The first stage of a new era in manned exploration starts in a few minutes.

http://www.nasa.gov/

Kingy said:

The first stage of a new era in manned exploration starts in a few minutes.

http://www.nasa.gov/

Hoorays!

About time I say!

OMG, a new BC.

I reckon that boatie hasn’t seen that many military ships and planes targeting his arse, ever.

We’re doing it in Chat, might be too late to change :)

Bubblecar said:

We’re doing it in Chat, might be too late to change :)

It’s worth a thread.

Ok, switching to thread. T-minus 8 minutes.

5:49

Orion now operating on its own, T-minus 7 minutes.

4:40

in…

Getting a semi

Endless list of technical stuff is GO

better get another beer…

Kingy said:

Bubblecar said:

We’re doing it in Chat, might be too late to change :)

It’s worth a thread.

It certainly is!

Bang a gong…. Oh fuck

5 minutes.

Mine stopped!

Soft…. Soft NASA soft

Another hold, ground winds.

Bubblecar said:

Endless list of technical stuff is GO

Says Go again just as she is feeling enthusiastic.

A violation of ground winds! Shame!

I am looking on Public. Is Public the best one?

Someone let us know when they’re ready to try again..

ms spock said:

I am looking on Public. Is Public the best one?

Media

My feed has gone

There’s an underscore S red alarm issue now being discussed.

Dropbear said:

ms spock said:

I am looking on Public. Is Public the best one?

Media

Thanks Dropbear!

I will let the rest of my friends know as well. Everyone is online watching it!

Status green, cleared.

I have noticed that the rocket building has ULA on it instead of USA. Presumably that is because of sponsorship issues. It would take a seriously lot of money to take USA off this launch.

All holds removed.

I’m going to need a supper after this.

Dropbear said:

My feed has gone

Still here. :(

Bubblecar said:

I’m going to need a supper after this.

Hold the turducken, bubblecar is going to need a sheeppigcow.

Kingy said:

I have noticed that the rocket building has ULA on it instead of USA. Presumably that is because of sponsorship issues. It would take a seriously lot of money to take USA off this launch.

They just said United Launch Alliance.

United Launch Alliance.

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

What are we waiting for?

the new version of rocket?

Bubblecar said:

I’m going to need a supper after this.

I think I might need massage support.

Can’t really blame them, this is very much an experimental launch and they have to learn from all the glitches and maybe-glitches that come up.

ratty one said:

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

What are we waiting for?

The launch?

ratty one said:

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

What are we waiting for?

Someone broke wind

Michael V said:

ratty one said:

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

What are we waiting for?

The launch?

yeah but what link?

Dropbear said:

ratty one said:

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

What are we waiting for?

Someone broke wind

in the orion?

Dropbear said:

I’ll give it 15 mins then I’m going to bed

Steady lad, steady. It will go.

ratty one said:

yeah but what link?

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#

ratty one said:

Michael V said:

ratty one said:

What are we waiting for?

The launch?

yeah but what link?

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#

any updates on a lunch time?

Someone ought to press the GO-GO-GO button so I can go and see about supper.

party_pants said:

any updates on a lunch time?

Lunch won’t be until well after the launch.

+a

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

I was thinking the same thing.

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Very intermittent audio here too.

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Same here. Dunno.

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Often quiet

party_pants said:

any updates on a lunch time?

Um….?
Probably 12:30pm for this extreme techie.

Dropbear said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Often quiet

Wind is the problem, so they are determining a new launch time, right now.

There wasn’t any continuous commentary scheduled, so we just get updates.

10 mins we’re back

Bubblecar said:

There wasn’t any continuous commentary scheduled, so we just get updates.

It makes me nervous when they stop talking, because it makes me fear something is going awry.

Dropbear said:

10 mins we’re back

Better be, I am halfway to the bedroom.

21 knots seems a good breeze.

AwesomeO said:

Dropbear said:

10 mins we’re back

Better be, I am halfway to the bedroom.

Hold they course AwesomeO. Steady Lad!

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/cape-canaveral

7 mins

If they hold again, I’ll watch the launch on YouTube.

kii said:

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/cape-canaveral

Thanks kii!

When they do the close ups I get excited, because it looks like they are going to show us close ups of the launch sequence.

5 mins

For supper I’m thinking: 2 roo & bacon sausages grilled with a sliced tomato.

All kinds of stuff is GO again.

Dropbear said:

5 mins

for real?

4 mins

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

5 mins

for real?

3 mins FUCK

Bubblecar said:

All kinds of stuff is GO again.

It is getting exciting!

Kingy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Very intermittent audio here too.

