Space In General

[TenEightyOne]

Orion launch.

Eeh, I'm not having a great day

 

[CodeRedR51]

Assembly building is being rolled away.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Live NasaTV

Audio is there but no content at the moment, I guess that'll come nearer launch (1205GMT).

 

[CodeRedR51]

NASA broadcast starts at 4:30am EST. You'll have to convert that.

 

[TenEightyOne]

NASA broadcast starts at 4:30am EST. You'll have to convert that.

You mean the audio part? That would be 9:30GMT I think, makes sense as the countdown shows 5h41 to go

 

[CodeRedR51]

Here ya go.

 

[TenEightyOne]

@RS1600Turbo, thank you I'm still watching the audio-less feed despite nothing actually happening

 

[TenEightyOne]

Weather forecast is 70% likelihood of "go", T-minus 2h51.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I can't get the stream to work.

Edit: working now.

 

[ECGadget]

We are NO-GO due to Fouled range for at the moment.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Some joker in a boat in a restricted area?

 

[ECGadget]

Yup, and also a small issue with the second stage that just needs some time to clear up. Should give the boat enough time to clear too.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I can't get the stream to work.

Edit: working now.

It's patchy, #3 is best for me at the moment. Call going to be made at T-7, there's also a conditioning issue in 2nd stage. Hold calls will be made then I guess. Countdown continuing at the moment.

Tree'd by @ECGadget

That boat's just had a surprise visit I imagine, either from 20 military helicopters or one short-range sea-sea missile.

EDIT: No-go right now.

 

[ECGadget]

If you guys go to www.nasa.gov and watch it from the homepage it is much more stable!

 

[TenEightyOne]

New T0; 0717EST 1217UCT

 

[Tired Tyres]

Doh! Wind.

 

[ECGadget]

And another hold due to ground wind!

Tree'd by @Tired Tyres xD

 

[Dotini]

The point of this test is the Orion capsule, its electronics, stage, panel and chute pyrotechnics, heat shield, and so on. They will try to get it 500+ miles into the Van Allen belts, then get it good and hot on reentry.

About four years from now, they will put it on top of a new Big Rocket, then you'll have a workhorse capable of going almost anywhere in the nearby solar system.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Oh dear.... the BRL has activated :\

The point of this test is the Orion capsule, its electronics, stage, panel and chute pyrotechnics, heat shield, and so on. They will try to get it 500+ miles into the Van Allen belts, then get it good and hot on reentry.

About four years from now, they will put it on top of a new Big Rocket, then you'll have a workhorse capable of going almost anywhere in the nearby solar system.

Part of the plan is to increase the "staging" infrastructure in Lunar orbit too. That way, with an appropriate printing program, one hand can concentrate on lifting raw materials to the stage while the other concentrates on in-space construction tech.

EDIT: The red light found to be within expectable conditions. Someone will have to look at why that condition (to do with external disconnection) wasn't documented in the thousands of scenario run throughs they must have done, particularly as the hold didn't appear particularly extraordinary.

 

[Dotini]

Part of the plan is to increase the "staging" infrastructure in Lunar orbit too. That way, with an appropriate printing program, one hand can concentrate on lifting raw materials to the stage while the other concentrates on in-space construction tech.

There is no plan. This is all being dreamed up on the fly.

The capsule is all that is left over from the Bush administration's aborted back-to-the-Moon Constellation project. Nine billion dollars later, we are still 4 years from the Big Rocket, let by contracts from a newer administration, and are relying on Europeans for the crucial Service Module.

Yes, we will put a plan together for what might be telegenic, doable and politically acceptable with the mixed bag of hardware we get.

All of NASA's other missions of true exploration and discovery are paid for by the leftover nickels and dimes.

 

[ECGadget]

Here we go, 1255 Zulu. Let's go!

 

[TenEightyOne]

There is no plan. This is all being dreamed up on the fly.

Oh don't be so silly... no valuable system is pre-run without simulation of every procedure. I speak from a little experience and could be lying/wrong... but then the NASA techs on the feed are also lying/wrong if what you say is correct.

Let's take apart the politics/regions some other time, you can remind us why it even matters.

And yup, 12:55

 

[ECGadget]

And back to the hold

 

[CodeRedR51]

Was hoping to get more sleep after launch.

That has been officially aborted as well.

 

[Flex0r]

Stupid wind mumble mumble mumble...

 

[Tired Tyres]

Now the engines are running hot.

Or tapping the dial so the needle moves.

 

[ECGadget]

hahaha
here we go again.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Or not as the case may be.

 

[TenEightyOne]

What was the call this time? I had to visit the smallest room :\

(I'm not suggesting that was the reason).

EDIT: Getting it now

 

[Tired Tyres]

They forgot to pull the fuel filler out.