Orion first test flight was perfect!

eddie · 12-05-14, 04:53 PM

"KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Atop the most powerful rocket available, NASA's next generation space capsule Orion blasted off Friday morning against the backdrop of a rising sun at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and later landed with a "bull's-eye splashdown" in the Pacific Ocean."

Nice to see that it went better then expected. Re-entry speed was around 20,000 MPH and Orion got through that just fine!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...era/ar-BBgo9wG

Otto Harkaman · 12-05-14, 05:01 PM

Thank goodness!

Catfish · 12-05-14, 05:20 PM

Congratulations! Good to see the US is at it again

Oberon · 12-05-14, 05:26 PM

Excellent!

I saw the launch at about T+1 since the video links were being a bit unreliable which was annoying, but watching the Earth get smaller and and the curvature more noticable.

Then the stages breaking away. Beautiful.

Good to hear that the re-entry was as successful as the launch.

Dread Knot · 12-05-14, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Congratulations! Good to see the US is at it again

Yup. Between race riots, cheap gas and a spacecraft that looks like a glorified Apollo module it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here.

Oberon · 12-05-14, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

Yup. Between race riots, cheap gas and a spacecraft that looks like a glorified Apollo module it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here.

Don't forget the Cold war with the Russians and the drugs in Colorado.

Lionclaw · 12-05-14, 05:45 PM

Stream died at T-10 seconds.

Did get to watch the reentry and splashdown though.

Dread Knot · 12-05-14, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Don't forget the Cold war with the Russians and the drugs in Colorado.

The impending return of Ernst Stravo Blofeld in Bond films makes more sense now.

razark · 12-05-14, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

...it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here.

Apollo spacecraft first flight: 1966
Apollo flight around moon: 1968
Two lunar landings: 1969

Orion first flight: 2014
Orion first manned flight: Sometime beyond 2020

mapuc · 12-05-14, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Apollo spacecraft first flight: 1966
Apollo flight around moon: 1968
Two lunar landings: 1969

Orion first flight: 2014
Orion first manned flight: Sometime beyond 2020

That's easy

the 60's was due to race between USA and Russia
And JFK famous speak about putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade

Now there's no race and a trip to Mars is far more.... than a trip to the moon is.

They have to establish some kind of base on Mars before the astronaut arrive a.s.o

That what I think.

Markus

12-05-14, 04:53 PM	#1
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Orion first test flight was perfect! "KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Atop the most powerful rocket available, NASA's next generation space capsule Orion blasted off Friday morning against the backdrop of a rising sun at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and later landed with a "bull's-eye splashdown" in the Pacific Ocean." Nice to see that it went better then expected. Re-entry speed was around 20,000 MPH and Orion got through that just fine! http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...era/ar-BBgo9wG __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

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Otto Harkaman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Thank goodness! __________________ "If you want to know the age of the Earth, look upon the sea in a storm." -Joseph Conrad USS Pompano (SS-181) https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-pompano-181.htm

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Congratulations! Good to see the US is at it again

12-05-14, 05:26 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Excellent! I saw the launch at about T+1 since the video links were being a bit unreliable which was annoying, but watching the Earth get smaller and and the curvature more noticable. Then the stages breaking away. Beautiful. Good to hear that the re-entry was as successful as the launch.

12-05-14, 05:45 PM	#7
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Stream died at T-10 seconds. Did get to watch the reentry and splashdown though.