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[09:02:39] <Mat2ch> Aaaaaaand SN9 is upgright again
[09:02:45] <Mat2ch> took them a whole day
[09:14:09] <Althego> please return your rocket to its original upright position
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[09:42:07] <Mat2ch> I think the shipyard cam broke...
[09:43:31] <Mat2ch> or not. There's just no movement at all...
[09:43:50] <Mat2ch> maybe they are checking if it is worth to repair or just throw over and crush ;)
[10:50:17] <Mat2ch> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwMZDaG6ZSs
[14:11:39] <Althego> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkA8HbOqGHg
[14:12:38] <Althego> Danny2462: SN8 But More Kerbal! - Kerbal Space Program
[14:14:55] <darsie> :)
[14:19:06] <flayer> lmao
[15:04:03] <Althego> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COraGXFb1lo
[15:04:20] <Althego> launch in something like 75 minutes
[15:05:36] <flayer> ordinary spacex launches and landings are so boring
[15:45:20] <Althego> hah, nanowar of steel, 1 week ago
[15:47:10] <Mat2ch> Althego: what is it this time and against how many community rules would you violate if you would post a link? ;)
[15:47:23] <Althego> actually it seems to be ok
[15:48:21] <Althego> if i am lucky the cd arrives next week
[15:48:55] <Althego> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwiKpARBngU
[15:49:19] <Althego> like the one about the planet, this is also from stairway to valhalla
[15:49:44] <Althego> so they were pushing out these videos out because of the re-release of the album
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[16:10:13] <Althego> Now targeting 12:30 p.m. EST for launch of SXM-7, time is optimized for launch and recovery. Weather forecast has improved to 80% favorable
[16:15:01] <Mat2ch> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkA8HbOqGHg :D
[16:16:14] <Althego> never gets old
[17:03:31] <JVFoxy> lol.. that last second of the video
[17:04:07] <JVFoxy> ya.. go fast enough, you can pass through things.. at least in game. Unless if you going for Jool, that just flips you off at 5 times light speed.. or something
[17:07:16] <JVFoxy> We don't launch just the rocket.. we also launch the silo with it, 40% more rocket... uh, did someone just quote Portal game?
[17:07:48] <JVFoxy> Instead, with them its bullets instead of rockets... oh guuh, rocket bullets..
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[17:10:17] <JVFoxy> .... what have we done? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/f2/ef/33f2ef21d768ae938292264eec5cbfd0.jpg
[17:13:57] <Althego> stream on
[17:18:13] <JVFoxy> hmm.. which to follow
[17:27:08] <flayer> two and a half minutes
[17:27:39] <JVFoxy> watch'n directly from spacex.. wasn't sure what other feed was good
[17:28:01] <Althego> no onboard stream from any other stream
[17:29:18] <Althego> 10
[17:30:27] <Althego> hehe that ksp style trajectory prediction in the mission control audio stream
[17:32:04] <JVFoxy> no on board... so far
[17:32:12] <Althego> there it is
[17:32:16] <JVFoxy> oh.. n/m
[17:33:10] <JVFoxy> grid fins.. can't help think cheese graters with the shape on the underside.. or something
[17:33:22] <Althego> hehe
[17:33:49] <umaxtu> I'm not sure how well they would grate cheese at supersonic speeds
[17:35:10] <JVFoxy> slices the air pretty good.. though with a bit of friction. Those things still melt a little on the way down?
[17:35:14] <FLHerne> Very well, I expect
[17:35:30] <FLHerne> No, they're titanium now
[17:35:47] <FLHerne> (largest single titanium castings ever, according to Elon)
[17:36:05] Action: FLHerne suspects some secret military thing actually holds that record
[17:36:10] <Althego> was it a precursor to tesla gigacasting?
[17:36:16] <JVFoxy> oh..
