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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Live Thread (05/22/2012) 03:44 EDT)
05/21/12 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 05/21/2012 4:47:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Good luck again.. I'm sure they will make it..



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KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; newtwasright; space; spacex
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Remember it is not easy putting a rocket into space..
1 posted on 05/21/2012 4:48:01 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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2 posted on 05/21/2012 4:49:47 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
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I’m sure they will but I still think NASA made a mistake scrapping the Saturn series.


3 posted on 05/21/2012 4:50:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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I blame the politicians like Fritz Mondale..


4 posted on 05/21/2012 4:51:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
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It’s not like it’s rocket surgery...


5 posted on 05/21/2012 4:51:23 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1217 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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Was it just some computer glitch last time?


6 posted on 05/21/2012 4:54:50 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

I believe a sensor indicated too much pressure one of engines. Faulty check valve, abnormally high chamber pressure in the engine that caused the abort.


7 posted on 05/21/2012 4:59:06 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: KevinDavis

Put me on your list.

My son works for Space X.

Thanks


8 posted on 05/21/2012 5:01:29 PM PDT by nmrancher
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ah, false positive or something?


9 posted on 05/21/2012 5:02:32 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: cripplecreek
Obama wants to scrap NASA all together because NASA is an American tradition that evokes too much patriotism and American nationalism. No one seems to grasp my gripe, but there's a reason for everything Obama does and it's usually not favorable to America.

I wish SpaceX the best but flooding the commercial sector with our vast accumulation of space exploration knowledge is tantamount to declassifying everything.. Just a big government giveaway or space 'redistribution of knowledge' program. Bye bye American exceptionalism.

If there's ONE thing our government SHOULD control it's space exploration programs, not health care, soda sales in schools, Wall Street or student and home loans. If it's bassackwards, it's 'bama!

10 posted on 05/21/2012 5:06:24 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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Here’s hoping the early morning wakeup isn’t wasted this time. Will snap a pic or two for FR from Daytona.


11 posted on 05/21/2012 5:10:52 PM PDT by Textide
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"Obama wants to scrap NASA all together because NASA is an American tradition that evokes too much patriotism and American nationalism. No one seems to grasp my gripe, but there's a reason for everything Obama does and it's usually ..."

Too many white guys made the space program successful. Can't have that in anti-white, multicultural, everybody is smart and a genius, America.

12 posted on 05/21/2012 5:13:19 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Space cannot remain strictly government. Its like sending Louis and Clark west and keeping everything west of the Mississippi hidden from us.

Unlike many here, I see a role for government in space in the pathfinding, prospecting, and defensive roles but they can’t keep it to themselves. SpaceX is only working a government contract like Boeing or Halliburton but they’ll get beyond the government contracts and benefit us all in the future.


13 posted on 05/21/2012 5:14:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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Indeed..


14 posted on 05/21/2012 5:17:22 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Don’t scrap NASA, just reduce it to oversight of R&D and commercial endeavors.

Rutan/Allen/Scaled did the whole WhiteKnight/SpaceShipOne program for about $25 million.

Bigelow has at least two prototype inflatable habitats in orbit, all on money he made from budget hotel suites.

NASA is too PC and CYA to get things done economically.

Watch the Black Sky documentary:

Short version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKa67ObI7yk

Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfSENkvJXY&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL4281277EE98C5A39


15 posted on 05/21/2012 5:19:58 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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I am not anti-SpaceX by any means.. I think they've worked miracles, actually. I just don't like how Obama has downplayed NASA (and minimized them to mere 'Muslim outreach').. Just like every other tradition we have.

I will be praying just as hard as the next guy for the launch tonight. I know there are certain launch 'windows' but wee morning hours launch times doesn't exactly maximize public viewing or interest in SpaceX.

16 posted on 05/21/2012 5:29:28 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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No one seems to grasp my gripe

I do.

but there's a reason for everything Obama does and it's usually not favorable to America.

Usually? Try NEVER.

17 posted on 05/21/2012 5:32:42 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1217 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: KevinDavis

Whether they fly or not is irrelevant....the design with nine motors is atrocious.

Their sequencing of said motors is a nightmare.

They should have bit the bullet and designed another engine to reduce it to three instead of multiplying the possibility of failure.

I think NASA has to look elsewhere....probably the Atlas.


18 posted on 05/21/2012 5:32:51 PM PDT by Puckster
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To: GeronL

Dunno...Just heard an engine pressure issue.


19 posted on 05/21/2012 5:35:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Puckster

You are correct.
A small rocket like this one would be better with three larger engines.

A new heavy-lifter for say 100 tons to orbit would be better with five huge engines.


20 posted on 05/21/2012 5:38:09 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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