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Launch America. Happening now!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by jiggyfly, May 27, 2020.

  1. jiggyfly

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    Anybody watching this?

     
    #1 jiggyfly, May 27, 2020
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    if anything bad happens, the capsule with astronauts can safely detach from the rocket. New innovation by Musk

    Pretty barbaric that they never implemented that safety feature back then
     
    #2 cheke64, May 27, 2020
  3. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Supposedly I may be able to see the rocket from my back yard once it gets up a ways
     
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  4. Astrodome

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    Sure. Will be my daughters first launch to watch.
     
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    where are you
     
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  6. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    The opposite coast. St. Petersburg
     
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    nice you can see it from there? That's impressive - I figured with all the clouds it might be hard
     
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  8. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    The people in this area claim we can. I am trusting them. Weather is nice here
     
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    You might see the vapor trail. On night launches, i can see a tiny fireball from my place.

    I was going to see the launch but got caught up at work. There was suppose to be a lot of rain and with Trump in the area, I decided to hope it was scrubbed.

    They waited hours after the initial launch window for the Falcon Heavy. That was a hot day on the beach waiting for that launch.

    With all eyes on, they could push it back later in the evening if need to be. Right now its sunny here in Orlando so its looking good.
     
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  10. Space Ghost

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    Never mind. Mission scrubbed. Guess ill be seeing it Saturday.
     
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    Seems it was jinxed...

     
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    Team America, **** yea!!! Oh wait, what happened? Weather? Just nuke it!!!
     
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    Probably Obama's fault.

    Wish they had launched this weekend while I was there. Would have been cool.
     
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    there was definitely such a thing on apollo. Note the red tower on top of the command module. It could pull the capsule away from an exploding Saturn V. The Soviets copied the system and actually saved two cosmonauts lives. They flew to Houston to thank the design engineers.
     
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    Looks like the trump family traveled to FL to attend the launch...

     
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    Good news, its an afternoon launch, so no impact on trump's morning round...

     
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