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(115,836 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Generally shitty vibes from the universe best describes it
https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/Basin_Atlantic.html
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)These guys are almost in their senior age group...I am concerned... surprised actually....
onenote
(42,759 posts)And they are in better shape than 99.9 percent of DUers of any age.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)it is rough on the old skeleton...just saying...a concern....that is all.
onenote
(42,759 posts)including, most famously, John Glenn, who was 77.
So, like I said, get a grip.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)So, you say, " Get A Grip?"...Ohhhhh OKAY.... I shall do that since you reiterate it for me.
I sure do miss DU respect for fellow members...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)All nicely couched as concern.
FarPoint
(12,437 posts)my concern was most justified....very much...I actually met John Glenn in 2006...
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Well, what are your major concerns? It helps to discern that first?
I think of launches like as risky, dangerous and potentially fatal and I think the crews and mission control realize what they are dealing with in that respect and the sigh of relief on a successful mission is probably palpable.
malaise
(269,157 posts)including one in Texas this week
Voltaire2
(13,156 posts)That system is only distantly related to the falcon launch system being used today, and the current falcon systems have a very good track record, 28 of 28 successful launches.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)What happened in Texas was a prototype of the next-generation rocket, dubbed Starship, had a failure during testing and blew up real good (what's known in the business as an RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.)
The Falcon 9's a proven, solid launch vehicle, the Starship is still in early stages of development. The vehicle that blew up was a test article - well, that's why they test...
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)It seems we're in a bad cycle right now and my superstitious tendencies are muscling reason out of the way.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)turns to shit
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)The jinx is planning on being there
malaise
(269,157 posts)Not good
Me.
(35,454 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Go ahead
Cirque du So-What
(25,975 posts)Feel better?
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)So hope we are wrong!
maxrandb
(15,351 posts)hasn't been able to get a rocket off in decades
malaise
(269,157 posts)with a giggle. That lil mushroom has no spark
Peacetrain
(22,878 posts)I have not felt good about it either
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)I was so happy the last one got scrubbed. Im hoping for the same today. Let them launch when hes not there. Either way, fingers crossed.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)... is in charge of the operation?
Hope it's successful, though.
doc03
(35,364 posts)go wrong. I am sure he knows more about rockets than anyone. else.
malaise
(269,157 posts)MAGA loves African Americans is spewing his shit before take off.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)We tend to forget the context of his mission into space, the first launch of a human being by the US. We forget that our rockets were blowing up and failing right and left as we scrambled to "catch up" to the USSR, we forget that Shepard spent uncomfortable hours going through hold after hold -- not knowing if he was going to blow up spectacularly, or make it through the ride of his life. We forget he had to wait so long for launch he had to urinate in his suit, which had no facilities for such. We forget that, as mission control was dithering over this problem and that, the exasperated Shepard finally snapped:
"I'm cooler than your are! Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?" We forget that after a few years, we would become so blase about space flight that we practically ignored the launches and the risks being taken, unless we were spectacularly reminded when something went wrong.
It's a risk. To paraphrase Gus Grissom, the crew are sitting on top of a million parts, all let to the lowest bidder. But they want to go anyway. They're eager to go. And everything is being done to ensure that they go safely and well. (When you get down to it, spaceflight has been less risky than a lot of activities we take for granted. Like driving, for example)
Ultimately, you pays yer money and you makes yer choice. It's time to light the candle.
https://www.americaspace.com/2012/05/09/light-this-candle-the-hours-before-freedom-7/
-- Mal
malaise
(269,157 posts)essme
(1,207 posts)I have heard that the tapes of Gus Grissom are available- I never, ever will listen to them.
I hope today goes well, and that everyone is safe.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)Hang tight and cross your fingers...
SpaceX and NASA got this!
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)I still feel nervous about it remembering what happened with the challenger and how my mind couldn't accept the loss of the astronauts.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I hope everything goes well. But I won't be watching the launch.
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)I don't know if it will talk you down or calm you down, but it might perk you up!
DFW
(54,436 posts)Being prophetic is not always rewarding!!
malaise
(269,157 posts)Everybody has to have a hobby, right?
The nut case right seems to hate us for these videos, so we figure we must be doing something right.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)...everything seems ok.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)It's as likely as not to be scrubbed - NASA's very strict about not launching when weather's out of spec.
Though as I write this (2:34pm EDT), they're saying weather is go. Crossing my fingers.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)PHEW!
Me.
(35,454 posts)obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)No bad vibes.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)onenote
(42,759 posts)Hopefully, now that the launch has been successful, they can stop worrying and be pleased with the result, including the landing of the rocket.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)onenote
(42,759 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)#48
I think this was one of those things where people say something, so they can then show how prescient they were if something happened. I dont think there was any ill will intended.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I think so too.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Love the dashboard
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Distraction Donald will abuse every opportunity now for political purposes?
Cheer, whine, cheer, whine, cheer, whine.....
Meanwhile, Fox and Trump properties being destroyed, won't surprise me at all, though the provocateurs will probably skip those, that will be noticed?
Now that the provos are a known thing, won't be surprised if they start getting stomped?
I remain isolated, this is some impressive GERM SPREADING we are seeing, ALSO.
Talitha
(6,613 posts)Damn, it feels great to launch our astronauts from USA soil again.
It was a historic event that I wouldn't have missed for the world but it was sad to see it dumbed-down to a carnival atmosphere. Please understand that I grew up watching dignified reporters who didn't over-talk the official audio. Or need to contend with appearances by celebrities. The good old NASA launches didn't run 'mood music' in the background as the rockets were gaining speed and altitude.
But hey, at least it was a mango-free event. Thank God they only mentioned the orange traitor once. And to their credit, they never showed him or his spawn.
crickets
(25,983 posts)Disgusted with the same elements that you disliked, I went online and found a YouTube feed that was nothing but NASA/SpaceX communications, liftoff video, and then interior/exterior vehicle video feeds during early flight for about 30 minutes or so. It was eerily similar to being back in the Apollo era. There was no showiness, no talking heads, just the event. There will probably be a link to the replay posted later.
Talitha
(6,613 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)But of course there are always risks with space flight. Lets all hope that the mission goes well. But so far so good.
zak247
(251 posts)What's interesting to me is that this launch doesn't look much better than the 50-year old moon launch in 1969. The same old gas-filled, filthy technology as the 69 launch.
We've only advanced in smartphones and other toys. And morally and spiritually were going backward.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)zak247
(251 posts)Where's antigravity technology?
I see the same old slow, gas-guzzling outdated technology and rocket science of the 50s going up and those two men looking like their in a sardine can.
Happy Hoosier
(7,386 posts)The tech in the Falcon 9 and the Dragon-X are hugely advanced over the Saturn rockets.
dware
(12,429 posts)Your post is filled with nothing but falsehoods, except for the last sentence.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Launches are the part where I get nervous - probably the most danger right there, but everything seems to have gone right today.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)essme
(1,207 posts)Dang! That thing landed right in that tiny circle!
DFW
(54,436 posts)That has to be a first for Trump.
I hope the second will be Joe Biden's inauguration.
DFW
(54,436 posts)I know a former Space Shuttle pilot. He said nothing can describe it.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)They shouldn't be so efficient.
-- Mal
DFW
(54,436 posts)No way you could have predicted that.....
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Not suggesting a certain band should use that for their next parody. For one thing, it doesn't scan.
-- Mal
DFW
(54,436 posts)We'll keep it in mind!
Although.......