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  • OT: Starship launch attempt today.

    From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 17 05:47:27 2023
    At the moment, its scheduled for 9:20 EDT

    Musk is keeping expectations limited, saying that it will be
    "exciting" whatever happens.

    If all goes to plan, the huge first stage will 'land' on the Gulf of Mexico, then
    topple over and sink.

    The Starship stage will fly *almost* to orbit, and reenter north of the Hawaiian islands. This will test the heatshield system. It will bellyflop
    into the water and sink.

    Fun to be had!

    pt

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  • From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Apr 17 06:14:39 2023
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 8:47:30 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    At the moment, its scheduled for 9:20 EDT

    Musk is keeping expectations limited, saying that it will be
    "exciting" whatever happens.

    If all goes to plan, the huge first stage will 'land' on the Gulf of Mexico, then
    topple over and sink.

    The Starship stage will fly *almost* to orbit, and reenter north of the Hawaiian islands. This will test the heatshield system. It will bellyflop into the water and sink.

    Fun to be had!

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.

    pt

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  • From Tony Nance@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Apr 17 06:43:40 2023
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 8:47:30 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    At the moment, its scheduled for 9:20 EDT

    Musk is keeping expectations limited, saying that it will be
    "exciting" whatever happens.

    If all goes to plan, the huge first stage will 'land' on the Gulf of Mexico, then
    topple over and sink.

    The Starship stage will fly *almost* to orbit, and reenter north of the Hawaiian islands. This will test the heatshield system. It will bellyflop into the water and sink.

    Fun to be had!

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.


    Maybe so - lots of news sources here saying launch was postponed
    due to a booster pressurization issue. Maybe/hopefully Wednesday now.
    - Tony

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Apr 17 13:23:55 2023
    In <0760dad5-f6f8-4652-af6e-333aa3f8f94dn@googlegroups.com> "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.

    Those damn, Russian, "Fishing Trawlers", eh?


    --
    _____________________________________________________
    Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
    dannyb@panix.com
    [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@21:1/5 to Tony Nance on Mon Apr 17 08:28:36 2023
    Tony Nance <tonynance17@gmail.com> writes:

    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.


    Maybe so - lots of news sources here saying launch was postponed
    due to a booster pressurization issue. Maybe/hopefully Wednesday now.
    - Tony

    The announcer on SpaceX's live feed said booster pressurization.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to dannyb@panix.com on Mon Apr 17 08:57:24 2023
    On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:23:55 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
    <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <0760dad5-f6f8-4652-af6e-333aa3f8f94dn@googlegroups.com> "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.

    Those damn, Russian, "Fishing Trawlers", eh?

    Or a privileged 1%-er on a yacht. Rules are for hoi polloi.

    Or a Save the Whales boat.

    Or a hidden tanker carrying contraband Russian oil.

    The possibilities are endless.
    --
    "In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
    development was the disintegration, under Christian
    influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
    of family right."

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  • From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Joe Pfeiffer on Mon Apr 17 08:46:23 2023
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:28:41 AM UTC-4, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
    Tony Nance <tonyn...@gmail.com> writes:

    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.com wrote:

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.


    Maybe so - lots of news sources here saying launch was postponed
    due to a booster pressurization issue. Maybe/hopefully Wednesday now.
    - Tony
    The announcer on SpaceX's live feed said booster pressurization.

    That's correct, and Musk tweeted to that effect. I was repeating a
    story that turned out to be incorrect, from the reddit live thread.

    Some are speculating that Muck wants to launch on 4/20, for
    reasons of fun.

    pt

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Apr 17 15:57:17 2023
    "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:28:41=E2=80=AFAM UTC-4, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
    Tony Nance <tonyn...@gmail.com> writes:=20
    =20
    On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:14:42=E2=80=AFAM UTC-4, pete...@gmail.co= >m wrote:=20
    =20
    SCRUBBED for today.=20
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.=20
    =20
    =20
    Maybe so - lots of news sources here saying launch was postponed=20
    due to a booster pressurization issue. Maybe/hopefully Wednesday now.= >=20
    - Tony
    The announcer on SpaceX's live feed said booster pressurization.

    That's correct, and Musk tweeted to that effect. I was repeating a
    story that turned out to be incorrect, from the reddit live thread.

    There actually was a point in the countdown where there was
    a boat downrange, although as noted, that's not why the launch
    was postponed.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Mon Apr 17 11:36:11 2023
    On 4/17/2023 8:57 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:23:55 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
    <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <0760dad5-f6f8-4652-af6e-333aa3f8f94dn@googlegroups.com> "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    SCRUBBED for today.
    Apparently a boat entered the exclusion zone.

    Those damn, Russian, "Fishing Trawlers", eh?

    Or a privileged 1%-er on a yacht. Rules are for hoi polloi.

    Or a Save the Whales boat.

    Or a hidden tanker carrying contraband Russian oil.

    The possibilities are endless.

    I like the idea of one ship that is all three of the above. A 1%-er on
    their yacht trying to save whales while smuggling Russian oil. :D

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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