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The static test fire of the Falcon Heavy, already delayed several times in recent days, has now been delayed due to the U.S. government shutdown:
SpaceX will be unable to test fire its three-core Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center due to the government shutdown, further delaying checkout operations ahead of the rocket's demonstration flight, the 45th Space Wing said Sunday.
"Due to the shutdown removing key members of the civilian workforce, the 45th Space Wing will not be able to support commercial static fires taking place on KSC," the Wing said, further noting that launch operations at KSC and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are also on hold until the shutdown is resolved.
SpaceX teams have fueled the 230-foot-tall Falcon Heavy rocket at pad 39A at least twice ahead of the static test fire, which is essentially a test before the test – engineers will examine data from the 12-second firing of the rocket's 27 Merlin main engines before giving the all clear to launch on its premiere mission.
General article about Falcon Heavy.
Previously: SpaceX to Attempt Landing Three Falcon Heavy Boosters on Pads
Elon Musk Says Successful Maiden Flight for Falcon Heavy Unlikely
Falcon Heavy Prepares for Debut Flight as Musk Urges Caution on Expectations
SpaceX Successfully Tests Falcon Heavy First Stage Cores
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket Sets Up at Cape Canaveral Ahead of Launch
Falcon Heavy Readied for Static Fire Test
U.S. Government Shutdown Starting on January 20, 2018
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @07:11AM (1 child)
You get what you vote for America. The more polarized you vote, the more polarized and gridlocked your government becomes until eventually you end up with a fascist government after Reichstag Fire started by the "democrats". And your President, the so-called "Great Dealmaker" is anything but.
Votes Matter.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:01PM
You know, I wouldn't have believed that the D team would be the one to start a Reichstag Fire a few years ago. I mean, I hardly ever vote D or R, but fuck, has it become obvious how they work together.
But just on the horizon, the misogynerd narrative, #MeToo, OMG Russia, and net neutrality are about to collide. See how the D team lays the groundwork. The R team will go to war, because it's what the R team is used for. The D team will give some faux anti-war crap here and there, but they'll be in full support of the enactment of martial law and final destruction of the idea of inherent human rights. After all, they're paving the road to hell by playing good cop on net neutrality to the R team's bad cop, while they put the tools in place for total internet censorship with the misogynerd narrative and #MeToo and OMG Russia! oh yeah and OMG encryption.
There is one thing I really wonder about. All those congresscritters who had to take a bullet for #MeToo. Collateral damage? Inner party politics?
This species disgusts me.