/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6922354
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Cjisi_BDA
THEME MUSIC FOR THREAD

>>6922354
IT BEGINS

Rocket City reporting in

HOLD HOLD HOLD!

>>6922354
GO

ABORTED
FOR FUCKS SAKAKAKEKAKEEKAS

>hold
>abort

FUCK

Abort.

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT NOT AGAIN

LETS GO ORION!
HOLD HOLD HOLD
TOP KEK

FUCKING HELL GOD DAMN IT

are you fucking kidding me? i'm out.

FOR FUCKS SAKE MAN JUST LAUNCH THE BITCH

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort

DAMN YOU WIND VIOLATION

>>6922382
If it was your baby, you'd probably make extra sure it's good to go too.

time to make a sandwich now

Dang it.

>>6922386
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>start countdown
>abort
>LAUNCH
>CRASH

Watch live here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

FUCKING WIND GODDAMMIT

HOLY FUCK

From now on, any boats in the danger zone are left to take their chances.

THERE'S STILL HOPE

FALTER NOT, MEN OF SCIENCE

tfw I could have slept an hour longer

*tips rocket *

>muh wind

JUST LAUNCH IT

WHO CARES ABOUT WIND

Barrier purge issue?

>>6922403
http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2014/dec/04/orion-first-test-flight-for-nasas-mars-ship-live-updates#comments

scumbag detectors

pls stop touching my no no wind

FUCKING WIND VIOLATION

>>6922404
Reminder: This is the boater's fault

I think I speak for all of us when I say we should shit fury on that boat.

>wind violation
hahaha! puny mortals! you will never reach mars for as long I live!

posting in holding thread

>>6922419
pls be nice to the boat

Are we still a go for a launch today?

/a/non reporting in. Hopefully it launches today.

>>6922411
Apparently, the people launching the rocket do.

>>6922419

>launching a rocket while bad weather.

Ahahaha! They couldn't find a better time?

>>6922419
Who was on that boat I swear I'm going to send them an angry letter

>>6922419
pls no bully the boat

>>6922418
It would have launched before the winds if it wasn't for fucking boat.

more than and hour window...

inb4 they still miss the lauch window

Did they say the wind was 10 m/s earlier? That's pretty shabby indeed, I couldn't fly my paraglider in that

Jani/Mod/Faggotwhoever

Ban me again and I will recycle IPs flooding these threads with gore until my ISP runs the fuck out of useable range.

This is your only warning.

>>6922427
This will be the only time in my life that I'm happy to see faggots posting anime gifs. You're clear to go on posting more.

>mfw they abort again

We seriously need to figure out who into the boat and harass the shit out of them like we did the fucking women in GamerGate.

Fuck women.

>>6922434
There was also an issue with the second stage at that point, so probably not.

Still, Fuck the Boat, Fuck the Wind.

...and they plugged it back in again.

>>6922432
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the rocket block boat class, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Launch Spots, and I have over 300 confirmed rocket delays. I am trained in rocket blocking and I’m the top delayer in the entire US launch canceller.

>>6922439

Wind Violation needs to be a player on the /sci/ 4cc team.

>>6922449
THIS

>>6922442
Take your misogyny back to /pol/
This is about science

>>6922440
Roger.

Fucking Yankees, you finally got yr shit together and are going into space properly. Respect.

>>6922453
SAI
YANCE

>>6922453
>>6922442
both of you >>>/out/

>>6922453
Pretty sure you just responded to a 1/10 troll.

I thought this launcher was supposed to be bigger/near saturn V territory

>>6922462
no this is a delta rocket with the right payload

>>6922462
That's the next test. This isn't a new rocket, just the new capsule.

I have finals, is it worth it to keep waiting?

>NASA using MechJeb

fucking plebs

>>6922462
Nothing that exists now is "near saturn V territory".

>>6922465
OH

fuck me.

Orion is the name of the capsule.

>>6922388
meanwhile, Soviet strong rockets Proton and Soyuz are designed to launch into blizzards. Nice engineering there, NASA.

>>6922462
SLS is the one that will be on par with the Saturn V

so what are you fapping to while we wait for Orion to go go go? futa's aight.

>>6922451
Replace Theory (a geuss) with him.

