, 05:04:10 PM »
And another good launch and landing. 9th flight for the booster.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #514 on: May 04, 2021, 06:38:29 PM »
Did we skip over Spacex bring four astronauts home on a night landing a few days ago?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #515 on: May 04, 2021, 06:50:41 PM »
Sort of, thought about posting something but got distracted and then forgot.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #516 on: May 04, 2021, 07:32:04 PM »
Forgot what?

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #517 on: May 04, 2021, 07:34:10 PM »
They say memory is the second thing to go. Can't remember what the first is.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #518 on: May 04, 2021, 09:50:19 PM »
What?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #519 on: May 05, 2021, 11:55:36 AM »
Get in the bunker!

Rocket debris from China's space station launch is falling back to Earth — but where?
The Long March 5B rocket's core stage could fall from space any day now.
https://www.space.com/china-space-station-rocket-launch-debris-falling
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #520 on: May 05, 2021, 12:07:57 PM »
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China's Long March 5B rocket is "unpredictably" falling back to Earth...

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #521 on: May 05, 2021, 12:40:53 PM »
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China's Long March 5B rocket is "unpredictably" falling back to Earth...

If it's unpredictable, how are they telling us about it before it happens?
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #522 on: May 05, 2021, 12:46:26 PM »
Prepping SN15 for launch
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #523 on: May 05, 2021, 04:18:51 PM »
"Raptor service truck" back to the pad. Could be a scrub or just a check. Still over 4 hours left in the launch window.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #524 on: May 05, 2021, 05:42:00 PM »
Tank farm activity. Looks like they're going for it
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