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Nzoner's Game Room>Space Exploration megathread
DaFace 09:40 AM 06-01-2014
Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions

Spoiler!


How to Watch a Live Launch
Spoiler!


Where to Learn More
Spoiler!


Glossary
Spoiler!

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Donger 08:01 AM 09-01-2016

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred Thursday morning. pic.twitter.com/Bc7kNiq6E0

— WESH 2 News (@WESH) September 1, 2016


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stumppy 08:10 AM 09-01-2016
RotRoh
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DaFace 08:22 AM 09-01-2016
Well, shit. Though I doubt there will be as thorough of an investigation since it was a test fire (which is meant to identify issues), chances are that did a ton of damage to the pad that's gonna take forever to fix.
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eDave 08:26 AM 09-01-2016

Official statement from @SpaceX: pic.twitter.com/GxvH2E8401

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) September 1, 2016


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DaFace 08:30 AM 09-01-2016
Loss of payload...ouch.

Two lost payloads in 1.5 years isn't going to help opinions of their reliability.
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DaFace 08:40 AM 09-01-2016
It SOUNDS like it may have been an issue with the ground equipment and not the rocket (not confirmed by official sources). That's not necessarily any better, but it's interesting if so.
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Donger 09:02 AM 09-01-2016
I thought the satellite wasn't onboard?
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Hydrae 09:05 AM 09-01-2016
It seems odd that they would be test firing it with the payload onboard. :-)
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DaFace 09:06 AM 09-01-2016
Originally Posted by Donger:
I thought the satellite wasn't onboard?
Originally Posted by Hydrae:
It seems odd that they would be test firing it with the payload onboard. :-)
I wouldn't have thought it would be either, but apparently it was. :-)
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DaFace 09:07 AM 09-01-2016
Sadly, I've removed the "next launch" info from the OP. It'll probably be a while before there's anything to put in there.
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eDave 09:08 AM 09-01-2016
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I wouldn't have thought it would be either, but apparently it was. :-)
Tight schedule. Taking the rocket back down and performing the mounting, putting it back up, two days away from launch while still checking all the systems just wasn't feasible.

Lesson learned. At a cost of $200m.
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Donger 09:10 AM 09-01-2016
:-)

SpaceX rocket that exploded was supposed to take a Facebook satellite into space https://t.co/dELMsbvImv pic.twitter.com/Sybd2WFtHd

— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) September 1, 2016


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scho63 10:34 AM 09-01-2016
Elon Musk is having a HORRIBLE day!

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Donger 10:48 AM 09-01-2016
Talk about bad timing...

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/30/tech...use/index.html
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Rain Man 11:35 AM 09-01-2016
I can't seem to access Gus Grissom's Facebook page.
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