Space exploration and rockets general thread

[DD_Bwest]

[DD_Bwest]

re: iridium.    nsf.com has said that spacex stated its a desire to clear out block 3 boosters to make room for block 4 n 5's l gad a suspicion that was it lol

[Legend]

Official

                       
       
   

    Red car for red planet - Album on Imgur

[DD_Bwest]

man we getting  close.  

do you think are they gonna do the static fire with it ontop? lol


also kinda curious on terminology.   are they gonna use BECO?

(booster engine cut off)

[Legend]

Is this a block 5 interstage? Black is supposed to be for Block 5.

man we getting  close.  

do you think are they gonna do the static fire with it ontop? lol


also kinda curious on terminology.   are they gonna use BECO?

(booster engine cut off)

Haha blow it up on the launch pad.

Could just be MECO1 and MECO2?

[Xevross]

Is this just a test?

[DD_Bwest]

Is this a block 5 interstage? Black is supposed to be for Block 5.Haha blow it up on the launch pad.

Could just be MECO1 and MECO2?

i like BECO and MECO,   they sound good together.  lol

and that does look like a block 5 interstage.. touch confused lol abd the lack of legs really make i look weeeiird.

5:47 pst?   i cant remember laun time


nvm just realized its 527 lol

[Legend]

Is this just a test?

Tonight's launch is real. The car is just a test. Other companies just launch a giant block of metal to simulate the mass of a real payload, but SpaceX wanted to have fun with it.

[DD_Bwest]

yay they are live.

and i like john better then some of the other hosts lol

[Legend]

yay they are live.

and i like john better then some of the other hosts lol

It's not that others or bad, but he's just better  

[Legend]

Dear gosh that ladder makes everything feel huge!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Legend]

Liftoff!!!!!!  

[Legend]

No RUDs this year!  (knocks on wood)

[DD_Bwest]

not sure why i didnt realize sooner..  why did it had the grid fins?


edit:  i think this question ties in with the interstage.. maybe they wanted to test some portion of the block 5 inter,  but at the same time didnt wanna fully recov the booster lol

[Legend]

not sure why i didnt realize sooner..  why did it had the grid fins?


edit:  i think this question ties in with the interstage.. maybe they wanted to test some portion of the block 5 inter,  but at the same time didnt wanna fully recov the booster lol

Webcast said the interstage is just dirty from reuse, not block 5.

Is doing a soft landing in the ocean. Didn't say why.