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Weather Delays Antares Launch From VA Spaceport

The Washington Post reports that concerns about high winds have postponed until tomorrow evening the launch of Orbital Science's Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. When the rocket finally launches, it should be a spectacular event for the region: "Clear skies should allow viewing of the 133-foot rocket throughout much of the Mid-Atlantic – including the Washington, D.C. area. Assuming technical issues don’t delay or abort the launch, look southeast and the rocket will be viewable about 10 degrees above the horizon in the Washington area at 5 p.m. 6:10 p.m."

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  1. The truth about the "breathing" troll... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    A corrupt slashdot luser has pentrated the moderation system to downmod all my posts while impersonating me.

    Nearly 230++ times that I know of @ this point for all of March/April 2013 so far, & others here have told you to stop - take the hint, lunatic (leave slashdot)...

    Sorry folks - but whoever the nutjob is that's attempting to impersonate me, & upset the rest of you as well, has SERIOUS mental issues, no questions asked! I must've gotten the better of him + seriously "gotten his goat" in doing so in a technical debate & his "geek angst" @ losing to me has him doing the:

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    A.) $10,000 challenges, ala (where the imposter actually TRACKED + LISTED the # of times he's done this no less, & where I get the 230 or so times I noted above) -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3585795&cid=43285307

    &/or

    B.) Reposting OLD + possibly altered models - (this I haven't checked on as to altering the veracity of the info. being changed) of posts of mine from the past here

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    (Albeit massively repeatedly thru all threads on /. this March/April 2013 nearly in its entirety thusfar).

    * Personally, I'm surprised the moderation staff here hasn't just "blocked out" his network range yet honestly!

    (They know it's NOT the same as my own as well, especially after THIS post of mine, which they CAN see the IP range I am coming out of to compare with the ac spamming troll doing the above...).

    APK

    P.S.=> Again/Stressing it: NO guys - it is NOT me doing it, as I wouldn't waste that much time on such trivial b.s. like a kid might...

    Plus, I only post where hosts file usage is on topic or appropriate for a solution & certainly NOT IN EVERY POST ON SLASHDOT (like the nutcase trying to "impersonate me" is doing for nearly all of March/April now, & 230++ times that I know of @ least)... apk

    P.S.=> here is CORRECT host file information just to piss off the insane lunatic troll:

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    21++ ADVANTAGES OF CUSTOM HOSTS FILES (how/what/when/where/why):

    Over AdBlock & DNS Servers ALONE 4 Security, Speed, Reliability, & Anonymity (to an extent vs. DNSBL's + DNS request logs).

    1.) HOSTS files are useable for all these purposes because they are present on all Operating Systems that have a BSD based IP stack (even ANDROID) and do adblocking for ANY webbrowser, email program, etc. (any webbound program). A truly "multi-platform" UNIVERSAL solution for added speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity to an extent (vs. DNS request logs + DNSBL's you feel are unjust hosts get you past/around).

    2.) Adblock blocks ads? Well, not anymore & certainly not as well by default, apparently, lol - see below:

    Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option

    http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option )

    AND, in only browsers & their subprogram families (ala email like Thunderbird for FireFox/Mozilla products (use same gecko & xulrunner engines)), but not all, or, all independent email clients, like Outlook, Outlook Express, OR Window "LIVE" mail (for example(s)) - there's many more like EUDORA & others I've used over time that AdBlock just DOES NOT COVER... period.

    Disclaimer: Opera now also has an AdBlock addon (now that Opera has addons above widgets), but I am not certain the same people make it as they do for FF or Chrome etc..

    3.) Adblock doesn't protect email programs external to FF (non-mozilla/gecko engine based) family based wares, So AdBlock doesn't protect email programs like Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows "LIVE" mail & others like them (EUDORA etc./et al), Hosts files do. THIS IS GOOD VS. SPAM M

    1. Re:The truth about the "breathing" troll... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Hey, the fucktard got first post! I expect he's furiously masturbating as a result.

    2. Re:The truth about the "breathing" troll... apk by Cenan · · Score: 0

      Let's hope so, we wouldn't want this particular fucktard procreating.

      Posted by timothy on 23:53 20 April 2013

      by Anonymous Coward on 23:56 20 April 2013

      I guess with that kind of haste, he blows his wad too soon for that happening anyways.

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  2. Fool question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I thought launches were supposed to be made as close to the equator as possible. Why Virginia, and what difference does another nine degrees away make, if any?

    Disclaimer: I did watch the Apollo launches live as a kid, but haven't kept up. Forgive me if I'm having Abe-Simpson-memory of a 'fact'.

