That's Sir Terry Pratchett to you.
“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.”
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That's Sir Terry Pratchett to you.
“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.”
While true, that's not what it says on the book cover.
Nice quote. He is a brilliant writer. It's terrible that he suffers from Alzheimer's. He seems to have adjusted and is still cranking out books though.
As far as I am aware, the second stage didn't relight properly for re-entry. That's because the stage was spinning very rapidly and preventing fuel from properly being burned. This shouldn't cause any problems for a second burn in orbit. Besides that, SpaceX and Elon said that they knew what went wrong and can correct for it.
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NASA to replace Russia’s Soyuz with commercial spaceships by 2017 — RT News
No surprise. NASA will be dropping the Soyuz program in 2017 to go with SpaceX and Orbital Sciences. That means that SpaceX and OS will need to have their manned system in place to replace the Soyuz. We know that SpaceX will be ready by 2017.
The article is a little strange in the way it raves about OS but is quiet about how successful SpaceX has been.
Also the article mentions that OS is running into supply problems since they are outsourcing their engines from the Russians.
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Here's an excellent, fairly recent article about SpaceX's re-usability plans:
Musk lays out plans for reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket | NASASpaceFlight.com
Musk lays out plans for reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket | NASASpaceFlight.com
Mario Kadastik
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I think you are mixing up the two things. First stage relit and re-entered the atmosphere and in the second relighting it spun out of control and they had an engine out too soon meaning it crashed into ocean and was destroyed. The second stage was supposed to relight after deploying cassiope to test the GTO transfer, but they had some issue that aborted the relight. They claim they know what the issue was and that it's fixed for this next launch.
SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review
"This safety review was the ninth milestone for SpaceX under CCiCap. The company is on track to complete all 15 of its CCiCap milestones by the third quarter of 2014"
http://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-achieves-milestone-in-safety-review/#.UoZibcSQmtJ
"This safety review was the ninth milestone for SpaceX under CCiCap. The company is on track to complete all 15 of its CCiCap milestones by the third quarter of 2014"
http://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-achieves-milestone-in-safety-review/#.UoZibcSQmtJ
I thought that Orbital Sciences had scrapped plans on building a manned system? I thought it was basically down to SpaceX, Boeing, and Sierra Nevada in the Commercial Crew Development program?
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/04/22/orbital-may-wind-down-its-commercial-crew-effort/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/20
13/11/23/which-way-to-space/
Very interesting article about where space is heading with many references to SpaceX and Elon. Tomorrow is another important day with the launch of SES8 which will broadcast live starting at 5pm EDT. Spacex.com/webcast.
-"NASA hopes New Space will come to the rescue"
-" If there’s one thing that New Space has going for it, it’s that Old Space is in trouble. Old Space and New Space turn out to be symbiotic. New Space companies need NASA contracts, and NASA needs New Space companies to pick up the agency’s slack."
-"“The thing with the rocket is, the passing grade is 100 percent. You can’t issue a recall or do a patch,” Musk said. “You either get it all right or you’re screwed.....“I’m under a huge amount of strain,” Musk said. “There’s no two ways about it. I’m trying to do a whole lot of things simultaneously. It’s tough when things are going smoothly, and it’s really tough when things are not.”
13/11/23/which-way-to-space/
Very interesting article about where space is heading with many references to SpaceX and Elon. Tomorrow is another important day with the launch of SES8 which will broadcast live starting at 5pm EDT. Spacex.com/webcast.
-"NASA hopes New Space will come to the rescue"
-" If there’s one thing that New Space has going for it, it’s that Old Space is in trouble. Old Space and New Space turn out to be symbiotic. New Space companies need NASA contracts, and NASA needs New Space companies to pick up the agency’s slack."
-"“The thing with the rocket is, the passing grade is 100 percent. You can’t issue a recall or do a patch,” Musk said. “You either get it all right or you’re screwed.....“I’m under a huge amount of strain,” Musk said. “There’s no two ways about it. I’m trying to do a whole lot of things simultaneously. It’s tough when things are going smoothly, and it’s really tough when things are not.”
Mod note: moved a few posts about today's launch to its own dedicated thread:
SpaceX F9v1.1 Launch: SES-8, Nov. 25th 2013
SpaceX F9v1.1 Launch: SES-8, Nov. 25th 2013
This article is actually part 3 to a series. Really interesting stuff in all of these.
Part 1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2013/08/17/nasas-mission-improbable/
Part 2: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2013/09/14/the-skies-the-limits/
rolosrevenge
Dr. EVS
Oh, they are there. You just cannot see them. Unicorns are only visible to the pure, right? :wink:
(For the record, I don't know if Rolo is or isn't pure...although from the Teslive posts I can take a guess.)
Alternate possibility: they aren't captured on Film or image sensors.
Interesting article shedding a bit of light on what the Falcon 9 means to the commercial industry, particularly to SpaceX's competitors:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/arianespace-may-offer-lower-pricing-to.html
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/arianespace-may-offer-lower-pricing-to.html
Thanks to everyone for providing these links; I've learned quite a bit about geostationary orbit this morning.
http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/prices-demand-and-spacex
This article from September 15, 2012 says SpaceX costs about 1/2 as much as the other competitors (including Arianespace). I can see why Arianespace is revisiting their pricing for the smaller payload satellites. If SpaceX launches cost $55 mil, and Arianespace charges $200 mil for 2 satellites, then it sounds like the price is probably split close to 50/50 for the heavier/lighter satellites so around $100 mil for the smaller payload. If SpaceX gets much of the smaller payload business, then Arianespace might have to send a heavier satellite up all alone which would effectively double the cost of the heavier satellite launch. Arianespace needs to retain some of the lighter payload launches or they could be in trouble. Long term they are in trouble regardless.
This article from September 15, 2012 says SpaceX costs about 1/2 as much as the other competitors (including Arianespace). I can see why Arianespace is revisiting their pricing for the smaller payload satellites. If SpaceX launches cost $55 mil, and Arianespace charges $200 mil for 2 satellites, then it sounds like the price is probably split close to 50/50 for the heavier/lighter satellites so around $100 mil for the smaller payload. If SpaceX gets much of the smaller payload business, then Arianespace might have to send a heavier satellite up all alone which would effectively double the cost of the heavier satellite launch. Arianespace needs to retain some of the lighter payload launches or they could be in trouble. Long term they are in trouble regardless.
SpaceX Explosion Rattles Texas Residents - Space News - redOrbit
Explosion in Texas. No one was hurt. It just rattled the nearby town's windows.
Explosion in Texas. No one was hurt. It just rattled the nearby town's windows.
Interesting article from a year ago about competition for the US air force launches
DailyTech - Cat Fight: Lockheed Martin Upset Over SpaceX's Air Force Contract
DailyTech - Cat Fight: Lockheed Martin Upset Over SpaceX's Air Force Contract
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