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maryjane
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DEC 09, 06:08 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Notorio:
Did anyone have a Live link where someone was explaining what we were seeing, like the old Nasa flights used to have? The one I posted had a countdown with liftoff but nothing after that. |
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No, I was watching 3 different live feeds (well, one of the was about 30 seconds behind) and none had much voice other than T times and a very few announcements pre-launch.
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maryjane
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DEC 09, 06:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
"Crashed and burned."
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That's just how SpaceX tests and also why they currently have 2 dragon capsules successfully docked at ISS while the Mighty Boeing Starliner is still sitting on terra firma trying to pass their first unmanned test.
An artist's rendition of what a Boeing Starliner capsule may someday look like docked where the big boys already are.
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Notorio
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DEC 09, 11:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
No, I was watching 3 different live feeds (well, one of the was about 30 seconds behind) and none had much voice other than T times and a very few announcements pre-launch. |
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Well, I've gotta give them low marks then for Public Relations ... what a missed opportunity to inspire school kids, to educate the masses, etc. And to immediately put up the banner 'great test!' is too participation-trophy-ish for me to comment further 
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Patrick
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DEC 09, 11:58 PM
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I don't know how high the rocket went, but I was impressed with how sharp and steady the camera was that was trained on it from the ground. Looked a whole lot better than the TV coverage of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launches! (I'm not as old as MJ  , but yes, I watched them all.)
The screen capture below was done just as the rocket reached its apex and started to lean over...
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maryjane
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DEC 10, 12:02 AM
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Well, they are mostly a private Commercial company, with gobs of PR and success galore already. Elon Musk had done a presentation earlier in the fall explaining what would take place during the test. Really no need for a play-by-play on a test, tho SpaceX does have a commentator on most of it's commercial launches and recoveries where public $$ and NASA is involved.
They knew (and publicly stated) there was a pretty good chance the test wouldn't go 100% their way and I saw the "Great Test" banner as just being directed to their workforce down in S. Texas and at it's other facilities.
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
From last year:
https://youtu.be/sOpMrVnjYeY[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 12-10-2020).]
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Terrible Tom
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DEC 10, 12:21 AM
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Musk said the vehicle experienced a "RUD".............wait for it.............."Rapid Unexpected Disassembly"
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maryjane
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DEC 10, 12:35 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
I don't know how high the rocket went, but I was impressed with how sharp and steady the camera was that was trained on it from the ground. Looked a whole lot better than the TV coverage of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launches! (I'm not as old as MJ , but yes, I watched them all.)
The screen capture below was done just as the rocket reached its apex and started to lean over...
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I believe 40,000 ft was the target altitude for today's test.
The next vehicle (SN9) is already built and in a building not far from where today's rocket launched from and returned to. SN10 is not far behind.
Previous to Mercury that I recall were Explorer/Pioneer/ on Redstone/Juno/Jupiter rockets tho not in that specific order.
Here's a blog that has a lot of info on SpaceX
https://www.teslarati.com/s...-launch-debut-dates/
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