Space Shot

[Bill Robertson]

I was really looking forward to the SpaceX launch today. Weather postponed it. Waiting for Saturday now.

[GaryOKC6]

Yes me too. I am really looking forward to this one.

[OKC Guy]

Yup, brings out the kid in all of us. Good for current kids to dream as well.

Here’s the NASA live link for Sat, but most of us will be home and can watch there versus at work today and needed this link. But if you are not at a TV Sat here you go:

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

[Bill Robertson]

I was watching on SpaceX. com at work. Saturday I’m sure I’ll be home.

[mugofbeer]

I watched for a bit prior to the scrubbing. For us boomers, it almost had a little of that Walter Cronkite feel.

[SoonerDave]

Looks like a 50/50 shot again today due to weather. They've already said that if today is scrubbed, they'll try again tomorrow, and weather is supposed to be better.

[Plutonic Panda]

Here is a live feed. Wish I would have went to see it.

[Martin]

here we go!

[chuck5815]

I’m confused about the rocket fuel. I’ve been led to believe that Lithium Batteries are far superior to fossil fuels, in every respect. Why is the rocket using a kerosene based fuel?

[Martin]

it never gets old seeing the first stage land...

[Bill Robertson]

Wow! Just wow. Sooooooooo much more advanced than the Apollo missions I watched as a kid/teenager. This is amazing. I haven’t been this on the edge of my seat in years. They peaked at about 17,000MPH. Yeah they were in space by then so G Forces aren’t an issue but 17,000!!!!!!

[Martin]

i deleted a bunch of off topic posts....

[Martin]

I’m confused about the rocket fuel. I’ve been led to believe that Lithium Batteries are far superior to fossil fuels, in every respect. Why is the rocket using a kerosene based fuel?

at first blush this seems like a disingenuous question, but giving you the benefit of the doubt...

rockets are powered by thrust generated by the controlled combustion of propellants (in this case rp-1 with liquid oxygen)… it is the ejected mass of the controlled combustion that propels a rocket. with current technology, electric-powered propulsion (i.e. batteries) is unsuitable to achieve orbit.

[SoonerDave]

This was great to watch, but *man*, I wish the Discovery commentators would know when to SHUT UP when Mission Control was saying something actually relevant.

[Martin]

This was great to watch, but *man*, I wish the Discovery commentators would know when to SHUT UP when Mission Control was saying something actually relevant.

i was watching NBC's youtube feed and they literally cut away to a commentator with 1:30 left on the countdown clock! i quickly switched to somebody else.

[mugofbeer]

This was great to watch, but *man*, I wish the Discovery commentators would know when to SHUT UP when Mission Control was saying something actually relevant.

I don't think they could all hear the Mission Control people.

[Plutonic Panda]

Autonomous docking to the ISS

https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1267...040032768?s=21