—-

If only BC was here with us…

Hold hold hold I’m going to bed

tauto said:

Kingy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Very intermittent audio here too.

—-

If only BC was here with us…

a distant memory.

Dropbear said:

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

5 mins

for real?

3 mins FUCK

I thought they just said…ABORT, HOLD, STOP…?

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

Another abort.

ms spock said:

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

Wind violation.

ms spock said:

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

windy weather

ms spock said:

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

Ground wind speed violation.

tauto said:

Kingy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

I seem to be getting intermittent audio? Or are they quiet every so often?

Very intermittent audio here too.

—-

If only BC was here with us…

Shhhhh…….if his name is said when the wind is in the 7th house and the moon is hunkered behind the cowshed….he appears in a puff of fumes.

kii said:

Dropbear said:

party_pants said:

for real?

3 mins FUCK

I thought they just said…ABORT, HOLD, STOP…?

Yes, yes they did.

Michael V said:

ms spock said:

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

Wind violation.

Damn those wind violations!

If they stopped saying all the go…go…go…go…go…go…they might get the thing off the ground. It wastes time! ;)

Transferring everything to External again. It could be some time. I’m going to make supper.

makes hissing noise

kii said:

If they stopped saying all the go…go…go…go…go…go…they might get the thing off the ground. It wastes time! ;)

They are each a checkpoint in the chain.

ms spock said:

Michael V said:

ms spock said:

GO FOR LAUNCH?

Why are the aborting?

Wind violation.

Damn those wind violations!

I feel violated, too. Nearly 40 km/h.

kii said:

If they stopped saying all the go…go…go…go…go…go…they might get the thing off the ground. It wastes time! ;)

But they have to know if it is go or not go, and it would take some of the magic and romance way! :D

party_pants said:

makes hissing noise

letting off steam?

***issues the wind with a moving violation ticket***

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

makes hissing noise

letting off steam?

Peer pressure for the wind!

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

makes hissing noise

letting off steam?

Peer pressure for the wind!

Meanwhile Orion looks like a steam engine at the station.

7 mins to launch

4:00

abort

Michael V said:

4:00

3 min

Tejay said:

abort

at 3:09

Tejay said:

abort

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

4:00

3 min

Didn’t get there until STOP. Some technical fault.

damn.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

4:00

3 min

Didn’t get there until STOP. Some technical fault.

A fuel valve didn’t close.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

4:00

3 min

Didn’t get there until STOP. Some technical fault.

At the moment the wind dropped too.

ms spock said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

3 min

Didn’t get there until STOP. Some technical fault.

A fuel valve didn’t close.

If only they had the same attitude as the Ruskies. It must launch on time at all costs.

They had some seriously spectacular and very expensive fireworks.

And a few earth shattering kabooms.

The announcer keeps saying that the launch window closes at about 9:36AM, and according to NASA it opened at 7:05AM.

What factors influence the launch window timing?

btm said:

The announcer keeps saying that the launch window closes at about 9:36AM, and according to NASA it opened at 7:05AM.

What factors influence the launch window timing?

Geometry. The alignment of the planets, the rotation of the earth, that sort of thing.

btm said:

The announcer keeps saying that the launch window closes at about 9:36AM, and according to NASA it opened at 7:05AM.

What factors influence the launch window timing?

I think they want it to land during daylight.

Kingy said:

btm said:

The announcer keeps saying that the launch window closes at about 9:36AM, and according to NASA it opened at 7:05AM.

What factors influence the launch window timing?

I think they want it to land during daylight.

Can’t be that, it’s only a 4.5 hour planned flight.

nothing happening?

party_pants said:

nothing happening?

Has been aborted since the fuel valve incident. So no, nothing happening.

Nice shed.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

nothing happening?

Has been aborted since the fuel valve incident. So no, nothing happening.

pity – must be only half an hour left in the launch window? Quarter-to I think they said earlier.

Fourth time lucky maybe…fingers crossed

Go,Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,….

Tejay said:

Go,Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,….

12 minutes…

Tejay said:

Go,Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,….

thanks… switiching over.

scrub for today.

24 hour reset.

Jaysus, it is a launch. It has a pay load on the top bit .It’s not bloody rocket science!

launch scrubbed

party_pants said:

Tejay said:

Go,Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,….

thanks… switiching over.

Bum.

Scrubbed for today :(

Kingy said:

party_pants said:

Tejay said:

Go,Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,….

thanks… switiching over.

Bum.

Scrubbed for today :(

Don’t blame me

Looks like it’s same time same station tomorrow.
Till then, it’s goodnight from moi.

Tejay said:

Looks like it’s same time same station tomorrow.
Till then, it’s goodnight from moi.

night.

