Reply With QuoteHope you kept some snacks for attempt 2 (on Saturday).Originally Posted by GraniteQuarry
Kid in bed: CHECK
Live feed: CHECK
Comfy chair: CHECK
Snacks: CHECK
Aborted.
Bum.
Hope you kept some snacks for attempt 2 (on Saturday).Kid in bed: CHECK
Live feed: CHECK
Comfy chair: CHECK
Snacks: CHECK
Last edited by jukeboxs; 27th May 2020 at 21:21. Reason: Day fix
Scrubbed!
Who can now go home...unless Trumpy insists on a quick rally speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1gtaUnvxNE.
Last edited by PickleB; 27th May 2020 at 21:26. Reason: correct spelling
Made a note in my diary today....simply said Bugger!
All again on Saturday folks !!
That sucks, was really looking forward to that! Bring on the weekend!
I thought the takeoff was amazing and my wife and I went into the garden to watch it fly over the UK...
After a while we realised we had found a recording of one of the Falcon rockets
Looks like he cancelled that one.
Oh dear.You are ............... and I claim my ficticious pounds.
Last edited by oldoakknives; 28th May 2020 at 08:24.
Well that must have been some disappointment for the two guys, having sat there all that time! With the re-scheduled lift off time I don't suppose we'll have a chance to see it going over.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. They deserve credit for wearing these DIY suits. In one pic they look like they're wearing wellies. Compo in space... Or two blokes from down the pub doing a home movie.Those suits look like something out of an old low-budget sci-fi show
Nevertheless, I wish them well.
They did look very Blake’s 7, they could have sprayed the wellies silver for maximum effect.
At long last the future is living up to my 1960's aspirations.
If Musk could fabricate an awkward angular looking robot made of perspex with loads of wires and flashing lights inside to accompany them then that would be perfect.
Fireball XL5 style.
WARNING Will Robinson, WARNING........😂😂
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Have you seen the Tesla Cybertruck? :-)
I believe/suspect that this vehicle, as well as being for sale on Earth in due course, may well be a prototype for a Mars vehicle.
Hehe, I think they look super-cool.Those suits look like something out of an old low-budget sci-fi show
You are Steve Zodiac and I claim my £5!
F.T.F.A.
Just to keep up the excitement here's a pic taken from my Son's back yard last year.
Cheers,
Neil.
^^^ That's a lovely pic. :-)
Cheers Mark.
I've seen a couple of the Space X launches.
Cheers,
Neil.
Don't hold your breath...the weather is iffy once again (link):
A slight chance of showers through late morning, then a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms becoming likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
With a launch time of 15h22 local it's time to cross everything.
If they have to scrub today, they can try again tomorrow at 15h00 EDT (20h00 BST 21h00 CEST) but the weather forecast is not dissimilar.
Nightmare. Must be gutting for all involved.
So if it goes ahead today what time is that BST and I’m assuming on the same path over the UK?
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Pretty sure it's 8.22pm if this converter is correct.
http://www.timebie.com/std/edt.php?q=15
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Link:
Some 23 minutes after launch, the Crew Dragon will pass over Europe, along this trajectory (times are in UT: add one hour to get BST and 2 hours to get CEST):
One way to install confidence in your astronauts, test a space X rocket before launch day....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...-explodes-test
Said astronauts are also not idiots though - it's got basically nothing in common with what they're flying in!
I know. It would still make me think...hmmm. when the company that's strapping 10ton of liquid oxygen to may back side explodes a rocket the day before. then again that's probably why I'm not an astronaut.
Good link!Link:
Some 23 minutes after launch, the Crew Dragon will pass over Europe, along this trajectory (times are in UT: add one hour to get BST and 2 hours to get CEST):
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I found it by tracking down the source of the photo in thieuster's post...#26.
Weather is a go!
Those suits look like something out of an old low-budget sci-fi show
that was my thoughts.
Just come in from garden. Weather is looking great.Weather is a go!
Awesome! Purple and blue sparkly dinosaur too LOL gotta love their antics.
Is it just me or are they wearing Dobbies wellies?
That was fantastic, though disappointing that the feed cut out for the falcon landing on the drone ship. Good luck to Doug and Bob.
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Has anyone got a link for a live tracker. Might we get to see it on its second orbit of the earth?
Great to watch btw, we had our 5 year old watching. I was so nervous hoping everything went ok. Luckily it did.
Last edited by oiljam; 30th May 2020 at 20:51.
Yep definitely wellies. Guess they have to save money where possibleAwesome! Purple and blue sparkly dinosaur too LOL gotta love their antics.
Is it just me or are they wearing Dobbies wellies?
Brilliant, I watched it with my 13 year old son and I made sure we wore the only watches you can when man goes into space..
Not everything Elon Musk does is commendable but you have to admire what he and his team have achieved at SpaceX, not only launching humans in to space but reusable rockets too. Best wishes for the rest of Doug and Bob's journey.
Couldn’t see anything because the sky was so bright but apparently we should have a better chance of seeing it on it’s second pass at around 10:15pm
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Has he asked you why you've 2 of the same watch? :DBrilliant, I watched it with my 13 year old son and I made sure we wore the only watches you can when man goes into space..
He understands, I have explained the difference of straight lugs, 321 movement, applied logo, small pushers and 24 point crown, why he fell asleep I don’t know??
www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=CrewDragon#TOP
Edit Works for me:
1) set your location double clicking on the map
2) click the button Predict Passes located under the maps
Last edited by PickleB; 30th May 2020 at 21:24.
Commentary, "Zero gravity sensor" nearly spat my beer out
Thanks. The projected line seems quite low. I don’t think we’re going to see anything, especially up North.
Awesome!! Just seen it travel across the south western sky, very bright for such a small craft..
Wow. We’ve had a very clear view of it going over. Great to see
Question - would the Dragon have been brighter than the ISS? I was following on the satflare link posted above, though I saw the ISS at about the right predicted time but couldn’t see anything tailing it. I assumed it was the ISS as I thought the sun reflecting on its solar panels would make it incredibly bright?
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Are you sure that you didn't spot the ISS?
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