SpaceX launch

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dt888
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Anyone else watch it on CNN. What a cock up. They had the countdown wrong, missed liftoff and cut to it already in the sky ffs
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You should have watched it on YouTube. Full coverage, listen in to the technicians and presenters explaining everything that's going on.
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dt888 wrote: ↑
Sat May 30, 2020 8:53 pm
 Anyone else watch it on CNN. What a cock up. They had the countdown wrong, missed liftoff and cut to it already in the sky ffs
CNN is a theatre full of Bigots, they were probably too busy pushing their opinion rather than the event, YouTube covered it really well.
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dt888
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Yeah, it was a bit of a last minute thing for me. Not a huge space enthusiast but I remembered it was on and ended up on CNN. Since the launch I’ve been seeing loads of people say how good YouTube was. Never mind
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Space Force launched on Netflix at the same time as this, might be worth a shout if anyone's a fan of Steve Carell. Hope it's any good.
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watched the first episode, not for me, reviews have been ok
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Final stages before rendezvous.
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I've got an old space shuttle simulator that I've never had the hours to learn how to use - pretty complexed stuff, but I'm tempted to find the time now.
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Missed the docking. There's only so much you can watch when the sun's shining outside.
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They should send up an electrician on the next mission. That wiring looks a right mess!
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Big one sitting on the launch pad and due for launch 14:20: -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QXreqOrTA
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Musk apparently used to get pretty nervous during launch phases - hard not to etc, with probably $500m on the line, even without payloads etc.

I sorta think they 80% chance of working ok - thou this is more of a test, so it will probably blow up at some point.

I always wonder what a satellite manufacturer thinks when their payload is lost mid-flight. Its took 2-3 yrs to build the thing, but its more work etc, when it gets busted to smithereens.
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They are going hold today by the look of it.
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Euler wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:14 pm
 They are going hold today by the look of it.
Always better to hold than to hodl :D
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI
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