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Coverage of the Launch of the SpaceX/Dragon (Launch scheduled at 10:21 a.m. ET) 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
NASA-TV ^

Posted on 06/28/2015 5:30:56 AM PDT by lbryce

Coverage begins at 9 am for the 10:21 am launch.

(Excerpt) Read more at nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: space; spacelaunch; spacexdragon
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To: TomGuy

Well, this was completely unexpected!


41 posted on 06/28/2015 7:28:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: null and void

It exploded?Gonna put the news on.


42 posted on 06/28/2015 7:28:35 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: null and void

“Yes, a sprinkling of debris falling, falling”

It sure was. That was the first SpaceX launch my six year old was able to watch live, bad timing there...

Too bad, but it was unrealistic to think SpaceX would never have a single failure. I hope they got enough good telemetry to tell what went wrong, so it can be corrected for future flights.


43 posted on 06/28/2015 7:28:59 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: null and void

It would be really bad if they determine that the first stage failed because of the design changes for re-usability.


44 posted on 06/28/2015 7:29:01 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: null and void

It will be interesting to see the replay - huge plume and then just smoking pieces scattering in all directions.


45 posted on 06/28/2015 7:29:10 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: TomGuy

FOXNEWS reports the rocket has exploded just after launch.

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It exploded almost two minutes into launch. Fox News isn’t a good source for much of anything.


46 posted on 06/28/2015 7:29:26 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Zeppo

Yes. Huge plume, but not a fireball.


47 posted on 06/28/2015 7:30:26 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: Zeppo

It will be interesting to see the replay - huge plume and then just smoking pieces scattering in all directions.

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I noticed the vernier rockets fired very noticeably about 30 seconds before the failure.


48 posted on 06/28/2015 7:30:56 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62
From SpaceX's Facebook page:


FAILURE. The Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated in the sky over Cape Canaveral about 2 minutes, 20 seconds after liftoff.
49 posted on 06/28/2015 7:31:16 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Wow! It got a bit cloudy here and then I filmed a white trail from far away but it was so boring I turned the recording off. I came inside and saw on fr that it blew up! My friend outside said he saw the smoke!


50 posted on 06/28/2015 7:31:38 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: Moonman62

Nothing on Fox now.


51 posted on 06/28/2015 7:32:30 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Vince Ferrer

It would be really bad if they determine that the first stage failed because of the design changes for re-usability.

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It would, and it’s possible. They supposedly made a change in the throttle valve response on the first stage, and this was most likely a first stage failure.


52 posted on 06/28/2015 7:32:43 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

In that picture it looks like the first stage is intact, and the disintegration is affecting the top part of the rocket.


53 posted on 06/28/2015 7:34:24 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Space launches are never routine since so many things can go wrong. I told you that you should have driven down there!


54 posted on 06/28/2015 7:35:06 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: null and void
Did the range safety officer take action?

BTW, that was a paraphrase of what I thought I heard the launch control state.

55 posted on 06/28/2015 7:35:14 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Wow.


56 posted on 06/28/2015 7:35:37 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Moonman62

Yes, you are right. The first stage engines all look to be operating normally. Maybe it did come from the upper stage.


57 posted on 06/28/2015 7:36:44 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Zeppo

Thanks. I missed that.


58 posted on 06/28/2015 7:38:05 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
My friend outside said he saw the smoke!

My sense (and I could well be wrong!) was that the "smoke" was condensation from they cryogenic fuel and oxidizer hitting the moist Florida air.

There were no flaming debris falling, the bits and pieces seemed to be cold and trailing fog (for want of a better word). Eerie. I can't imaging how one could dump that much fuel and oxidizer next to nine rocket engines at full thrust and not get a massive fireball.

59 posted on 06/28/2015 7:43:37 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: Zeppo

FWIW, today is supposedly Elon Musk’s birthday...


60 posted on 06/28/2015 7:45:34 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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