BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Okay, here we go: 12:45pm Pacific, 3:45pm Eastern, 2045 UTC. It's then or tomorrow at this point, but for now the clock is progressing, and we are
T-~2 hours to launch :biggrin:
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Launch auto-sequence initiated! 12:45pm Pacific, 3:45pm Eastern, 2045 UTC is the official T=0, no constraints (i.e. winds are calm) at the moment, will continued to be monitored as the countdown progresses!
Here we maybe go!
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SummaryJudgmentGrab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front doorRegistered Userregular
Launch auto-sequence initiated! 12:45pm Pacific, 3:45pm Eastern, 2045 UTC is the official T=0, no constraints (i.e. winds are calm) at the moment, will continued to be monitored as the countdown progresses!
Here we maybe go!
SCIENCEEEEEEEEEEE
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SummaryJudgmentGrab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front doorRegistered Userregular
Is the only payload his car / are these boosters intended to land like the others?
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Gennenalyse RuebenThe Prettiest Boy is Ridiculously PrettyRegistered Userregular
All three first stage boosters are planned to land, yes. Dunno if there's another payload besides the car but I doubt it.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Is the only payload his car / are these boosters intended to land like the others?
Only payload is the car (with some extra cameras on it for fun), purely a "mock" payload, though. No scientific value, etc. Just testing the launch vehicle.
Side boosters will return to land and set down at Landing Zone 1, the middle booster will land downrange on Of Course I Still Love You.
The second stage will finish the burn into orbit, then do an experimental "long" (6 hour) coast (to prove to the Air Force that they can do direct to geosynchronous orbit launches) before performing its final burn on its way to the final heliocentric orbit
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an untested rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Bremen on
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Launch Director verifies GO for propellant load, RP-1 (kerosene) is being loaded onto the 3 boosters at this time!
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
As long as the rocket clears the launchpad, I'm really down for anything happening today
A perfectly nominal launch would be great, but a fireball like a mile up would also be pretty cool :P
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SnicketysnickThe Greatest Hype Man inWesterosRegistered Userregular
Part of me is wondering if they will use that mannequin for a "free" vacuum test of the beta spacesuit, depending on how cheap a telemetry/aerial package is. Or maybe it's just dress up.
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
I know SpaceX has done creative mock-payloads in the past. I think their first Dragon capsule to reach the ISS was carrying a giant cheese wheel?
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
That is indeed the official live stream, it will go live 15 - 20 minutes prior to launch. We are currently T-70 minutes, propellant loading is underway!
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
One of the Falcon 9 test payloads was a few hundred kilograms of cheese. It's not five cows, but you could spin it as a percentage of a few cows...
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
I would like the launch to go perfectly and then have the car explode for seperate/unrealated reasons. Or immediately get hit by a meteor or something.
Satellites cost a lot of money. Companies are unlikely to pay to put an actual payload in an experimental test rocket with a relatively high probability of exploding.
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
I would like the launch to go perfectly and then have the car explode for seperate/unrealated reasons. Or immediately get hit by a meteor or something.
Okay no wait THIS is the ideal outcome! :P
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AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
I love the Everyday Astronaut guy.
He's gone live with his broadcast from 3 miles away from the launch pad.
Part of me is wondering if they will use that mannequin for a "free" vacuum test of the beta spacesuit, depending on how cheap a telemetry/aerial package is. Or maybe it's just dress up.
Spacesuit on the mannequin, camera in the mannequin's face, put the thing in the car, put the car in the rocket, let me watch out of the spacesuit through VR! That would potentially be amazing. Or very boring since it's the inside of the payload chamber.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
T - 15 minutes!
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
There's nearly a million people watching the livestream
Dear god
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I'm sad there's not a technical webcast this time around.
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T-~2 hours to launch :biggrin:
Here we maybe go!
SCIENCEEEEEEEEEEE
Only payload is the car (with some extra cameras on it for fun), purely a "mock" payload, though. No scientific value, etc. Just testing the launch vehicle.
Side boosters will return to land and set down at Landing Zone 1, the middle booster will land downrange on Of Course I Still Love You.
The second stage will finish the burn into orbit, then do an experimental "long" (6 hour) coast (to prove to the Air Force that they can do direct to geosynchronous orbit launches) before performing its final burn on its way to the final heliocentric orbit
Which is probably the only reason it has a Tesla in it as a joke, admittedly. Even Elon Musk isn't that rich.
Yeah, he basically said the typical mock payloads (non-descript blocks of steel or lead) were "boring", so they spiced it up just a bit with the Roadster. Probably cheaper than the solid block of metal, frankly! :P
Well now I want to see more creative payloads. A mesh bag full of rubber bouncy balls. Just like 5 cows. Turn the entire payload bay into a ball pit. An assortment of mannequins made out of ballistic gel.
(Also I'm half and half on wanting to see this car explode and wanting it to be in space forever)
As long as the rocket clears the launchpad, I'm really down for anything happening today
A perfectly nominal launch would be great, but a fireball like a mile up would also be pretty cool :P
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I know SpaceX has done creative mock-payloads in the past. I think their first Dragon capsule to reach the ISS was carrying a giant cheese wheel?
That is indeed the official live stream, it will go live 15 - 20 minutes prior to launch. We are currently T-70 minutes, propellant loading is underway!
One of the Falcon 9 test payloads was a few hundred kilograms of cheese. It's not five cows, but you could spin it as a percentage of a few cows...
I would like the launch to go perfectly and then have the car explode for seperate/unrealated reasons. Or immediately get hit by a meteor or something.
Okay no wait THIS is the ideal outcome! :P
He's gone live with his broadcast from 3 miles away from the launch pad.
He's great, he and Scott Manley are great at putting sometimes-complicated rocketry stuff into simple and understandable terms
For the next ~hour you are on strike
Tell them the President called and said he needed you
The President of the United States, I mean
not
not the best example here maybe
President of Sweden would be better probably
I only answer to one monarch, and she's very old and probably not aware that this is even going on today! :P
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Spacesuit on the mannequin, camera in the mannequin's face, put the thing in the car, put the car in the rocket, let me watch out of the spacesuit through VR! That would potentially be amazing. Or very boring since it's the inside of the payload chamber.
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