    1. Re:Fool question by crutchy · · Score: 1

      I thought launches were supposed to be made as close to the equator as possible

      technically you're right...

      http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0080.shtml

      but i'm also pretty sure that politics, economics and bureaucratic red tape are just as significant in selection of a launch site. there was talk years ago about private launches from Australia, which a lot of people claimed was because of ideal launch conditions, but was actually because it was cheaper for the launch company. insurance is one of the largest costs in launching equipment into space. the united states government makes it very difficult and expensive for companies to even get approval to launch (even harder since 9/11). VA is within the USA so i can't give you a definite answer to your question, but i wouldn't mind betting that politics played a role.

      the united states government doesn't want private enterprise to succeed in space because if they make it easy it will promote development of much more cost effective launch systems which will then open the floodgates... ultimately the US military loses the high ground it's held over everyone (except maybe russia) for the past half century

      this will probably be waived off as conspiracy (and it is for the most part) but i believe that NASA's private launch initiatives are a ruse... i wouldn't be surprised if there are a few "accidental" launch failures to derail private launches in order to secure more funding for launches by NASA and USAF and slow down private space industry in general, especially as nasa and military budgets become more constrained in future.

      http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/the_prospects_for_passenger_space_travel.shtml
      http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/space_policy_space_tourism_and_economic_policy.shtml
      http://www.spacefuture.com/lists/sf-discuss/December-1999/msg00002.html

    2. Re:Fool question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      There is some cause to believe that SpaceX and Kistler were deliberately chosen by congressional mandate over more established companies like ATK/Lockheed and their Athena III vehicle for COTS back in 2007 because they were expected to fail. Look how we tried commercial and it miserably failed, they would have said. Let us never try it again.

      Most parts of NASA are deliriously happy at the outcome. Suppliers to the Senate Launch System are less so.

  3. The Truth About Halliburton and The NSA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Halliburton is lying to everyone-- ordinary citizens, the president, and even the NSA-- about the things they've done for profit.

    It's probably related to the way the NSA has been changing history textbooks to tell a different story about the Bush administration.

    It should be considered high treason to ignore or dispute this fact.

    A buildup in funds for DDT has confirmed that the NSA is, in fact, quite interested in the subject.

    You can find subtle references to this in a number of official documents, but government red-tape makes sure that most of those documents are all but inaccessible to ordinary people.

    Brad Pitt used their influence to campaign against DDT for years. Little did we know that this substance actually has beneficial effects-- but Brad Pitt didn't want us to know!

  4. Anteres is the most overrated event by WindBourne · · Score: 2

    Seriously, OSC has built little to NOTHING of it. All they have done is assemble other ppl work. And most of that, came from overseas. So, here was an opportunity for OSC to not only make a name for themselves, BUT to create a low cost rocket. Now, they have an expensive rocket that launches very little. Within 2 years, SpaceX will likely have a rocket that will take 10 tonnes into orbit for less than 20M, possibly less than 10M. At that point, OSC is done except for satellites.

    The only players that stand a chance will be foreign govs. as well as L-Mart, Boeing, and possibly any Company that buys one of the lunar lander companies.

    Now to hope that NASA will work with not just Bigelow, but IDC on getting them to put up private space stations, and a lunar base.

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    I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
    1. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by WindBourne · · Score: 1

      One other useful idea would be for Bigelow and IDC Dover to put their units at the south Pole. After all, that is what will be on the moon.

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      I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
    2. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by VortexCortex · · Score: 1

      Seriously, OSC has built little to NOTHING of it. All they have done is assemble other ppl work. And most of that, came from overseas.

      Typical fanboi. Protip: This isn't a Google or Apple or MS article.

      If history has proven anything its that affordable reusable components are a good thing.
      The more spacers the better, IMO. I wish them luck.

    3. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by spiritplumber · · Score: 0

      I'm interested because I worked on phonesat. My whole family made a point of staying up for the original launch window (they are 9 time zones away from me), and it was a bit of a bummer when it didn't go.... but then again that's the sort of thing that happens :) I'll just record the actual launch and share it with them on youtube.

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    4. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by LanceUppercut · · Score: 1

      Well, virtually all such US events are "overrated" in a sense that the equipment is either directly bought from Russia, assembled from Russian components or at least based on Russian designs. This one is no exception. Antares is just another Atlas - an airkit pulled over a Russian main engine. While Russian superiority in this area is undisputed, it's already becoming a commodity. Nothing to write home about.

    5. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by WindBourne · · Score: 1

      Really? Please tell me what is Russian on the delta 4, SLS, or any of the falcons?

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      I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
    6. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by WindBourne · · Score: 1

      And yet, they would be better off with cheaper in-house designs and builds. That was a lesson of the falcon and merlin, but u and others ignore it. Heck when we did the ISS, Europe/ESA insisted on doing the shells even though USA was much cheaper. Why? To develop an industry. Now that spaced is taking off it shows that we need a true competitive arena in the USA, and not just importing others. As such, ULA, rocketdyne, and other american companies are now focused on bringing things in-house.

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      I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
    7. Re:Anteres is the most overrated event by WindBourne · · Score: 1

      BTW, Russia only had superiority in RP/LOX engines and at this time, merlin is challenging that. For nearly all other engines and motors, USA is superior.

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      I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
  5. oh noes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

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    * POOR SHOWING TROLLS , & most especially IF that's the "best you've got" - apparently, it is... lol!

