Spacemonkey's Space thread about Space stuff.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

10 minutes to Falcon launch, no platform landing this time, seas are too stormy.

http://new.livestream.com/spacex/events/3783845

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Elon Musk says the coolest things...

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Another Space X launch to the ISS today. Around 8am our time I think.



SpaceX CRS-6 Launch

And it will be another attempt to land the first stage vertically on the floating drone landing platform. (The first landing attempt exploding, and the second cancelled due to weather)

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Launch was successful, dragon is in orbit.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588076749562318849


Looking forward to video of rocket exploding.

[Lias]

Tres cool.. progress is progress.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Apparently the rocket landed vertically.


Then fell over.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Todays stupid headlines brought to you by the New Zealand Herald.

Rocket Lab unveils world's first battery rocket engine
Auckland-based Rocket Lab has unveiled what it says is the world's first battery-powered rocket engine.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11432396
 

Battery-powered rocket engine... which uses Kerosene as fuel.

Forget Musk's Mars: Billionaires Branson, Allen seek Earth orbit
As Elon Musk dreams of missions to Mars, fellow billionaires Paul Allen and Richard Branson focus on breakthrough spaceflight closer to home: cheap cargo trips to Earth orbit.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11432473

uh, Elon Musk is already doing cheap cargo trips to Earth orbit. Did one today.

Anyway, Mars is much more ambitious. I don't understand the point that headline is trying to make.
 

[The Demon Lord]

Apparently the rocket landed vertically.


Then fell over.

Too much KSP for them

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Apparently the rocket landed vertically.


Then fell over.

Too much KSP for them

Landing video



CRS-6 First Stage Landing

[private_hell]

Todays stupid headlines brought to you by the New Zealand Herald.

Rocket Lab unveils world's first battery rocket engine
Auckland-based Rocket Lab has unveiled what it says is the world's first battery-powered rocket engine.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11432396
 

Battery-powered rocket engine... which uses Kerosene as fuel.

well technically the turbo pumps for pumping the fuel are battery powered - so its not totally stupid, just not complete. if there are no pumps its just a fuel tank standing vertically, ready to explode

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Todays stupid headlines brought to you by the New Zealand Herald.

Rocket Lab unveils world's first battery rocket engine
Auckland-based Rocket Lab has unveiled what it says is the world's first battery-powered rocket engine.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11432396
 

Battery-powered rocket engine... which uses Kerosene as fuel.

well technically the turbo pumps for pumping the fuel are battery powered - so its not totally stupid, just not complete. if there are no pumps its just a fuel tank standing vertically, ready to explode

I'm actually really impressed by the rocket itself. More so because it's being designed by a NZ company.

It's just the Herald article which is silly.

[The Demon Lord]

Apparently the rocket landed vertically.


Then fell over.

Too much KSP for them

Landing video

CRS-6 First Stage Landing

Yep.

Definately looks like some of my KSP landings 

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Space X launch in 10 minutes, launching the first-ever satellite for Turkmenistan.



Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with TürkmenÄlem Satellite

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Russian cargo ship en-route to the ISS, is now spinning out of control.




Russian Space Station Freighter Launches



Video of the International Space Station Progress 59 cargo craft

http://www.space.com/29243-russian-cargo-spacecraft-malfunction-progress59.html?adbid=10152784373601466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20150428_44795506&short_code=2vzsj


In other news, the NASA's MESSENGER space probe, it's mission complete and it's fuel spent, will crash into Mercury as planned tomorrow.

[Xsannz]

Watched the launch yesterday...  was good..

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Russian Cargo Ship is Doomed, Doomed!

http://www.space.com/29257-russian-progress-59-spacecraft-doomed.html?adbid=10152786456246466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465&cmpid=514630_20150429_44882836&short_code=2wbbx

It contained food, water and supplies for the ISS for 4 months. However the ISS has plenty of extra supplies so there is no cause for concern.

[Xsannz]

Russian space junk...

[Pitchey]

Why are you not up there fixing it with a monkey-wrench?

[Xsannz]

Why are you not up there fixing it with a monkey-wrench?

I think the monkey Wrench was left inside it  last time he was working and it broke loose causing the problem..

[Pitchey]

Ahhh, he's been up to his monkey business again ay!

[The Demon Lord]

If the space community would stop monkeying around maybe this wouldn't have happened

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Russia don't use monkeys, they send up dogs.

That's their problem, a dog can't fix anything. Got no thumbs.

[Xsannz]

Russia don't use monkeys, they send up dogs.

That's their problem, a dog can't fix anything. Got no thumbs.

But at least in the Impending explosion and burn up in the atmosphere it will go "WOOF"

[Zarkov]

Russia don't use monkeys, they send up dogs.

That's their problem, a dog can't fix anything. Got no thumbs.

But at least in the Impending explosion and burn up in the atmosphere it will go "WOOF"

First funny thing you've ever said.

http://www.getsome.co.nz/forums/index.php?topic=3385.125