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SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-19 Mission to ISS: Launch Scheduled for Wed. 2019-12-05 1729 UTC (12:29pm EST)

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 03 2019, @01:04PM   
from the drink-from-the-gravity-well dept.

martyb writes:

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch: How to Watch CRS-19 Mission to the Space Station

[...] A brand-new Falcon 9 booster is scheduled to launch a Dragon capsule, carrying scientific payloads and a handful of CubeSats for NASA, direct to the International Space Station, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The mission, known as CRS-19, will be the 19th resupply voyage for SpaceX and the third time this particular Dragon capsule is headed to space.

The launch window opens no earlier than 12:51 p.m. ET (9:51 a.m. PT) on Dec. 4 and SpaceX usually broadcasts all of its launches live, with coverage to start about 15 minutes prior to lift-off. You can also keep your eyes glued to the SpaceX Twitter account for updates.

NASA TV launch coverage will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT) Dec. 4 and you can tune in below:[*]

The Falcon 9 booster will return to Earth to be reused in subsequent missions by SpaceX, while the Dragon capsule starts its journey to the ISS.

[*] On YouTube: NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV.

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Original Submission

• I like times like theseI like times like these (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @01:37PM (5 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @01:37PM (#927613)

  We get to forget Musk's abject stupidity for a day.

  • Re:I like times like theseRe:I like times like these (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @01:59PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @01:59PM (#927627)

    If he's a tech visionary he's smarter than you, if he's a grifter he's smarter than you.

    No matter how you frame it, you are the stupid one and disposable trash.

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    • Re:I like times like theseRe:I like times like these (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday December 03 2019, @02:47PM (2 children)

      by DannyB (5839) on Tuesday December 03 2019, @02:47PM (#927643) Journal

      You will get clean coal in your Christmas stocking.

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      • Re:I like times like theseRe:I like times like these (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @02:56PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @02:56PM (#927648)

        or raindeer poop.

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        • Re:I like times like these(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @04:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @04:40PM (#927694)

          At least it will be green(well, probably medium to dark brown), environmentally friendly, and biodegradable. ;-)

          rts008

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  • Re:I like times like these(Score: 4, Insightful) by Freeman on Tuesday December 03 2019, @05:51PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday December 03 2019, @05:51PM (#927736) Journal

    You mean, that you get to forget that Musk is human? I mean, humans, make mistakes. Whether they have a stupidly large pile of money, so they can broadcast every bad move they've made or not. Well, with the likes of Facebook, I guess you don't need a stupidly large pile of money to do that anymore.

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• bumped(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday December 04 2019, @05:29PM

  by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday December 04 2019, @05:29PM (#928169) Journal

  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202274520402317314 [twitter.com]

  Standing down today due to upper altitude winds and high winds at sea creating dynamic conditions around the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – next launch opportunity is tomorrow at 12:29 p.m. EST, 17:29 UTC

  Droneship explanation:

  https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-surprise-falcon-9-drone-ship-landing-explained/ [teslarati.com]

  SpaceX confirms that this is basically correct: after Dragon separates, the Falcon 9 second stage will perform a ~6-hour coast to test thermal management "for other customers", requiring more S2 propellant margin and thus more performance from the first stage.

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  Thermodynamic (and common sense) violation(Score: -1) by MyOpinion on Thursday December 05 2019, @01:27PM

  by MyOpinion (6561) on Thursday December 05 2019, @01:27PM (#928441) Homepage Journal

  There can be no gas pressure without a container.

  If you claim there can, then practically demonstrate your claims.

  "SpaceX" is a light show, camera trickery and lots of reassuring back-patting.

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