From the blogs.nasa.gov/orion/ website…
“The launch team has tentatively set a liftoff time of 7:05 a.m. EST, the opening of a 2-hour, 39 minute window just as today. We will begin our launch coverage at 6 a.m. tomorrow on NASA TV and on the Orion blog. Tune into the blog and NASA.gov for continuing updates throughout the day.”

What I don’t get I’d that they can’t put men into orbit and they are trying to go to mars.

The Russians just quietly plugged along making rockets that work and are at present the only way to get into space for men.

Given the present course of events I’d also Russia is close to pulling the plug on cooperating with America and banning them from their rockets

The ISS will fold and Russia will cut its losses and just go back to having its own orbiting bases, I don’t think they will bother with this sort of thing again

Hope it’s less frustrating this time.

Bubblecar said:

Hope it’s less frustrating this time.

I was falling asleep on the couch last night …. such a night owl…

Launch window opens at about 11pm our time.

FNDC check:

IFO: Go
BIF: Go
IBC: Go
GCG: Go
CCR: Go
WBO: Go
SNTS: Go

All system go. Launch FNDC.

party_pants said:

FNDC check:

IFO: Go
BIF: Go
IBC: Go
GCG: Go
CCR: Go
WBO: Go
SNTS: Go

All system go. Launch FNDC.

G….O…GG……: Go
(Not the dart)

20.05 WST
23.05 EDST time
some other time in NT, QLD and SA.

its on again

great stuff

hope the wind does not interfere again

bad wind

Cherry Cherry Lyrics
Baby loves me Yes, yes she does Ah, the girl’s outta sight, yeah Says she loves me Yes, yes she does Gonna show me tonight, yeah She got the way to move me, Cherry She got the way to groove me She got the way to move me She got the way to groove me

Tell your mamma, girl, I can’t stay long We got things we gotta catch up on Mmmm, you know You know what I’m sayin’ Can’t stand still while the music is playin’ Y’ain’t got no right No, no you don’t Ah, to be so exciting Won’t need bright lights No, no we won’t Gonna make our own lighting

Cape Canaveral’s Friday forecast is still pretty breezy: max 26C, wind 26 kmh.

According to AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines, weather could interfere with launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station located along the east coast of Florida.

Kines described expected conditions as partly sunny, though there is a chance for brief showers in the area. East to northeast winds between 6 and 12 mph may pose issues for the launch.

“Low clouds could also pose a problem,” he said.

Friday’s launch window extends from 7:05 a.m. EST to 9:44 a.m. EST. If NASA decides to scrub the launch again, it would be scheduled to take place on Saturday in the same time frame.

Are we there yet?

Weather is 40% for a go tonight

Weather briefing soon.

Currently JUST ok weather wise

Current conditions are a go for 22:05 Brisbane time

What’s the deal with the weather? The super thrust engines can escape a calm day but are doomed by a light breeze?

furious said:

What’s the deal with the weather? The super thrust engines can escape a calm day but are doomed by a light breeze?

Yeh … 23 knots is still a fair breeze

15 min planned hold

So we’re holding before we’ve even started?

Bubblecar said:

So we’re holding before we’ve even started?

It’s planned… 16 mins to launch

Bubblecar said:

So we’re holding before we’ve even started?

No, this is the planned 15 min hold at T-4:00 min. Planeed to come out of the hold at 1 minute past the hour and count down to launch at 5 past.

What’s that eternal pink flame at bottom left?

Bubblecar said:

What’s that eternal pink flame at bottom left?

Hydrogen gas overflow. They keep topping it up to full, and the excess has to go somewhere.

Kingy said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s that eternal pink flame at bottom left?

Hydrogen gas overflow. They keep topping it up to full, and the excess has to go somewhere.

I see, ta.

All conditions are GO. But we’ve heard that before.

Weather remains green.

I appreciate the fact that NASA do mostly time their major events during FNDC.

Approaching T-minus 10.

Kingy said:

I appreciate the fact that NASA do mostly time their major events during FNDC.

Yes I’d better open another bottle.

Kingy said:

I appreciate the fact that NASA do mostly time their major events during FNDC.

this forum need a like button

Getting a semi again

Reading through the GO again.

I love the go/no go poll

I love the go procedure count off.

I think they’re going to damn well do it this time.

It’s like déjà vu.

Bang a gong, we are on.

AwesomeO said:

I love the go procedure count off.

Heh snap

What a world we live in.

Yeh good feeling about this

We’re inside the 4 minutes, the rocket is on its own.

Gooooooo

1:30

Good to see the new rocket about to fly for the first time.

A shame it’s not the real Orion.

