And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There is a Falcon 9 launch tonight, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:16pm. I plan on going to see it, it will be my first rocket launch. I'm figuring most any beach in the area & we can see it. If anyone has a specific place to suggest as a good place watch it, I'm all ears.
Yesterday my wife and I watched a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg at twilight. Our vantage point was in the Phoenix Valley. Given the light level (high) the exhaust plume was small but we were able to follow the vehicle as it rose from the West until it faded away high and well to the South East.
I'm here (right next to Jetty Park, at the boat ramp parking), but the weather's not cooperating, heavy overcast & a good breeze. I'm on the Atlantic Ocean so the breeze is not a big surprise. 79° so it's not bad...
Soon. First range closure is Friday, lasts till next week. Full power too, production based rockets, no more experimental test flights. We ain't seen what that beast is capable of yet. Light those mighty Raptors! Supersonic well under 60 seconds is my expectations, 45 seconds around there. 10,000 tons faster than sound under a minute. Its hard to fathom that kind of contained energy.
Proof yet again that slowing down your fall takes less energy than going up. Three engines to slow the fall and steer, but 33 to go uphill.
ReplyDeleteFully loaded going up, just enough fuel remaining to reach zero velocity at the landing.
DeleteWell duh.
DeleteIt might be a pound or two lighter at this point.
ReplyDeleteJust pokin' at you SiGB. Love your blog.
73, de NE4EB.
There is a Falcon 9 launch tonight, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:16pm.
ReplyDeleteI plan on going to see it, it will be my first rocket launch. I'm figuring most any beach in the area & we can see it.
If anyone has a specific place to suggest as a good place watch it, I'm all ears.
i'll be watching it online, i hope the weather is clear for you.
DeleteGoogle says "Jetty Park Beach and Pier or the Banana River bridge on Rt. 528". Or just ask a local?
DeleteMethane is a wonderful gas. Genius to use it as a propellant.
ReplyDeleteYesterday my wife and I watched a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg at twilight. Our vantage point was in the Phoenix Valley. Given the light level (high) the exhaust plume was small but we were able to follow the vehicle as it rose from the West until it faded away high and well to the South East.
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I'm here (right next to Jetty Park, at the boat ramp parking), but the weather's not cooperating, heavy overcast & a good breeze. I'm on the Atlantic Ocean so the breeze is not a big surprise. 79° so it's not bad...
ReplyDeleteSoon. First range closure is Friday, lasts till next week. Full power too, production based rockets, no more experimental test flights. We ain't seen what that beast is capable of yet. Light those mighty Raptors! Supersonic well under 60 seconds is my expectations, 45 seconds around there. 10,000 tons faster than sound under a minute. Its hard to fathom that kind of contained energy.
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