rescheduled to 9 AM. This is the escape system test and an essential step to becoming man-rated by 2017 AND DECOUPLING FROM OUR DEPENDENCE ON THE RUSSIANS.
Godspeed, SpaceX
To: NonValueAdded
I live a couple of hours north, unfortunately not sure the weather is going to cooperate to see the launch.
2 posted on
05/06/2015 5:56:49 AM PDT by
V_TWIN
To: NonValueAdded
3 posted on
05/06/2015 5:57:09 AM PDT by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: Wilhelm Tell; BlueYonder; thingumbob; amzgirl; 75thOVI; Ravenstar; June2; LuvFreeRepublic; ...
Brevard County, Florida Spaceflight ping.
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4 posted on
05/06/2015 5:58:41 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
To: NonValueAdded
Test looks successful with water landing and all three parachutes opened normally.
6 posted on
05/06/2015 6:01:24 AM PDT by
Truth29
To: NonValueAdded
Looked like it went very well. Detached from the booster, flipped and all three shoots deployed. Nice soft landing in the water.
To: Jack Hydrazine
From the
live feed:
Eight hotrod 3D-printed SuperDraco rocket thrusters mounted around the circumference of the capsule are set to fire at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) to push the 20-foot-tall spacecraft off SpaceXs launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Officials will watch for gusty winds that could delay the flight, but forecasters predicted Tuesday a 70 percent chance conditions will be acceptable Wednesday.
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Burning a nearly two-ton supply of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, the SuperDraco thrusters will almost instantly ramp up to 120,000 pounds of thrust, propelling the Dragon spaceship to an altitude of 100 meters 328 feet in two seconds. By the time the SuperDracos finish firing, the capsule will be a third of a mile above the launch pad. Put another way, the capsule will go from 0 to nearly 100 mph in one second.
3D printed engine chambers ... amazimg
8 posted on
05/06/2015 6:03:21 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
To: NonValueAdded
Not only is this a test of the escape system, it is also the first test of the descent systems that will add re-usability to the dragon capsule as well as the first stage. They want to land the Dragon on land back at the launch complex just like they want to land the first stage.This is also the first test of the system that will land Dragon capsules on Mars as well. SpaceX has designed all their components with Mars in mind.
Spacex Reusable Launch system
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