I believe that the launch has been delayed to January 6th. This is due to a problem encountered during a static firing of the Falcon 9 engine on 12/16.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch on Tues. Jan 6 at 0620. Here is a short "description" from an NBC news story:
Three minutes after launch, the second stage is due to separate and fire up its own rocket engine to continue the trip. Then the first stage is slated to relight its rocket engines and go through a complex series of maneuvers to put itself safely down on a 300-foot-long, 170-foot-wide (91-by-52-meter) "autonomous spaceport drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean.
To me it looks like the four towers in the background ie. some of those encircling the pad, were mounted with lightning rods ?
Cheers, Mike.
Quite right. We have some fairly serious lightning in this area especially during the summer. Hopefully the towers will attract the lightning rather then the rocket. When the shuttle flew it was encased in a cage with a large white lightning rod on the top. You would not want lightning to be the ignition sequencer. It would not be pretty.
Thanks Chris :)
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Thanks Chris :)
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I believe that the launch has
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I believe that the launch has been delayed to January 6th. This is due to a problem encountered during a static firing of the Falcon 9 engine on 12/16.
Unfortunately correct.
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Unfortunately correct.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Here's hoping everything goes
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Here's hoping everything goes according to plan on the 6th!!! :)
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SpaceX is scheduled to launch
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SpaceX is scheduled to launch on Tues. Jan 6 at 0620. Here is a short "description" from an NBC news story:
Should be quite interesting.
[edit] SpaceX is to provide a live feed here
Bummer, 2nd stage vented and
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Bummer, 2nd stage vented and wouldn't pressurise !
Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Well, maybe Friday.
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Well, maybe Friday.
Oooooops
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Oooooops
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
To me it looks like the four
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To me it looks like the four towers in the background ie. some of those encircling the pad, were mounted with lightning rods ?
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: To me it looks like the
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Quite right. We have some fairly serious lightning in this area especially during the summer. Hopefully the towers will attract the lightning rather then the rocket. When the shuttle flew it was encased in a cage with a large white lightning rod on the top. You would not want lightning to be the ignition sequencer. It would not be pretty.