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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Live Thread (05/19/2012) 04:55 EDT) First Commercial Rocket into Space!
05/18/12 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 05/18/2012 6:50:06 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Best of luck to SpaceX.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dragon; falcon; iss; nasa; space; spacex
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To: JRandomFreeper; All

I set my DVR for the launch..


21 posted on 05/18/2012 7:17:46 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
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To: NormsRevenge
90 degrees and sunny and clear per forecast,, have a good time..

Thanks Norm, I was there today for a bit, said my hellos and now tomorrow I will just blend into the crowd....the old bald guy by himself. It has been 3 years since I have been back, I fall in love with the place every time I walk in.

22 posted on 05/18/2012 7:18:40 PM PDT by Kakaze (I want the Republic back !)
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To: KevinDavis

Jack Hydrazine checking in...

Think I’ll stay up for this launch. Since I’m on the Left Coast it’ll be a 1:55 a.m. lift off.

How many others are staying up for it?


23 posted on 05/18/2012 7:21:27 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: KevinDavis
I don't do television, cable, or all of that stuff. I do skim internet service while providing it, though, so I'll have to rely on live feeds off the net.

I did check my redundant circuit for the other network provider, just to make sure there aren't any interruptions.

Poverty is ok, if you can manage it correctly.

/johnny

24 posted on 05/18/2012 7:21:50 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Nap then back up to watch. I'm CST, so I'll have time for a nap.

/johnny

25 posted on 05/18/2012 7:26:28 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I might set my internal clock to wake up around then. It isn’t too reliable though. :) I’m on CDT.


26 posted on 05/18/2012 7:29:15 PM PDT by Errant
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To: KevinDavis

27 posted on 05/18/2012 7:31:19 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: JRandomFreeper
"The rocket is nowhere near as big as the Saturn, but they aren't going to the moon."

Yet!.....
28 posted on 05/18/2012 7:41:03 PM PDT by JoSixChip (We had an opportunity to get Newt, but you blew it and now we get mitt.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

" How many others are staying up for it?"

I'm driving over from central Florida with my daughter. I told her this is an historic launch and pre-dawn con trails are spetacular when they gain enough altitude to get some sun on them. I hope the don't scrub it.

29 posted on 05/18/2012 7:57:16 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Gonna try. I’d have to be up 2 hours later for work anyway, so what the heck. Just have to set the alarm....

....and hope my wife doesn’t attempt to kill me.


30 posted on 05/18/2012 8:09:25 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: DocRock

Please post photos, if you can.


31 posted on 05/18/2012 8:14:08 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Probably have them hosted by noon tomorrow.


32 posted on 05/18/2012 8:23:10 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: DocRock

Thanks!


33 posted on 05/18/2012 8:43:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: KevinDavis

Kick ass. Godspeed, SpaceX!


34 posted on 05/18/2012 9:18:35 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

guess it’s me and you jack


35 posted on 05/18/2012 10:21:14 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: KevinDavis

spacex is also webcasting

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/


36 posted on 05/18/2012 10:25:15 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46

Yup!

Found another Twitter feed.
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23DragonLaunch


37 posted on 05/18/2012 10:29:40 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

per the spaceflightnow livestream looks like fueling is underway


38 posted on 05/18/2012 10:44:39 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46

The LOX is boiling away in the tanks as they fill them.


39 posted on 05/18/2012 10:53:05 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: markman46

I’m watching the replay of the pre-launch briefing.


40 posted on 05/18/2012 11:33:06 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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