Hold on, kids

Everything is GO

Wooohoooo

damn and blast.

buffered at T-minus 15 seconds, resumed at +1.30.

missed all the fun!

Good separation, whoohooooo

Passing mach 5. Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do.

Lovely clear and steady camera work.

Took a long time to get to Mach 1, next thing was Mach 5. Live camera view.. Amazing

that 7 minutes since launch has gone so much quicker than the 7 minutes previously.

AwesomeO said:

Lovely clear and steady camera work.

Yup the sound was awesome too… Suddenly faded at altitude

Lovely views of the fairing panel jettison.

The booster separation was awesome too

14,000 mph.

Talk in metric you wankers

Dropbear said:

Talk in metric you wankers

You have NFI :/

Greetings people of the planet….time to go in 5,4,3,2,1….go :P

Fucking miles per pound furlong gives me the irrits

They’re preparing for BBQ.

Dropbear said:

Fucking miles per pound furlong gives me the irrits

See your doctor if symptoms persist

Going through the Van Allen belts twice before splashdown.

Typical 90 minute low earth orbit duration, then a 4 minute burn…

The altitude readout is going down?

AwesomeO said:

The altitude readout is going down?

Yeh it has steadied now…

The crew module looks very much like that of the Apollo command module.

Launch replay pp

A lot of flame licking around the bottom at ignition

Looks almost like the Taj Mahal taking off into space.

Ok night all…

Bubblecar said:

Looks almost like the Taj Mahal taking off into space.

It does, rather.

more on the story

NASA’s Mars Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean

“Over the next few minutes, a total of 11 parachutes deployed to slow Orion’s descent, including three gigantic main chutes that guided the spaceship to a 32 km/h splashdown 1,014 kilometres southwest of San Diego, California, at 3:29am AEDST.”

What are the parachutes made of?

““I think it’s a big day for the world, for people who know and like space,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said before the launch.”

BC probly creamed his pants.

Divine Angel said:

“Over the next few minutes, a total of 11 parachutes deployed to slow Orion’s descent, including three gigantic main chutes that guided the spaceship to a 32 km/h splashdown 1,014 kilometres southwest of San Diego, California, at 3:29am AEDST.”

What are the parachutes made of?

““I think it’s a big day for the world, for people who know and like space,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said before the launch.”

BC probly creamed his pants.

Don’t mention his name too many times, it’ll make him come back.

Yes, like Beetlejuice.

Parachutes

Testing Video 38mins. more talking than seeing.

I haven’t been keeping up with this. I thought by all the hype it was the real thing. It’s just a test flight. An expensive test flight.

Goodness me.

Cool, so it landed ok.

Watching a replay saved from YouTube while listening to selected tracks from Landa’s performance of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Earth from space always looks beautiful but a bit fragile – such a thin blue sky.

Just watched it again. I missed the actual launch yesterday through buffering.

party_pants said:

Just watched it again. I missed the actual launch yesterday through buffering.

It was on ABC24 this morning.

For lunch I’m thinking: two fat little pork & apple sausages baked with a small chopped onion, served with brown bread and Mild English mustard.

Bubblecar said:

For lunch I’m thinking: two fat little pork & apple sausages baked with a small chopped onion, served with brown bread and Mild English mustard.

…was for Chat :)

party_pants said:

Just watched it again. I missed the actual launch yesterday through buffering.

BC missed it through fapping.

Just watched a replay, bit of a rough ignition sequence.
I’d like the third umpire to have another look at that.

Peak Warming Man said:

Just watched a replay, bit of a rough ignition sequence.
I’d like the third umpire to have another look at that.

The flames leapt a bit high but presumably they were supposed to do that.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Just watched a replay, bit of a rough ignition sequence.
I’d like the third umpire to have another look at that.

The flames leapt a bit high but presumably they were supposed to do that.

…they’d been waiting a long time to get out there.

I was reading a box of tissues earlier today (it’s not what you think) and they spelt sooth ‘soothe’
I never knew there was an e on the end of it.
So I looked it up and they’re right.

So how do these rockets (all rockets probably) control their direction? Is the thrust adjustable at the base of the rocket or are there other smaller thrusters to adjust heading?

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Just watched a replay, bit of a rough ignition sequence.
I’d like the third umpire to have another look at that.

The flames leapt a bit high but presumably they were supposed to do that.

Yes I immediate thought it didn’t look good

Peak Warming Man said:

I was reading a box of tissues earlier today (it’s not what you think) and they spelt sooth ‘soothe’
I never knew there was an e on the end of it.
So I looked it up and they’re right.

Well sure, we all really like rocket launches

gambaled thrust

Boris said:

gambaled thrust

Thanks Boris.

Gimbal test video