SpaceX Launch Update

[baktothemoon]

Did it look like the engine flamed out to anyone else?

 

[mlorrey]

"Game over, man.... GAME OVER!"

 

[Swampcat]

Was it really a minute? Didn't seem like that before the video went out. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[baktothemoon]

That's what I thought it was at first too, a bad connection.

 

[mikejz]

I bet the next launch will now be a dummy payload.

 

[nacnud]

Video cut out before the rocket did.

 

[baktothemoon]

It was less than a minute, maybe fifteen seconds.

 

[mikejz]

did they have a non-internet press feed?

 

[baktothemoon]

I don't know. Does anyone?

 

[blacknebula]

Shame that the FalconSat-2 didn't get its ride aboard Discovery <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" />.

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Well if it was about a minute as SpaceX are stating, and telemetry is good, hopefully that should make the failure more easily identifiable. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[mlorrey]

Geez, it seems to me that Elon is missing a big revenue opportunity here: pay-per-view live video on TV. Heck, I've paid to see Mike Tyson boxing matches that lasted less time.

 

[nacnud]

lol!<br /><br />

 

[mikejz]

I have a feeling it might have had to do with the roll-control exaust of the turbo-pump. that would of explained the spinning and the flame.

 

[Swampcat]

<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[baktothemoon]

Can someone flip on the TV and see if any of the news stations have a ticker telling what happened? I'm getting nothing off of the internet.

 

[josh_simonson]

Or something in the avionics, they haven't flown a real rocket before...

 

[jschaef5]

I should video screen capture the launches from now on for replay. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Yeah, I'm not sure they would intentionally cut the video. They've been pretty up-front about things, including the stuff-ups.<br /><br />You wanna make an omlette, you've gotta break some eggs. They're out there doing it, more power to 'em. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[nacnud]

Lastish image from SFN, can anyone see anything wrong?

 

[Swampcat]

I agree. Time to figure out what went wrong, fix it and try again. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

Hard to tell from that image, but didn't Mr. Musk say this vehicle was supposed to go pretty much straight up for a long time? That doesn't look straight up to me, but then I don't know where the camera is located. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[vt_hokie]

Looks like it's way too horizontal to me!

 

[crix]

lol!<br /><br />"Why don't you put HER in charge!"<br /><br /><br />BUmmer about the launch... I hope to see a video of the failure as I could not get the video at work. Damn, I can imagine getting a big rocket like that work must be DAMN hard... so many details. You have to have such a good understanding and predictive ability of how things will behave in the real world.

 

[baktothemoon]

Who here has a ground view of the launch before we all lost the connection?