December 9, 20205 yr Yeah, the Space X feed showed Raptor abort with the countdown clock stopped at T minus 1.3 seconds. Elon - you are such a tease! I wonder if he deliberately "staged" (rocketry pun intended) the abort because he'd missed a 4:20 liftoff time (local) Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
December 9, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, HighBypass said: Yeah, the Space X feed showed Raptor abort with the countdown clock stopped at T minus 1.3 seconds. Elon - you are such a tease! I wonder if he deliberately "staged" (rocketry pun intended) the abort because he'd missed a 4:20 liftoff time (local) I suspect he's been watching Galaxy Quest to stop the countdown at that late stage. 🤣 Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
December 9, 20205 yr Author The pilot of that NASA Canberra, Tony Casey, is tweeting. Flight plan filed for takeoff in 16 minutes. He was about ready to take off earlier when it was changed. That airplane holds record for being in mothballs. So I figure hour fifteen mission to get set up... so could be 3:30 to 4.
December 9, 20205 yr Author Official SpaceX feed now up with countdown. AFAIK SpaceX didn’t swap out a Raptor or anything. They have their trouble sensors set to be very sensitive. So probably minor issue or just a glitch. Edited December 9, 20205 yr by Tim_Capps
December 9, 20205 yr Author It was me and Ginger in my L1011. Sorry. The sure vented a lot of fuel! SN8 was rarin’ to go. They’ll restart. Plenty of time. 4:40 pm new time. Edited December 9, 20205 yr by Tim_Capps
December 9, 20205 yr They are saying on Twitter that a single engine prop departing Brownsville got too close. Next attempt 4:40 CST. 22:40 UTC. Well it is still before my bed time. And have just set up new TV. Samsung Q90T. Just watched Mandalorian season two episode one... awesome in 4K. Let's hope I finish off the evening with a succesful SN8 test. Edited December 9, 20205 yr by martin-w
December 9, 20205 yr Administrators Nap for an hour and 10 minutes! 🛌 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
December 9, 20205 yr Author Whoops. “But hey, we’re 10 minutes early!” Edited December 9, 20205 yr by Tim_Capps
December 9, 20205 yr Musk is an alien , part of the Galactic Foundation. All you got to do is watch the interview with Joe Rogan where Musk smokes some weed , and just watch how weird he acts, even before smoking. Edited December 9, 20205 yr by AmeliaCat
December 9, 20205 yr Author Canberra is one of three still flying. This NASA crew member tweeted this picture of them in front of the airplane. I feel sorry for them. 14 minutes to launch.
December 9, 20205 yr Well then, that was a nice explosion. But the control of the belly flop looked good. Even if the flip was too late. To me that was a success. Edited December 9, 20205 yr by martin-w
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