1 hour 40 minutes launch window

>>6922472

wat

can you cite that?

im really hoping they dont launch this prematurely because people are watching. wouldn't this blowing up mean no mars mission?

>>6922477
It isn't needed, Russians design everything to go throw blizzards.

>described orion as 'apollo on steroids'
what

>>6922472
>amerilels

Oh man, I haven't watched a NASA launch live for years, I'm putting everything I was planning on doing on hold just so I don't miss this.

>>6922474
The next SpaceX flight in a couple weeks, where they will try to land the first stage on a custom barge. If they pull that off, I will have pulled mine off.

what is this vapour we can see on stream and how much of it is it there?

>>6922486
Sounds painful.

>>6922447
underrated post

>>6922490
pressure relief from the oxygen tanks

>>6922483
Can't we just celebrate that humanity achieved this?

>>6922493
For you.

There's a Ariane V launch in 7 hours so don't be too sad.

>>6922486
>where they will try to land the first stage on a custom barge
Holy shit what

>>6922496
I agree with the /a/non.

>>6922496
no
we must cause strife and pain and suffering

Dear Orion, put a scarf on and deal with a bit of wind.

>>6922490
That's the cryogenic fuel boiling off.

As the liquid fuel warms up it turns into gas, which they vent. They just keep filling it up until it's go time.

What are they doing right now? Waiting?

>>6922483

How is the first woman in space in any way relevant?

Also the Soviets had a shit record when it came to unmanned probes.

>>6922484
>I'm putting everything I was planning on doing on hold
You aren't the only one, unfortunately.

>>6922507
Mom, I told you to stop posting on 4chan.

>>6922509
Yeah, its windy

>>6922484
And NASA is putting everything on hold for you, too!

Wizard here. The rocket will take off in 27 minutes.

So now is the core too hot plus the winds?

>>6922515
Thank you based wizard.

>>6922514
... you were on that fucking boat, werent you Carlos

>>6922483
who cares if it was sovs, china, or usa?

it is humanity

now fuck off with your stupid shit

>>6922503
this is what SpaceX will try to land on, they just finished painting it. For once, it will be a good thing to have a ship downrange!

>>6922513
Can't they use some kind of wind detecting technology to predict what will happen? I mean they do that for weather, but not wind?

>>6922522
amerifat please go

>>6922517
I don't think they've made a proper announcement about the hot bearing just yet.
Wait and see.

..or not. It sounds like they're just going to ignore it.

>>6922503
refer to http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/spacex-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship/ and http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/crs-5-dragon-mission-iss-evaluating-december-target/

We still got time guys.

>>6922522
This fuck off with your dickwaving contest.

t. yuro

>>6922525
Deutsch

>>6922523
What's the point of the painting? Won't everything be scorched by the engines anyway?

>>6922523
so much seX

>>6922533
Marketing

8:26 new t-zero

>>6922533
It looks nicer.

>>6922483
>Soviet Union
>Not complete shit

>>6922507
Nice OC friend.

NEW T0!

10 MIN LEFT!

>>6922524
Wind speed is kind of hard to predict exactly, anon.

waitn for the HOLD

>>6922529
Man, if they pull that off....

>>6922546
Sorry, I'm not too familiar with how wind exactly works.

Can't they make big fans that is faced the opposite direction of the rocket which drives away the wind but not suck the rocket in the fans?

The wind violation is gonna happen

inb4 GOGO GO GO GO


HOOOLD

HOOOOLD

You know another Wind Violation is going to happen again right?

You fucking know it's coming already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjNVVmLCGQ

Show off your waiting music.

>8 min

They're telling the time in GMT

suck it clappyfats.

>>6922530
Soon, internal power number 3.

we internal power now

>>6922555
>>>http://jasontorch.kinja.com/

>>6922540
>Look, a Yeti!
>better eat a taco
>Watch out, a skeleton!
>That cola is going to keep him at bay.

GO

>>6922496
Sure

WE GO NOW

GO

GO

>>6922514
10/10 Carlos, you are redeemed in my eyes.

haha time for GO

Here we go again.

JUST FUCKING GO ALREADY

Go-ing

>go

HOLD

The rocket looks like a penis. That's misogyny! Stop this fucking thing RIGHT NOW!

