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NASA preps 'flying saucer' for high-altitude test flight (LDSD launch)
SpaceFlightNow.com ^
| 28JUN2014
| William Harwood
Posted on 06/28/2014 11:34:56 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Basically this is a mixed success test since they can now look at what happened with the chute. Sounds like the early braking worked fine.
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06/28/2014 2:12:39 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: cripplecreek
Even the fails are successes in that they can learn from their mistakes and improve it.
Not sure why the parachute failed to deploy completely. Might be a tangled shroud line possibly due to some mistake in packing it. I’ve flown enough rockets to know this.
You have to pack that ‘chute properly!
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posted on
06/28/2014 2:17:10 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Do you think the spinning would cause any complications in deploying the chute?
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06/28/2014 2:19:54 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Are they co-ordinating with vessels below so that the ships can be close enough to provide visual of splashdown?
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posted on
06/28/2014 2:19:56 PM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: deoetdoctrinae
I heard someone say at mission control that the recovery team in the boat(s) has a visual on it.
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posted on
06/28/2014 2:22:29 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Straight Vermonter
I don’t think the spinning would have caused it to deploy incompletely.
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posted on
06/28/2014 2:26:13 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: All
Next Falcon 9 launch re-scheduled for 14JUL2014 per SpaceFlightNow.com.
Next Falcon 9 launch attempt set for July 14
Officials are targeting July 14 for the next launch attempt for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with six Orbcomm machine-to-machine communications satellites after the booster missed launch opportunities in June.
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posted on
06/28/2014 2:30:15 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
All in all, looks like a great mission. Now they will have lots and lots of data to study, make changes and improvements, and get ready for the next effort next summer.
Good job!
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06/28/2014 2:30:54 PM PDT
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deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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