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SpaceX test firing the Falcon 9
- jurjenh 14y agoJust my luck to switch to this and see the top comment: elonmusk Woohoo, rocket hold down firing completed and all looks good!! 41 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite bugger, I always seem to just miss the boat. Oh well, I guess it wasn't too spectacular from the comments here.
- danielweber 14y agoIt fired for two seconds. There really wasn't going to be much to it anyway, unless something went tragically wrong. Still nice to see them proceeding through all the hoops, though.
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoCountdown was halted at 47 seconds... Team reviewing data... Now clock reset to 13 minutes. Test fire possibly aborted?
- mattmillr 14y agoFrom their twitter: "May recycle and try again today, watch for update." http://twitter.com/#!/spacex http://twitter.com/#!/spacex
- reitzensteinm 14y agoJust in: Flight computer aborted rocket hold down firing. Anomaly addressed. Cycling systems to countdown Might not be long now?
- jcarreiro 14y agoI just tuned in, and it looks like the clock is still holding at T-13.
- fsckin 14y agoIt's moving again... T-12
- cdrxndr 14y agoThe antici ... pation.
- greg_bt 14y agoLooks like its back on, countdown is at just under 12 minutes.
- ndcrandall 14y agoLooks like they got over some of the difficulties "Final Readines Poll in progress" Countdown sequence resumed at T-13
- bodski 14y agoCountdown has resumed (~12 minutes)
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoCountdown sequence resumed! now at 13:50
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoAlso just to manage some expectations.. the rocket will not fly. This is just a firing of the engines I believe.
- reitzensteinm 14y agoThey REALLY need to say that on the page. This has the opportunity to spread virally and the crowd doesn't manage expectations very well :)
- pavel_lishin 14y agoYeah, I just managed to embarrass myself in half a dozen IRC channels. More so than usual.
- lutorm 14y agoWhich part about "STATIC FIRE TODAY" did you miss?
- rflrob 14y agoFor an enthusiast, it may not be clear exactly what "Static Fire" means. While Static means non-moving, it also means the hissing noise on mis-tuned analog connections, and it's not inconceivable that it has another overloaded meaning.
- nknight 14y ago> For an enthusiast I think you're misusing that word. A space flight and/or specifically SpaceX enthusiast would recognize the terminology instantly. Assuming you mean something like "amateur" or "layman", thinking anything without the word "launch" in it is in fact a launch still seems a remarkable leap of illogic.
- jvm 14y agoIn my dialect, enthusiast == amateur and parent used it appropriately.
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- cjdavis 14y agoT-00:03:30..
- stevejabs 14y agoThat was it?
- pdubs 14y agoYeah I kinda felt that too, but then I thought "that's a spaceship!"
- jessriedel 14y agoWas the test successful? Rather underwhelming visually.
- dsmithn 14y agoAccording to their twitter, yes. "SUCCESS - 2 second burn!" http://twitter.com/#!/spacex http://twitter.com/#!/spacex
- lutorm 14y agoYeah, all the water and steam obscures the view... They did say "good static fire" before ending, though.
- mattmillr 14y ago"SUCCESS - 2 second burn!" http://twitter.com/#!/SpaceX/status/197056890595852289 http://twitter.com/#!/SpaceX/status/197056890595852289
- henrikgs 14y agoLooks like it. This is extremely exiting stuff in general but I agree with you on this stream in particular.
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoHehe yeah not quite as thunderous as a Saturn :P But consider this like the rocket version of a Prius :)
- ChuckMcM 14y agoAnd with Saturn V once you turned it on, you were going to burn through all the fuel whether that was a good idea or not :-)
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoI can't imagine how the astronauts felt sitting on top of that behemoth. I don't think I'm exaggerating at all by saying that I would've shit my space-diapers long before the countdown reached zero.
- jluxenberg 14y agoThe mission to the ISS is scheduled for May 7th [1]. Exciting times! [1] http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472882-watch-spacex-fire-falcons-engines?lite http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472882-wat...
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoYes this was just a little tease before that grand event. I hope all goes smoothly.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoLinking to the press release : http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20120427 http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20120427 Would have prevented some confusion. The good news is that the test appears to have gone as planned so they are still on track for the May 7th launch.
- leot 14y agoHere it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKs0dEbyEk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKs0dEbyEk
- mukaiji 14y agothere are entrepreneurs. and then there is Elon Musk.