Whitechapel - Falcon 9 launches successfully 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242767#Comment_242767 2010-06-04T14:26:43-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 Kosmopolit http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1346 Space X's Falcon 9 rocket has made its first successful flight to orbit. The company hopes to start cargo flights to the ISS as early as next year and the eventual goal is to get its Dragon ... Space X's Falcon 9 rocket has made its first successful flight to orbit.

The company hopes to start cargo flights to the ISS as early as next year and the eventual goal is to get its Dragon capsule approved for human flights.]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242804#Comment_242804 2010-06-04T19:18:37-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 Spaceflight videos like this make me think "Look what we can do! We kill, maim, destroy and, what's worse, revel in it. But we can do things like this also!" "They can have this ... this also!"

"They can have this place! Let me help build something new! Take me with you!"]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242835#Comment_242835 2010-06-04T23:36:57-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 stsparky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2311 Cool beans. Now tell me why no one monetized Mass Lifter One? Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242861#Comment_242861 2010-06-05T05:48:41-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 "According to the Spaceflight Now website, a SpaceX spokesperson said the rocket achieved orbit, but they were not sure of the altitude or inclination." If you call that a successful ... "According to the Spaceflight Now website, a SpaceX spokesperson said the rocket achieved orbit, but they were not sure of the altitude or inclination."

If you call that a successful launch, then you don't want to know what I call you.]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242870#Comment_242870 2010-06-05T06:39:43-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 Wow, that's bad... Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242877#Comment_242877 2010-06-05T08:07:56-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 "We think it's up there somewhere" is not a flightpath to crew-rating a space launcher. Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242881#Comment_242881 2010-06-05T08:30:40-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 Ed Sludden http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5100 Its those engine parts that are "designed to fall off", that worry me. I'll wait for the patch, thanks.. designed to fall off", that worry me. I'll wait for the patch, thanks..]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=242886#Comment_242886 2010-06-05T09:43:56-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 looneynerd http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5373 It also had the issue that it was forced to nearly "critically abort" about 10 seconds to launch. But that happens with NASA a lot, so it may be no big deal. I'm just happy we're starting ... Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=243021#Comment_243021 2010-06-05T23:01:52-07:00 2010-06-05T23:02:19-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 What I don't quite understand is how after 50 years of launching things into orbit and the advancement/miniaturization of technology how their system could be that glitchy. What's so damned different ... and the advancement/miniaturization of technology how their system could be that glitchy. What's so damned different about this spacecraft that excuses that kind of failure?]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=243025#Comment_243025 2010-06-05T23:27:23-07:00 2010-06-05T23:29:08-07:00 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2930 ...though a part of me would trust the geeks at NASA more than profit-mongering corporations. I'm interested to see how independently-operated space flight will turn out...I believe it ends up with ... ...though a part of me would trust the geeks at NASA more than profit-mongering corporations. I'm interested to see how independently-operated space flight will turn out...I believe it ends up with Arnold Schwarzenegger restarting a reactor. At least, that's how it was in a movie I saw.

I agree, though. Between the extreme expense of it all and the fact that there's really no market for anything in space*, private companies have little to profit off of going to space. Which leads me to believe there will be a great many O-ring failures in the future of privatized space flight.

*(eta) That is, nothing except selling transportation and maintenance services to the government (and occasionally telco companies).]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=243103#Comment_243103 2010-06-06T10:11:49-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 roadscum http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712 @ warrenellis: Looks like they managed to find it and it was pretty much where it should have been. Shortly afterward, The Reg received a SpaceX email that quoted founder Elon Musk as saying: ... Looks like they managed to find it and it was pretty much where it should have been.
Shortly afterward, The Reg received a SpaceX email that quoted founder Elon Musk as saying: "Nominal shutdown and orbit was almost exactly 250km. Telemetry showed essentially a bullseye: ~0.2% on perigee and ~1% on apogee."

That doesn't look too bad to my somewhat uneducated eye.]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=243105#Comment_243105 2010-06-06T10:15:04-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 looneynerd http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5373 @roadscum It's not bad for a test flight. But for things like orbital docking, you have to have extreme precision. It's a good start, but they'll have to do better.
It's not bad for a test flight. But for things like orbital docking, you have to have extreme precision. It's a good start, but they'll have to do better.]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=243777#Comment_243777 2010-06-09T09:08:07-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 Artenshiur http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8804 This was a test flight of an incomplete system. It was mostly for the purpose of gathering flight data to understand the flight characteristics of the rocket. Elon wasn't convinced that there was ... Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=245451#Comment_245451 2010-06-17T05:58:11-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088 At the same time, the article mentions that Historically, the maiden flights of rockets have a notoriously high failure rate. Some two-thirds of the rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had ... Historically, the maiden flights of rockets have a notoriously high failure rate. Some two-thirds of the rockets introduced in the past 20 years have had an unsuccessful first outing. So basically, since there wasn't catastrophic failure, this was a success! Send in the monkey astronauts!]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=245453#Comment_245453 2010-06-17T06:08:56-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574 ^ Yeah, I'm pretty sure I remember one of the engineers saying that he would have considered the rocket merely clearing the launch-pad to be a successful effort. Their goal to be delivering to ...
Their goal to be delivering to ISS by 2011 does seem a little optimistic tho.]]> Falcon 9 launches successfully http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8364&Focus=245485#Comment_245485 2010-06-17T08:48:56-07:00 2013-05-19T07:52:11-07:00 bjacques http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2157 If next year they're delivering anywhere near the tonnage the Soyuz Progress tankers are delivering, I'll be impressed. I assume they've begun working on a human-rated capsule already, so they can ...
Also, some friends tell me that a fellow engineering graduate went into space yeterday. Who knew?]]>