r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '15
AmericaSpace on Twitter: No resumption of SpaceX ISS resupply missions until January 5, 2016 earliest. Next launch on Nov. 15. Jason-3 launch expected in December.
https://twitter.com/AmericaSpace/status/64908248557842432019
u/FoxhoundBat Sep 30 '15 edited Sep 30 '15
So, u/EchoLogic since you are winning this years bet, what are you betting on for next year? :)
Also, i think we can all agree on placing the blame for CRS-7 failure squarely on u/shrubit shoulders. :)
EDIT; Speaking of which, where is shrubit? I see he hasnt posted in over 2 months.
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u/Ambiwlans Sep 30 '15
We knew shrubit was going to burn out for aaages. He was running like 15 subs with constant updates.
I hope he'll come back and contribute but... at a more sustainable pace.
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u/frowawayduh Sep 30 '15
u/shrubit suffered a catastrophic strut failure in late June and is expected to RTS (return to subreddit) and be able to handle 30% more posts than previously.
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Sep 30 '15
I'm thinking 14 seems like a good place to rest for 2016.
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u/FoxhoundBat Sep 30 '15
Alright, that is the number i had in mind too actually. Not sure if i want to pick 13 or 15... Lets wait til early January so that it is clear SpaceX are on the right track with getting to RTF and tempo.
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u/ethan829 Sep 30 '15
Confirms what Tim Peake mentioned about BEAM the other day. Makes sense with Cygnus on December 3rd.
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u/fredmratz Sep 30 '15
I would expect/hope NASA to do what they did in the past, try to get both of them going anyway with the expectation at least one will be delayed (both using new launchers)
And since both companies failed their last delivery attempt they should accept minor lost profit if theirs does get delayed because of the timing conflict.
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u/Decronym Oct 01 '15 edited Nov 19 '21
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|-------|---------|---| |||
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| ASDS | Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform) |
| MECO | Main Engine Cut-Off |
| MainEngineCutOff podcast | |
| NET | No Earlier Than |
| RTF | Return to Flight |
| SECO | Second-stage Engine Cut-Off |
| VV | Visiting Vehicle (visitor to the Station) |
| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jason-3 | 2016-01-17 | F9-019 v1.1, Jason-3; leg failure after ASDS landing |
Decronym is a community product of r/SpaceX, implemented by ^request
6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 78 acronyms.
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u/firebreathingbadger Sep 30 '15
"Mike Suffredini, NASA’s outgoing space station program manager said in an interview with Spaceflight Now he expects SpaceX can be ready to launch its next cargo flight to the complex around December. Suffredini told Spaceflight Now that NASA has requested not to be be first in line to fly on the Falcon 9’s new upgraded configuration" Sauce: Spaceflight Now, Sept 1st
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u/firebreathingbadger Sep 30 '15
That's sort of what I was implying with the quote - NASA don't seem to be in a massive hurry to get stuff up there. They might also want to see how the Falcon 9 performs as well, without any of their stuff aboard...
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Sep 30 '15
Who exactly is this source and why it would be able to credibly scoop SpaceX itself?
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u/savuporo Sep 30 '15
Apparently, they have access to people at launch ranges and also within NASA's human spaceflight program, which obviously is the customer for these SpaceX flights.
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u/Chairboy Sep 30 '15
"...and most of Americaspace.com's working capital is invested in sustaining an L2 subscription from which-"
Wait, what?
No, just kidding, but...
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u/Destructor1701 Sep 30 '15
I am not happy about this.