Why need rockets that represent women.

CNE has such a bitch voice

>/soc/
GO
>/pol/
GO
>/f/
GO
>/a/
GO
>/int/
GO
>/wsg/
GO
>[s4s]
GO
>/mlp/
GO and kill yourself
>/lgbt/
GO
>/w/
GO
>/hr/
GO

>>6922562
l minus 6 minutes

Go
Go
Go
Go
Go

GOOO

notice how some people just want to say

FUCK THE WIND, GO!!

and why people say "x is go"
when some say just go?

Hey guys what's going on here?

oh boy. getting my hopes up again.

>>6922561
No, they're telling it in UTC, to have standardized time. GMT is just usually equal to UTC, but for example not when DST is on.

>that one autist that doesnt reply with GO

>PERMISSION TO LAUNCH

>>6922559
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4WlNj1TTqA

GALO SENGEN

listening to this while watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fra-m7RNMrU

>>6922585
scripted

>>6922586
1 minutes in hold go go go

>>6922585
They do that to confirm that they heard the call correctly because some callsigns sound similar to others

>>6922584
This is a good meme. You're good at memes.

Did someone say hold?

WE ONLY GOT FOUR MINUTES TO LEAVE THE WORLD
NO HESITATIN'

>>6922585
>and why people say "x is go"
THey wanna be special snowflakes.

>>6922581

>mfw picturing a vagina-shaped launch platform

>>6922590
It's just like grade school all over again

Here
Here
Here
Here
Present
Here
...

A BIRD LANDED ON THE ROCKET HOLD HOLD HOLD HOLD

>>6922587
Wind plz go

time to literally leave humanity behind

watching Hawaiian handicrafts in parallel to this

>>6922555
You'd need giant fans if it were even possible. Also, it's not only the wind right above the ground, but also the wind 100 meters above ground.

>>6922559

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONqygJEJIhs

Countdown for the countdown

>>6922604
Wide flying saucer?

>>6922608
wind plz hold

HOLD HOLD HOLD
OH FUCK OFF

Man it is a windy day there, that camera is shaking like a motherfucker

>>6922559

excellent choice

Oh come the fuck on

>>6922618

HOLD HOLD HOL

WHAT THE FUCUUUUCUCUCUUK

I PREDICT ABORT AT 1:20

HOLD

HOLD HOLD HOLD

JESUS FUCK LAUNCH IT ALREADY

ABORT THE BABIES

I'd rather they just launch it and it blows up.

>hold

Almost 200,000 people in the stream, get hype!

>>6922625
you're off by 2 minutes

>>6922602
I'VE GOT THIS BURNING LIKE MY VEINS ARE FILLED WITH 'NOTHING BUT GASOLINE

I'LL ABORT WHOEVER SAID HOLD ARGGHH

HOWD
HOWD
HOWD
HOWD

top why

>>6922607
fuck you, they actually did hold!

THERE IT ISSSSSSSS

ABOOOOORTED

>HOLD HOLD HOLD
>NOT CLOSED
>Aborted

Wow they almost fucked up there for sure.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

>>6922629

They waited too long and now it's fucked

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

I SWEAR M8

I swear to god.

[HOLDING INTENSIFIES]

>>6922637
NOOOOOOOO

MY DICK IS UNBELIEVABLY FLACID

HOLD HOLD HOLD

kek

>Wasn't aborted due to wind

worry.jpg

>>6922642
that would lead to an explosion

Im at work and dont have sound

What happened?

>>6922615
Could there be anything more American?

>abort

>>6922642
that would've been gloriously catastrophic

WELP

It ain't gonna get launched today

>>6922658
If there's nitrogen, how will it explode if it's so cold?

>that shakey cam
FUCKING CLOVERFIELD

HOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWDHOWD

Yeah it aint happening if something is fucked up.

>one of these voice guys
He sounds like fucking Mike from Redlettermedia.

>>6922642
>>6922662

How so?

>americans in charge of launching rockets

>>6922659
Fuel valve didn't properly close.

>>6922659
Fuel valve didn't close properly.
https://twitter.com/NASASocial

>>6922659
Valve didn't close on the fuel tank

>>6922675
>Russia

>this
>ever getting launched

>>6922678
Valve can't deliver on the third try, who'd have known?

