Space x manned launch

[Revs1972]

My app says it’s in Cairo

It was moving pretty quick

 

[stuvy]

It was 2 mins after you posted then I went out in the garden for a look and it must have passed me as your a lot further south but must be seconds to close the distance

 

[Robbie260]

Not sure I agree on your assessment of the Challenger disaster - i remember watching it live on the telly and yes it was shocking because there were civilians on board but it wouldn’t have been any different had there been purely military people on there. Not to mention the amount of money and effort that went up in smoke I think it’s inconceivable that they would have just resumed flights without a full enquiry and knowing the root cause - the fact there was civilian on bird had very little to do with the outcome.

In some ways yes and some ways no, the only thing similar i can compare it too was the raf testing the engines for concord shoe horned into a victor, the prototype taxied down the run way and crashed and blew up killing pilot and co pilot and making a right mess of the run way, the retired raf fire fighter who gose too my church who i got the story from and was the first on scene said the investigation was done with by the next morning, the runway fixed by the following evening and the new prototype arrived ready for test the following morning. I can only assume that it would have been the same with nasa if it had been an all military crew, they may have waited a bit longer as they have a more public image too concider but even still couple of weeks tops concidering it only took them 48hrs too figure out what was wrong from looking at the other space shuttles.

 

[Revs1972]

Started watching at approx 22.12. Took around 2 mins to go from west to east and out of sight. It’s back over later tonight I believe

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I remember watching the space shuttle take off.....even as a kid I thought it just looked wrong!

The SpaceX idea is much simpler...also separate the people from the cargo makes a lot of sense....as does an escape system.

 

[stuvy]

Started watching at approx 22.12. Took around 2 mins to go from west to east and out of sight. It’s back over later tonight I believe

Iv got 29 mins from the original app I downloaded

 

[daleyd]

In some ways yes and some ways no, the only thing similar i can compare it too was the raf testing the engines for concord shoe horned into a victor, the prototype taxied down the run way and crashed and blew up killing pilot and co pilot and making a right mess of the run way, the retired raf fire fighter who gose too my church who i got the story from and was the first on scene said the investigation was done with by the next morning, the runway fixed by the following evening and the new prototype arrived ready for test the following morning. I can only assume that it would have been the same with nasa if it had been an all military crew, they may have waited a bit longer as they have a more public image too concider but even still couple of weeks tops concidering it only took them 48hrs too figure out what was wrong from looking at the other space shuttles.

I’m sorry Robbie but most of what you wrote is just plain wrong.
1. The Victor was never used as a test bed for Olympus engines AFAIK, that was the Vulcan which also used those engines.
2. I find it almost impossible to believe that even in the 1960’s that an investigation into an air crash would be done and dusted by the next day - I appreciate that it was in its infancy but still...
3. The difference between losing an aircraft (expensive enough in itself) and a space shuttle is orders of magnitude different in terms of cost.
4. Apollo 1 disaster halted manned Apollo missions for almost 2 years, at the height of the space race and US/Russian tensions - Grissom, White and Chaffee were all ex military.
5. There were issues with the o rings which caused the challenger disaster and these were known about long before it happened, but to say that “they knew the cause after 48 hours” is just incorrect - it took them months to recover the main parts of the shuttle (engines, boosters etc) and then months more of analysis to determine the root cause. Richard Feynman has a good book in which he details his part in the investigation.

So, even with purely (ex) military personnel and no civilians I think it’s highly unlikely the space shuttle programme would have restarted any earlier.

 

[jimbo84]

Due for launch again tonight around 8:20 uk time.

Apparently look at the moon, it'll fly just below it before disappearing off to the upper right of the moon. That's if it isn't too bright to see.

It'll fly directly over Cornwall for you lot down south.

 

[123hotchef]

ill be out looking

 

[Wozzaaah]

It’s away!!
Apparently it’s scheduled for 22.15 over the UK, the only pass before it docks with the ISS. Quite low to the horizon.

Edit: the only likely visible pass.

 

[123hotchef]

yes it will be over the uk in 20 minutes but we wont see it as its light

 

[Wozzaaah]

For anyone interested....

 

[jimbo84]

Sat out in the garden watching live on the laptop and keeping an eye out, realising we weren't going to see it to the eye.

 

[daleyd]

Sat out in the garden watching live on the laptop and keeping an eye out, realising we weren't going to see it to the eye.

We did the same

 

[mike os]

I must say I enjoyed that

 

[Bullet2012]

Goes over UK again at 22:15 approximately low in sky west towards south-west

 

[nick952]

Was looking forward to the auto landing on the drone ship, but unsurprisingly, there was a cough cough "loss of signal" at the crucial moment.
Still bought back happy memories of watching the Apollo launch and moon landing with my parents though (sigh!).

 

[Kayos]

Sat and watched it with the kids, great to see the speed going mental

 

[Tigman]

just spotted it very low and bright !

 

[roofman]

saw the ISS at 22.15 but not the module...i presume its right behind it and catching up ready for docking