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SpaceX Launch Not So Perfect After All

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-have-a-problem dept.

First time accepted submitter drichan writes "Those of us who watched the live feed of last night's Falcon 9 launch could be forgiven for assuming that everything went according to plan. All the reports that came through over the audio were heavy on the word "nominal," and the craft successfully entered an orbit that has it on schedule to dock with the International Space Station on Wednesday. But over night, SpaceX released a slow-motion video of what they're calling an 'anomaly.'"

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  1. An by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    An anomaly? That's strange.

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  2. Re:Fist Post! by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shut up, Fruitloops...

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  3. 9 engines. All together now! by Fuzzums · · Score: 5, Funny

    9 engines of LOX on the rocket, 9 engines of LOX
    drop one down, blow it around
    8 engines of LOX on the rocket....

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  4. Re:Whats the problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly, they need to build the next engine entirely out of sensors.

  5. Shameless plug by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1, Funny

    1. The Doctor

    Doctor who?

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  6. Re:Whats the problem? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shooting yourself in the foot is, none the less, not exactly what you're supposed to do.

    I'm a C++ developer, you insensitive clod!

  7. Re:It was a good launch by cwebster · · Score: 4, Funny

    A landing you can walk away from is a good landing... A landing when you can re-use the airplane is a great landing.