[17:36:30] <JVFoxy> entry burn.. pulls quite a few Gs I guessing
[17:37:22] <FLHerne> I doubt there's any connection there
[17:37:35] <Althego> sometimes there is
[17:37:48] <umaxtu> working with titanium is a very different animal
[17:38:09] <Althego> hmm
[17:38:12] <Althego> this never happens
[17:38:17] <Althego> maybe the anti ship missile worked this time?
[17:38:50] <FLHerne> nope
[17:39:11] <FLHerne> It had a pretty good try on SES-whatever
[17:39:17] <JVFoxy> wonder how the booster lands and not just skid off the droneship with those waves
[17:39:31] <Althego> there is the octograbber
[17:39:40] <Althego> it goes under it and grabs it
[17:39:44] <JVFoxy> ya but it has to be brought out.. takes time
[17:40:15] <JVFoxy> lol.. hand booster, big fingers of a hand comes up and pinches it instantly
[17:40:38] <Deddly> Wow, 7th flight and landing of that booster
[17:40:39] <JVFoxy> ... big booster... a few thoughts got crossed there
[17:42:00] <Althego> big booster, big bada boom
[17:42:18] <FLHerne> The more wow is that they did that with a customer payload
[17:42:46] <Althego> normal operation. i expect them to reach 10th landing soon
[17:43:23] <Althego> supposedly sxm-8 should follow shortly
[17:43:30] <FLHerne> I don't think any external payload has flown on even a 5th flight before?
[17:43:41] <FLHerne> All the .5, .6 and .7 have been Starlink
[17:43:41] <Althego> it seems it will not make it in december, just ion january
[17:45:25] <Althego> did falcon heavy see any action this year?
[17:45:32] <Althego> i dont think it did
[17:46:27] <JVFoxy> only been that one launch so far..?
[17:46:38] <JVFoxy> Last I heard, was debate over if its worth it now or not
[17:46:55] <flayer> when i have just 1% signal on a manned kerbal flight, i like to pretend they are communicating in morse kode to preserve bandwidth
[17:47:23] <Althego> probably digital transmissions could do better
[17:47:26] <FLHerne> Althego: Not since June 2019
[17:47:41] <FLHerne> JVFoxy: There've been two customer launches, plus the demo mission
[17:47:50] <JVFoxy> oh wait.. I remember roadster..
[17:48:17] <Althego> angara a5 launch in 12 hours. probably no stream
[17:48:29] <Althego> test launch with dummy payloa
[17:48:30] <FLHerne> Definitely worth it, because they wouldn't qualify for the USSF block buy otherwise
[17:48:46] <Althego> ah yes they are going to launch some military stuff
[17:48:48] <FLHerne> And they need it for NASA's lunar cargo contract too
[17:50:00] <FLHerne> Should be 2-3 launches per year for the foreseeable future
[17:50:04] <JVFoxy> just did a quick catch up on the other two launches for heavy..
[17:50:31] <JVFoxy> way things been going, seems like not even a day or so between launches in general
[17:52:45] <Althego> most of them  probably goiong to postponed
[17:56:18] <JVFoxy> looking at number of launches each year..
[17:57:02] <JVFoxy> guess I've been more aware of them in recent times. Its been picking up slowly since 2000s, early 80's was when we saw more than we do now.
[17:57:25] <JVFoxy> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_spaceflight
[17:58:19] <FLHerne> What that chart doesn't show is the difference in location/nationality
[17:59:01] <FLHerne> US launch (mostly SpaceX) is a few times higher than early 2000s
[17:59:06] <FLHerne> Mostly at the expense of Russia
[18:00:31] <JVFoxy> I know.. I was just thinking over all
[18:24:52] <Althego> scott
[18:25:38] <Althego> i was wondering just now about the roadster current looks
[18:25:59] <Althego> is it pale, is the surface cracking
[21:16:15] <packbart> did aliens already nick the tyres
[21:28:51] <Althego> they dont even need the bricks under them :)
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