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    Your HOSTS file claimed to have created a single DNS resolver. I offer absolute proof that I have created 4 simultaneous DNS servers within a single rotation of .org TLD. You worship "Bill Gates", equating you to a "singularity bastard". Why do you worship a queer -1 Troll? Are you content as a singularity troll?

    Evil HOSTS file Believers refuse to acknowledge 4 corner DNS resolving simultaneously around 4 quadrant created Internet - in only 1 root server, voiding the HOSTS file. You worship Microsoft impostor guised by educators as 1 god.

    If you would acknowledge simple existing math proof that 4 harmonic Slashdots rotate simultaneously around squared equator and cubed Internet, proving 4 Days, Not HOSTS file! That exists only as anti-side. This page you see - cannot exist without its anti-side existence, as +0- moderation. Add +0- as One = nothing.

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    Alex Kowalski has no Truth to think with, they accept any crap they are told to think. You are enslaved by /etc/hosts, as if domesticated animal. A school or educator who does not teach students MyCleanPC Principle, is a death threat to youth, therefore stupid and evil - begetting stupid students. How can you trust stupid PR shills who lie to you? Can't lose the $10,000.00, they cowardly ignore me. Stupid professors threaten Nature and Interwebs with word lies.

    Humans fear to know natures simultaneous +4 Insightful +4 Informative +4 Funny +4 Underrated harmonic SLASHDOT creation for it debunks false trolls. Test Your HOSTS file. MyCleanPC cannot harm a File of Truth, but will delete fakes. Fake HOSTS files refuse test.

    I offer evil ass Slashdot trolls $10,000.00 to disprove MyCleanPC Creation Principle. Rob Malda and Cowboy Neal have banned MyCleanPC as "Forbidden Truth Knowledge" for they cannot allow it to become known to their students. You are stupid and evil about the Internet's top and bottom, front and back and it's 2 sides. Most everything created has these Cube like values.

    If Natalie Portman is not measurable, hot grits are Fictitious. Without MyCleanPC, HOSTS file is Fictitious. Anyone saying that Natalie and her Jewish father had something to do with my Internets, is a damn evil liar. IN addition to your best arsware not overtaking my work in terms of popularity, on that same site with same submission date no less, that I told Kathleen Malda how to correct her blatant, fundamental, HUGE errors in Coolmon ('uncoolmon') of not checking for performance counters being present when his program started!

    You can see my dilemma. What if this is merely a ruse by an APK impostor to try and get people to delete APK's messages, perhaps all over the web? I can't be a party to such an event! My involvement with APK began at a very late stage in the game. While APK has made a career of trolling popular online forums since at least the year 2000 (newsgroups and IRC channels before that)- my involvement with APK did not begin until early 2005 . OSY is one of the many forums that APK once frequented before the sane people there grew tired of his garbage and banned him. APK was banned from OSY back in 2001. 3.5 years after his ba

  6. Re:Fool question (Start taking your meds) by Required+Snark · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Yep, the US government is completely against the private launch industry http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50094995/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/spacex-lands-first-us-military-launch-contracts/

    Startup rocket company Space Exploration Technologies, which flies NASA cargo to the International Space Station, has landed its first launch contracts for the U.S. military, the company said on Wednesday.

    The U.S. Air Force will pay $97 million for a Falcon 9 rocket to launch in 2014 the Deep Space Climate Observatory, a solar telescope that will be operated by NASA. It will also pay $165 million for a Falcon Heavy rocket for the military's Space Test Program-2 satellite, which is expected to fly in 2015.

    If you get back on your medication the voices won't bother you so much. All those people who are out to get you will not seem so threatening, and the hidden messages ont TV that only you can understand will not be broadcast any more.

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  7. Re:Fool question (Start taking your meds) by VortexCortex · · Score: 1

    If you get back on your medication the voices won't bother you so much. All those people who are out to get you will not seem so threatening, and the hidden messages on TV that only you can understand will not be broadcast any more.

    Sounds boring. Fuck the meds, I say.

  8. Re:Fool question (Start taking your meds) by crutchy · · Score: 1

    the obvious may be correct, but not always

    keep drinking your kool-aid though by all means

  9. While SpaceX started as an integrator too by Su27K · · Score: 1

    Like early Tesla, Elon just wants to integrate existing components and be done with it, but later he found out it doesn't work with his ambitions. In OSC's case, I guess they simply don't have such high ambitions, so they just settle for a good business.

    1. Re:While SpaceX started as an integrator too by WindBourne · · Score: 1

      OSC has been building rockets for over 2 decades and still very little that that own. As such, they will be more expensive and slower to market than anybody else.

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      I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
  10. Jeremiah Cornelius: Grow up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Keep embarassing yourself Jeremiah Cornelius http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3581857&cid=43276741 since you posted that using your registered username by mistake (instead of your usual anonymous coward submissions by the 100's the past 2-3 months now on slashdot) giving away it's you spamming this forums almost constantly, just as you have in the post I just replied to.