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#281 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:42 am

Brace yourselves................ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/02 ... clearance/
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#282 Post by ian16th » Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:41 am

G-CPTN wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:44 pm
 Would Trump like to go?

I'm sure that sponsors could be found.
A one way ticket at half double the price?
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#283 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:42 am

Boac wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:42 am
 Brace yourself................
And add Sheila for the Australian definition of foreplay!

This launch is likely to be the highlight of my day so if they scrub again "I will scream and scream until I am sick", just like Violet Elizabeth Bott! =))
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#284 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:49 am

Would Trump like to go?
How many seats are there?
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#285 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:54 am

Boac wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:49 am
Would Trump like to go?
How many seats are there?
Who would want Trump to go the way of Wan Hu? <<try saying that quickly after a couple of glasses of wine>>

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#286 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:29 am

Rocket monkey is suggesting this launch time today...
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#287 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:18 pm

Meanwhile Virgin are planning a launch next week.
Virgin Galactic will reach space again next weekend, if all goes according to plan.

The company announced today (Feb. 1) that it's targeting Feb. 13 for the next test flight of its latest suborbital SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, with further opportunities available throughout February. It will be Unity's third spaceflight overall and the first to lift off from New Mexico's Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic's commercial hub.

Unity's previous two test flights, which occurred in December 2018 and February 2019, took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California, near the headquarters of Virgin Galactic's manufacturing subsidiary, The Spaceship Company.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/v ... d=msedgntp
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#288 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:25 pm

...and SpaceX Starlink V1 L17 is due for launch Wed 3rd Feb at 1057 GMT from Kennedy with 60 Starlink satellites for the SpaceX high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
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#289 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:26 pm

The NASA Boca Chica feed is open - only 5 hours to go..........................

You can, however, see that SN9 has its 'wings' spread which looks promising.
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#290 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:13 pm

For all the nerds...

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#291 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:31 pm

Excitement grows here. My better half has just baked an experimental vegan chocolate brownie which is cooling, just as the SN9 flight hots up. I might just faint due to the stress and expectation! =))
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#292 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:48 pm

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#293 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:31 pm

Looking like 1900Z

Whoops! make that 2000Z.
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#294 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:35 pm

Boac wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:31 pm
 Looking like 1900Z
What day?
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#295 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:44 pm

Think he means 2000Z! SpaceX should provide a live feed from a few minutes before launch
From SpaceX website:
There will be a live feed of the flight test available here that will start a few minutes prior to liftoff.
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
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#296 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:44 pm

See correction. I think it is known as premature elaunchulation.
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#297 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:29 pm

What a bunch of amateurs! - the commentary team, not the rocketeers . . .
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#298 Post by Boac » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:31 pm

Any worse than the TV gangs waiting for a press conference?
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#299 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:32 pm

Boom...
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#300 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:33 pm

Coverage poor. Flight sub-optimal!

Can't listen to those morons any more!

Like a fool I stuck with that spaceflight.com stream...

Won't make that mistake again.
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