Space exploration and rockets general thread

[DD_Bwest]

nice weather is holding for now it seems.  this is exciting

[Legend]

nice weather is holding for now it seems.  this is exciting

Lightning getting close though. It'll be a race to launch it first!

[Legend]

live

[Legend]

aw so close. aborted at 9 seconds. Will launch tomorrow

[Legend]

Delayed 20 minutes due to weather.

[Legend]

Delayed another 10.

I really hope they launch tonight. It'll be the fastest turnaround time in US history if they manage it. Russians once launched from the same pad 48 hours apart so that's the global record.

[Legend]

[Legend]

lol scrubbed. 4th of July launch it seems.

No record break

[Xevross]

lol scrubbed. 4th of July launch it seems.

No record break

They'll get the record soon enough!

[Legend]

They'll get the record soon enough!

Pff 3 rockets in 11 days, not good enough Elon!  


A launch tomorrow will still be a spaceX record at least.

[Xevross]

Pff 3 rockets in 11 days, not good enough Elon!  


A launch tomorrow will still be a spaceX record at least.

Who/ what was the old record?

[Legend]

Who/ what was the old record?

SpaceX did CRS-6 and the next launch from that pad 13 days apart.

[Legend]

We're going to spend the 4th doing a full review of rocket & pad systems. Launch no earlier than 5th/6th. Only one chance to get it right …

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2017

[Legend]

90% go for tonight

[Legend]