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First Privately Developed Liquid Fuel Rocket to Launch Today
Web cast here http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php
- mkn 18y agoThe launch is currently scheduled for 20:00 PDT.
- softbuilder 18y agoThe explosion is scheduled for 20:03. Bets? Any gamblers in the house? Edit: Ok, let's say T + 3 since they're having trouble getting it up.
- softbuilder 18y agoDamn, I was off by almost a minute.
- Eliezer 18y agoVoted up for being right. (However sadly.)
- softbuilder 18y agoThanks. And it is sad. I was pretty much hoping to just be a smartass. I love the new space race, however slow it seems to be playing out. I went to the first SS1 launch. But traditional private rockets have a terrible history. I think Rutan's way is best.
- ashleyw 18y agoSounds fun, some cool facts here: http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php It makes me wonder how you deal with something like this. If something like this happened in Russia (or "somewhere"), and somehow the US didn't know about it, they would have jets up in the air and the whole country put on red alert as soon as they find out about a rocket being launched, I expect. Does SpaceX have to send letters out to the major nations of the world, or something? Or have I got all this out of movies and there's no real way to track recently launched missiles?
- quickpost 18y agoThere are definitely ways to track recently launched rockets. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-Based_Infrared_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-Based_Infrared_System
- Prrometheus 18y agoThey aborted the launch. Apparently they are taking a cautious approach to launching rockets, which is good.
- quickpost 18y agoWhere did you see that? Source?
- Prrometheus 18y agoThey have a live webcast on the front page of the SpaceX website.
- quickpost 18y agogot it, thanks: http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php
- gibsonf1 18y agoLook back quickly, as they restarted and have 4 minutes to launch right now. http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php Update: Rocket has launched :) Update: Report of an anomaly on the vehicle - screen black
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- fatjonny 18y agoThat link (the comment this was referring to is now deleted) is to the second launch of the Falcon 1 which made it further than the launch today, which was the third launch. Today's launch only made it roughly 140 seconds (no stage separation) before the "anomaly". Actually the anomaly was right at stage separation apparently. Video and comment by Elon Musk: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1299 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1299
- zandorg 18y agoHow depressing. I wait all night (UK time till 5am), watch it climb to 50km, and it goes and blacks out! I hope this turns out okay.
- zandorg 18y agoI guess the headline's correct. They did 'launch', it just didn't finish doing so!
- lupin_sansei 18y agoOh dear. "the flight of our first stage, with the new Merlin 1C engine that will be used in Falcon 9, was picture perfect. Unfortunately, a problem occurred with stage separation, causing the stages to be held together. This is under investigation and I will send out a note as soon as we understand exactly what happened. " Video here: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1299 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1299