>Europeans send drone to a comet and land
>Americans can't even get rockets off the ground without them blowing up or close calls

ANADA ANAMOLY

[vaporware intensifies]

>>6922674
They were covers for fuel valves i believe.

>>6922683

>>6922676
>>6922677
>>6922678
Sorry, it was an LOX valve, not a fuel valve.

>>6922675
ULA: "I-I swear!, this never happens when I launch NSA spysats!"

DISCUSS DISCUSS DISCUSS

>>6922675
How many humans has your country sent to space? How many rockets have your country launched? Keep crying, europoor; Americans are far superior than your third world wasteland.

HOLY SHIT /SCI/ I CAUGHT A UFO ON STREAM
LOOK IN THE TOP LEFT

>>6922683
Oh you...

Come join us in the /v/ space thread

Kebab?

>>6922690
goddamnit gaben

>>6922691
>>6922690
GABEMIND HOLY FUCK

>>6922690
>>6922691

>>6922696
>RT

>>6922690
>>6922691

Wat

>>6922679
You so stupid, everybody know it's in Kazahstan.

>>6922691
>>6922690
MOOT
ARCHIMONDE THIS TREE

Goddammit Jeb. You always fuck this up.

>>6922696

>RT

Even fucking /k/ hates that fountain of propaganda.

>>6922695
>falling for bait
>thinking a specific country has fuck all to do with anything

>>6922696
ayy lmao

so, what happen now?

>>6922690
>>6922691
HIVE LIFE THREE CONFIRMED

>>6922696

AYY LMAO

It's OK. They've seen it before.

Just didn't bother fixing it.

stream cancelled
guess nasa couldn't even pay tha- and we're back online

this is totally not launching today is it?

>>6922696

Would it be bad to huff that oxygen?

So these are the things that have gone wrong:

Boat was too close to launch site, had to wait for them to leave

Ground wind was over a certain amount

A thing not closing properly when they aborted due to wind, didn't close because it didn't build up enough pressure to be closed

Core overheated, probably because they keep turning it off and on, cooled it with secondary measure

Has there been more?

Holy fuck, just hurry the fuck up this isn't rocket science

They are literally turning it off and back on again

>need to leave for work in 30 min
Guess i won't see it.

>dat manly voice

>>6922724
it is rocket plumbing, apparently

"yo Luigi! just cycle them there valves five times. That'll fix ya right up!"

>>6922721
Yeah, there was an issue with the propellent conditioning in the second stage at the same time as the boat.

>>6922724

>>6922726

Just blow on the nozzles and stick it back in.

>>6922709
>What is media?

>>6922729
It's Plinkett's voice.

>lockheed martin
Enough time to have a shower before next attempt at launch

I really have to go to the bathroom, do you think I'll miss anything?

>>6922735
RT is awful even compared to other outlets.

>It's happening!
>"HOLD HOLD HOLD!"
>mfw

>>6922743
Yes

>>6922729
Is it the black guy?

>>6922737
This rocket is less explosive than my ex-wife... and she's dead!

>>6922730
fuck o I am laughin

Do you think anyone will ever find out Voyager 2 and be able to understand our markings that point it's origin back to Earth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7ZRF6zNoc

Come on NASA, you can do it!

You just need more instruments!

>>6922743
no. And you can simulate the next attempt! In the middle, shout "HOLD HOLD HOLD" and clamp your sphincter tight.

>>6922744
Yeah? Why that?

>>6922737
bullshit. i'm talking about the guy that confirmed the valve cycle, not the announcer guy

This all has me thinking, how much launch prep does an icbm take? How many checks does it need to go through to launch?

>>6922751
no

>>6922730
Did ya try setting it wumbo?

>>6922754
>because Russians

>>6922757
none. those are build for extra reliability.

In fact, that is one reason the Russian rockets don't have delays like this. They were all originally designed as ICBMs, even Proton.

>>6922757

Not as much as you would think, and usually like 30 seconds from order to Launch.

