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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpacex Falcon 9.1 launch today Sunday 9am PDT - webcast live now
3 hour launch window
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
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Spacex Falcon 9.1 launch today Sunday 9am PDT - webcast live now (Original Post)
bananas
Sep 2013
OP
They're going to try to restart the engines just before the booster lands in the ocean
bananas
Sep 2013
#1
This brings me back to being a kid, sitting in front of the Radiation King TV...
Cooley Hurd
Sep 2013
#4
bananas
(27,509 posts)1. They're going to try to restart the engines just before the booster lands in the ocean
as a step towards making reusable boosters which fly back to the launch pad.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)2. Watching now - thanks for the heads up!!!
bananas
(27,509 posts)3. 12 minutes to launch! nt
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)4. This brings me back to being a kid, sitting in front of the Radiation King TV...
...watching NASA launch Saturn V's towards the moon!
Tidy Cat
(25 posts)5. Watching it now.
Exciting times we live in.
Thanks for the link.
Old Navy
(84 posts)6. a LOT of waiting for vehicle downlink after the launch..
what are they doing? kid's tv is too loud.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)7. That was so cool.
And nothing on the news stations. Figures.
Tidy Cat
(25 posts)8. Magnificent launch.
Congratulations to the Spacex team for a job well done so far.
andtheBeast
(44 posts)9. that was really nice!