Utopia Talk / Politics / Terran 1: 1st 3D Printed Rocket launch

murder Member	Wed Mar 08 11:54:51 In ~ 20 minutes Will it get scrubbed or fail spectacularly?
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 11:55:15
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 11:56:11 You can watch it fail to launch or launch and explode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YAlOGZM32U
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 12:00:27 I barely got this thread up and it's already been delayed. They are now holding at T-59 minutes.
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 12:32:04 The count down resumed and is now down to 28 minutes.
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 12:48:58 And delayed again. Back to T-51 and holding.
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:21:07 And now down to T-19 I still think this isn't taking off today.
Habebe Member	Wed Mar 08 13:25:20 How much was 3d printed?
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:30:10 T-10 Not that anyone cares. ;o)
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:31:12 "How much was 3d printed?" Pretty much the whole thing supposedly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran_1
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:32:45 "The primary and secondary structures of Terran 1 are manufactured with Relativity's Stargate 3D printer out of a proprietary aluminum alloy. 90% of Terran 1 by mass consists of printed components; Relativity claims that they can reduce the part count in the vehicle by 100 times compared to traditionally-manufactured rockets and manufacture an entire flight article from raw materials in 60 days."
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:35:08 T-5
murder Member	Wed Mar 08 13:46:33 And ... nothing. Abort at T-70 seconds
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 11:57:15 And today is the new (non)launch day. The countdown is at T-48 minutes and counting
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 12:34:09 And we have a hold at T-20 minutes They are supposedly checking upper level wind data
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:03:45 And we've moon walked back to T-31 minutes and counting. lol :o)
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:35:19 Holding at T-70 seconds
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:36:25 Apparently holding due to a boat in the flight path. Not sure why that matters.
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:41:57 T-15 seconds
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:42:34 lol Dud
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 13:43:52 We got ignition but the thing just didn't flap it's wings hard enough to achieve liftoff. :o)
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 14:11:05 They are going to try again in 44 minutes.
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 14:51:09 I am determined to see this thing launch or explode! :o) T-9 minutes This time for sure!
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 14:59:07 T-60 seconds
murder Member	Sat Mar 11 15:00:21 Motherfucker!!!!! >:o( Scrubbed at 45 seconds to launch.
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 21:48:40 Here we go again. T-16 minutes and counting.
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 21:56:43 And another hold ... supposedly for high level winds.
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:14:41 And we're back on for the moment. T-10 and counting. Of course the minute I hit "submit reply" the launch will get held or scrubbed again. :o)
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:21:14 T-4 minutes
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:23:08 T-2 minutes and counting
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:25:00 T-10 seconds ...
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:25:31 Liftoff!!!!
murder Member	Wed Mar 22 22:30:15 I think stage 2 crapped out.
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