SpaceX Demo-2 Manned Mission - Also general SpaceX happenings

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

They might scrub due to lightning risk at T-20:00.

 

[Sam Losco]

Yeah looks like it's going to be a weather scrub.

 

[WarJams]

Scrubbed.

 

[Vecr]

Yeah looks like it's going to be a weather scrub.

I think it's fully done at this point.

 

[A Useless Fish]

Yeah, they've just announced that they're scrubbing it. God dammit, seeing this would have been so cool.

How long will it take for them to determine when they can try another launch?

 

[Dog_With_A_Lawn]

Yeah, they've just announced that they're scrubbing it. God dammit, seeing this would have been so cool.

How long will it take for them to determine when they can try another launch?

Next launch is Saturday

 

[WarJams]

Yeah, they've just announced that they're scrubbing it. God dammit, seeing this would have been so cool.

How long will it take for them to determine when they can try another launch?

I think I heard somebody say the 30th awhile ago.

 

[Sam Losco]

OP updated. I'll re-do the poll right now for Saturday predictions.

 

[Massa's Little Buckie]

How gay.

 

[Sam Losco]

Apparently I can't completely change the poll, so I just removed the time limit and allowed vote changes.

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

Are we going to have a dead pool? Uncle MuuMuu's wallet is a tad barren.

 

[AnitaSarsleezian]

Nothing will ever top super dave or whoever that flat earth rocket guy was.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

we all know they're scrubbing the launch right? there was this old comedy central sketch just mocking NASA for always scrubbing launches. somehow we're still so fucking archaic that a gust of wind or some clouds or butterflies fuck up our launches.

Space is a waste of time and money, the last time NASA gave a shit about space exploration the nazis were still in power. Not a single cent in decades of increased funding has been spent on actually cool space bullshit, instead it always gets spent on satellites or global warming research.

space is a dead end, the cost will never get down enough. you need a massive amount of government subsidies and people throwing trillions in dollars away for it be to be economically feasible. Like a rocket launch a day for it to work as a good investment, right now we're at two rockets a week or some shit like that. Mostly all satellites.

Replace Nazis with Soviets and I would agree with you. NASA has been a joke since the cold war when the Soviets gave them real competition. Until we have a functional space elevator and we are mining asteroids, space exploration is a waste of money.

 

[Hippopatumus]

Replace Nazis with Soviets and I would agree with you. NASA has been a joke since the cold war when the Soviets gave them real competition. Until we have a functional space elevator and we are mining asteroids, space exploration is a waste of money.

Other than being a jobs program, NASA doesn't exist to explore space, it exists as a plausible cover for us to position assets for military posture. This was true during the cold war and it's true now. The Space shuttle is the absolute worst possible vehicle for space exploration but it worked pretty well for its intended purpose. Anyway, it's hard to stage military assets on the ISS when you have to hitch a ride with the Russians.

 

[Puff]

Any word on the reschedule?

 

[BScCollateral]

Any word on the reschedule?

Saturday the 30th, about 3 PM EDT.

 

[MagneticTowels]

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/s...art-massive-explosion-day-ahead-manned-launch

 

[Sam Losco]

Weather right now is only 50% go for Saturday.


SpaceX has asked for another backup day on Tuesday, June 2nd, in case this weekend is just more weather scrubs.

 

[Stoneheart]

Rocket goes KABUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM...

Musks should have threatened the job security of the Nasa Nazis...

 

[Sam Losco]

The rocket that exploded was a prototype in Texas and was never set to do anything beyond sit on that test stand to do test engine firings. The engine, btw, is completely new design that has never flown either, and uses different fuel than the Falcon 9, so they are testing everything with this. New engine design, new rocket design, everything. Has NOTHING to do with the manned launch and NASA is not involved. Zero Hedge is garbage.