SpaceX And/Or Rocketry In General

mikey
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Mike Hewson wrote: A field

Mike Hewson wrote:

A field mill is a gadget that measures static electric field strength, giving so and so volts per metre. The higher that goes the more chance of a discharge to equilibrate ie. lightning.

Cheers, Mike. 

Would it help or make things worse to send up small rockets with wires to essentially encourage strikes to a safe place?

archae86
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mikey wrote:NatGeo Channel

mikey wrote:
NatGeo Channel last night said 2pm Saturday will be the next try to launch the SpaceX guys, they didn't say EST or PST.

1922:45 GMT (3:22:45 p.m. EDT)

Anonymous

mikey wrote:Mike Hewson

mikey wrote:

Mike Hewson wrote:

A field mill is a gadget that measures static electric field strength, giving so and so volts per metre. The higher that goes the more chance of a discharge to equilibrate ie. lightning.

Cheers, Mike. 

Would it help or make things worse to send up small rockets with wires to essentially encourage strikes to a safe place?

It would add to the cost per launch.  Remember the shuttle.  It was encased in a cage.  While you could pump in liquid propellant the SRBs were a different issue.  

Gary Charpentier
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Once was

Anonymous

1445:  low ceiling and

1445:  low ceiling with thunder.  no visible lightening.  stay tuned

archae86
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The party line is that all

The party line is that all weather criteria are in the green.

now closing in on 6 minutes until ignition.  If something stops them now, more likely it would be not the weather.

 

Watch it here

Anonymous

just saw the flame looking

just saw the flame looking north from my back yard.  the just called meco.  in this world where so much seems wrong this is uplifting.  here comes the sonic boom/ruble.  

Anonymous

just saw the flame looking

just saw the flame looking north from my back yard.  the just called meco.  in this world where so much seems wrong this is uplifting.  here comes the sonic boom/ruble.  

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Perfect Landing by the

Perfect Landing  and Dragon separation  ......and flight still at 27,000 mph

 

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

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robl wrote: just saw the

robl wrote:

just saw the flame looking north from my back yard.  the just called meco.  in this world where so much seems wrong this is uplifting.  here comes the sonic boom/ruble.  

Way cool!

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