So, how do the astronauts get off between attempts? I imagine they need to like use the bathroom and stuff

>>6922765
And thats because theres a certain number of them that are always prepped for immediate launch

>>6922419

The 45th Space Wing usually does, they dispatch a Blackhawk to propwash them until they move

>>6922762
Nice argument, m8.

I think this kinda sums all this up.

>>6922766
there are no astronauts on board

>>6922757
On the first test flight, it was probably exactly like this.

>>6922764
>They were all originally designed as ICBMs, even Proton.
Source?

>>6922766
its unmanned

>>6922766
Son, have you ever watched The Right Stuff?

Still waiting.

>>6922766
>get off

>>6922777
NEW

New thread?

You havnt lived until the launch you are waiting for gets delayed two months because weather. I do not miss the shuttle-era

>over one hour

I think they need more struts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a9t1qKxT5k

>>6922731
Ah, I knew I was missing something. Thanks!

At this point they might as well cancel it for today and fix everything that needs to be, I don't think things like propellers and cores acting up can be fixed in the small amount of time they have left. Really stinks that all these problems are coming up

>>6922766
diapers

The first American in space had to piss in his suit due to launch delays.

Orion confirmed for a pile of nigger tits. Can't get off the launchpad, let alone take burgerclappers to mars.

>>6922771
>>6922774
>>6922776
>>6922779
Stop with the trolling. You can't shoot a rocket into space without astronauts. It's literally their job description

>>6922784
This

>>6922757
ICBM's are overengineered to hell and back
There is also no rush to launch this one, chances are that they could have launched it on to the wind perfectly safely but they refuse to do it because why take extra risks

>>6922799
maybe thats why it isnt launching then

>>6922805
kek

>>6922798

This isn't the rocket that will be used. Nice to talk out of your ass sometimes though eh?

>>6922799
I'm not sure if you're just fucking around or really that stupid.

>>6922799
hello obvious bait, was always a fan of you . nice to meet

>>6922804
This

NASA would rather pay people an extra day than potentially waste millions on a botched launch that ends in the director explaining himself to the president

when is the next launch scheduled?

>>6922819
IN another 10 years.

>literally fixing it by trying to turn it off and on again

>NASA in charge of valves

will NASA achieve anything in the next years?
just let superior europeans (and russians and chinks) do the job

>>6922834
that's how you fix everything

>>6922834
Laugh all you want. From experience I can tell you that it's usually the best advice.

>>6922834
>Rocket science

>>6922757
Look up NASA budget and the military budget comparison, insane

>>6922839
If nasa was in charge of all valves, we would already have half life 3

>>6922847
It just works

>>6922721
Here's a handy summary of issues.

>>6922850
and you would have to restart your PC 5 times for a chance to have it work

>>6922850
>where is Half Life 3?
>have you tried opening and closing HL2?

>>6922862
lol

>>6922855

Successful lel attempt.

I have no idea how space launches work, how do they actually aim a craft at something far off in space? Do they orbit the earth and then release at a certain speed, bearing and altitude? Does it require laser precision?

>>6922855
>the boat
pls dont remind me of Anteres

>>6922869
It just requires math
space navigation is easy you just need to account for gravity

>>6922869
You propell it into an arch so it goes so fast that the predicted landing point actually goes around the earth, at which you achieve orbit. Afaik it requires pretty high precision but is automated with GPS and gyros

>>6922869
They orbit the earth and burn at a certain time in the orbit. Basically, they speed up at just the right time so that your orbit intersects with your target.

>>6922880

>easy

>>6922869
Have you ever flown an airplane ? It's not really like that

>>6922866
Negative, no-go on lel
Hold hold hold, abort
...
10 minutes to new lel-0
...
Hold

>>6922880
And wind.

>>6922890
what do you mean?

>>6922911
Because apparently there are no pilots

Any estimated time yet?

HOLY SHIT the bird just plunged into the water

>>6922915
launch window over in one hour

>>6922913
i was referring to the actual manned mars mission, like how do you aim at a point in space without missing

>>6922923
Never has a person been more in need of playing Kerbal Space.

>>6922923
use math to see where target is gonna be and aim for that spot?

>>6922929
is it realistic?

>>6922923
Math.
Not even all that hard math, really.

>>6922919
Pelicans don't fuck around, yo.

