Orion launch

[psmiffy]

Orion launch at 12.05GMT today

 

[psmiffy]

"Scrubbed for today, 24 hour recycle"

I think that means come back tomorrow for next exciting installment came time same place

 

[accountantpete]

12 minutes to launch

 

[Fnaar]

Came across this thread with 5 mins to go, was all excited, then 10 seconds from lift off, it started buffering, and hasn't stopped, so I've missed the actual lift off grrrr

 

[Cheddar George]

Came across this thread with 5 mins to go, was all excited, then 10 seconds from lift off, it started buffering, and hasn't stopped, so I've missed the actual lift off grrrr

Me too.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Saw it.

 

[accountantpete]

Buffering at time 0 but picked it up on another feed 1 min later

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Buffering at time 0 but picked it up on another feed 1 min later

Buffered on my iPad but it worked fine on Mrs McGinty's laptop.

 

[ianrauk]

worked and is still working fine

 

[threebikesmcginty]

worked and is still working fine

Is it there yet?

 

[Fnaar]

In case you missed it (like me, see above) it's here.
The effort required to defy gravity mirrors the effort I have to in at work to defy the 'gravity' of the tedious flipping meetings I have to sit through.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30343171

 

[Arch]

I like the fact that half this thread so far is devoted not to the technology of the launch but to the inability of folk to see it online...

It's a funny thing, the amount of fuel required to lift that rocket (or any space rocket) - most of the weight of which is the weight of the fuel, which is required to lift the weight... etc.

 

[Fnaar]

I like the fact that half this thread so far is devoted not to the technology of the launch but to the inability of folk to see it online...

It's a funny thing, the amount of fuel required to lift that rocket (or any space rocket) - most of the weight of which is the weight of the fuel, which is required to lift the weight... etc.

Yes, they should ditch half the fuel, then they wouldn't need so much of it!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yes, they should ditch half the fuel, then they wouldn't need so much of it!

It wasn't long before it had half the amount left, it probably only needs a bit to get around in space and fug all to land as it's all downhill, that's me speaking in my capacity as an expert on space travel and shít.