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Space, the final frontier (NASA going back to the Moon)

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B Mac said:
Thanks for the heads up. Was able to watch it with one of my kids who is home sick. They sure did cut that feed quickly.
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There are other feeds that keep going. I usually watch this one until the SpaceX one starts up.


The guy who hosts this was picked to go an eventual starship moon flyby.
 
That was cool to follow along with. My generation hasn't had the same experience as the initial space race so it's cool to see this and the NASA missions back to the moon.
 
bob2the2nd said:
damn it, i missed the big boom! SOB
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It wasn't that impressive, kind of a bummer as it made it off the pad and made it to the point of separation but didn't separate. It started to tumble before the boom. It sure looked like a test flight though, there was a good pause between ignition and the rocket actually took off; some gimbaling(sp?) went on to get it straight again and the flames coming off the bottom weren't consistent, like engines were firing funny (or not at all). Then it started flopping around at the end and I assume they hit the self destruct button. It was so high up tho that it wasn't all that impressive to watch go boom.

KI4MVP give a rundown on what happened. I don't trust the team announcers to give an unbiased opinion. It got off the ground, so it was successful, but what about the engines that didn't fire? No biggie/some concern? Surprised the separatiom didn't occur, was the rocket not high enough? Or.is this similar to how Tesla door handles freeze up when it's cold?
 
macbdog said:
It wasn't that impressive, kind of a bummer as it made it off the pad and made it to the point of separation but didn't separate. It started to tumble before the boom. It sure looked like a test flight though, there was a good pause between ignition and the rocket actually took off; some gimbaling(sp?) went on to get it straight again and the flames coming off the bottom weren't consistent, like engines were firing funny (or not at all). Then it started flopping around at the end and I assume they hit the self destruct button. It was so high up tho that it wasn't all that impressive to watch go boom.

KI4MVP give a rundown on what happened. I don't trust the team announcers to give an unbiased opinion. It got off the ground, so it was successful, but what about the engines that didn't fire? No biggie/some concern? Surprised the separatiom didn't occur, was the rocket not high enough? Or.is this similar to how Tesla door handles freeze up when it's cold?
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Pretty sure they intentionally blew it up - they have a switch for that. Not sure the reason yet. Either because it didn't separate, or maybe they didn't let it separate because of the engines that didn't fire. I counted 4 that weren't lit when it happened, but haven't watched the replay yet to count them.
 
How confident are we that there are moon creatures slipping around up there?
 
Launch time 8am eastern Saturday

 
Some streams to watch it:

Everyday Astronaut (goes live 12:30 am eastern):

NASA Spaceflight (I don't think this is actually NASA) has 24/7 coverage of Starbase

SpaceX channel will have live coverage, but won't go live until shortly before launch

SpaceX will also live stream it on X, again won't go live until shortly before launch
 
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