>>6922923
Here's the path that Rosetta took to link up with a travelling comet over the course of 10 years. I think this is generally how it's done.

>>6922938
Forgot link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktrtvCvZb28

>>6922923
Well you have to take into account that the planets also rotate in different speeds around the sun. You can't just aim at Mars and fly straight because when you're there it's already gone. Luckily we can predict the location of the planets using simple Newtonian physics.

It takes about 4-5 months with the best rockets today to reach mars. But that's only when Mars is closest to the Earth, which gives us a ~7 month window. And that moment only happens every ~2 years.
So if we want to send people to mars we have 2 options:
- Reduce the flight time to 3 months and basically do a touchdown and go back.
- Send them to mars for 2 years.

NASA said it's aiming for the second option. Sending everything ahead with solar electric propulsion which is cheap when it comes to fuel, but takes 2-3 years to get there. And then send the astronauts with chemical propulsion after.

>>6922931
No
But it's the best thing out there
A truly realistic simulation would have you pulling your hair out

>>6922919
>yfw that Pelican crashes into the rocket and causes the abortion of the launch

>>6922953

>>6922923

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/appmissiontable.php

>>6922942
But all those gravity assists were just to gain enough speed to match the comet's. Because comets fly faster than our current rockets can.

>>6922953
>yfw that Pelican

>>6922949
>A truly realistic simulation would have you pulling your hair out

sounds like my kind of game

>>6922966
There's a reason launches need teams of hundreds of people to operate irl

>>6922980
would make for a sick multiplayer experience

and even better trolling opportunities

>>6922994
Imagine all the boats

>>6922994
>trolling
I'll play the Pelican

>>6922994
I don't need KILL3RGAMERxx clicking the abort button every second of the countdown.

Worse than someone hitting the back button and cancelling the start of a match in Halo 2

>>6923008
Pelican Simulator when?

I missed the fucking pelican dammit

>>6922354
if dubs launch no go

>>6923027
Hopeful

>>6922994
Hard mode: Finding 20 other players than can resist pressing the abort button for 4 minutes.

>>6923038
ain't habbening m8

>>6923078
Still hopeful

>we're eyeballing it

I CAN CONFIRM 14:44 GMT NEXT LAUNCH TIME

LETS GO G- ABORT ABORT

>9:44
UUUGH

They scrubbed it

Ariane is later tonight.

Man fuck nasa

Wait I left for a second, what the fuck happened?

Aaaans we're done.

>>6923190
ded

>>6923186
Yeah fuck them, they should just launch the $500 million dollar rocket and hope it werks.

Scrubbed today, gonna explode tomorrow.

It was all that fucking boat!!

>>6922757
ICBMs are solid-fuel rockets. That's a whole other world from deep-cryogenic hydrogen/oxygen liquid-fuel rockets. They are stored ready to fly. You just light them off, and they go.

On the other hand, they need quite a lot of testing, and continued testing as your stock gets older, to ensure that they're staying reliable. The specific impulse is also lower, which hurts orbital payloads, and they can't be transported empty and filled on the pad immediately before launch, so you're dealing with a lot more mass to move big ones around.

The Indians used solid stages in their launcher for their Mars mission that got attention earlier this year. That launcher is four stages: solid, hypergolic, solid, hypergolic. The standard hypergols are storable at room temperature and by definition self-igniting, so they are comparable to solids in terms of easy short-notice activation, though less rugged.

Japan is also doing a solid-fuel launcher, specifically for convenient and low-cost launch operations.

is it game over?

>>6923201
Shoulda had this shit perfected for it's launch date.

>>6923232

Seriously? There was nothing to "perfect" here. Contingencies happen.

>>6923212
Agreed, that fucking boat screwed everything up. Coulda avoided wind, valve wouldn't have been compromised after aborting so many times. Seriously fuck boats. They just jealous they don't get to go into space

>>6923212
>>6923239
Maybe it was the same boat the fucked up the Anteres launch

>>6923073
>Twitch launches a rocket

Haha.. How precious. America thinks they can space.

>>6922354

That's a fucking picture of the Ares 1 you creepy shits and your anti-EELV agenda.

>>6922966
I doubt your commitment, but look up Orbiter 2010.

It's the most realistic space flight sim currently out there