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The BBC feed is reporting it is a wet dress rehearsal
Does seem odd to wait another 48hrs just to blow it up anyway
Scrubbed at T-40 seconds... left it close. Sounds like they could try again in a couple of days.
Well for a big nonevent that was quite exciting.
They knew with around 10mins to go that it wasn't happening, taking the clock right down was part of the dress rehearsal. Odd that it was stopped at 40s though (i switched off with 5mins to go) as they said it'd be taken down to 10.
So is 'a pressurisation issue' the same as 'a leak'?
Nah, sticky (frozen) valve by the sound of it
The BBC feed is reporting it is a wet dress rehearsal
...is that like when you have no girlfriend but are busily preparing - just in case!?
The BBC feed is reporting it is a wet dress rehearsal
…is that like when you have no girlfriend but are busily preparing – just in case!?
I was thinking it was more like when you have a new girlfriend but you empty the tanks before the main event, so the explosion doesn't happen too early.
Odd that it was stopped at 40s though (i switched off with 5mins to go) as they said it’d be taken down to 10.
Apparently T-40s is a common place to halt the countdown if there's still fuel to be loaded or something needs sorting.
They probably restarted it at some point after the streams had finished and went to T-10s which would have taken everything up to the point of lighting engines - we just didn't see it.
The launch window will open again today at 2:28pm UK time, fingers crossed they get it off the ground this time.
fingers crossed they get it off the ground this time.
Though "how far off the ground" is the big question! Looking forward to a decent distraction from an afternoon of Teams calls.
T-25min
Same link?
yep
Getting exciting now...
Come on!
Just turned on. Any idea why they are holding?
Pause in the countdown
Grrrr!
Go!
There's a microlight very close to the launch site
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Holy moly
man, that was a slow lift off, but they made it!
This is bonkers
Boom
This definitely going to be a big bang
Booom!
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Kaboomba.
RUD
'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly'
LOL!
Ooooh they're an excitable bunch aren't they! 🙂
Oh dear! Looked pretty good for 2.50 though
Although I noticed 5 raptor engines not lit.
Well, their aim was to clear the pad, so a big win for the team, but a sad end at the separation stage.
That was AMAZING! Not bad for a first flight of the booster. QR has always been an issue 😉
It was astonishing that it held together so long, travelling almost perpendicular to it's longitudinal axis at over 2000kph.
It was astonishing that it held together so long, travelling almost perpendicular to it’s longitudinal axis at over 2000kph.
IANARS but I'm guessing the fact that it held together so long was a pretty big part of the problem 😀
Why did it need to flip to separate?
That is going to take some cleaning up.
A bit disappointed really 🤷♂️
Next test will be betterer
Although I noticed 5 raptor engines not lit.
Didn't they say those were being lit for the flip part or did I misunderstand what they were saying?
