I can't for the life of me figure out why I can't get my pictures to download on my computer from my phone. I've never had this problem before until the last couple of days! Very annoying!
The rocket launch is on for tomorrow night now. We ARE staying. It's supposed to be one of the biggest ones since Apollo. I just hope it goes off as scheduled!
SpaceX Falcon 9
The lift-off shot I'm going to get!!!!
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An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.
SpaceX has two operational drone ships: Just Read the Instructions in the Pacific for launches from Vandenberg, and Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic for launches from Cape Canaveral. As of 30 October 2017[update], 17 Falcon 9 flights have attempted to land on a drone ship, with 12 of them succeeding, the first vertical landing being the CRS-8 mission in April 2016.
The ASDS ships are a key component of the SpaceX reusable launch system development program which aims to significantly lower the price of space launch services through "full and rapid reusability." Any flights going to geostationary orbit or exceeding escape velocity will require landing at sea, encompassing about half of SpaceX missions.
Length: 288′
Beam: 171′
Owner: SpaceX
First landing: 10 January 2015 (CRS-5)
Last landing: 9 October 2017 (Iridium NEXT-3)
Landings: 7 (4 success, 3 failures)
Associated rockets: Falcon 9 v1.1; Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Rocket Launch: NET January 2018 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy Inaugural Flight Jan TBD Kennedy Space Center Rocket Launch: NET January 2018 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy Inaugural Flight
THE FALCON HEAVY ROCKET
The most powerful rocket this generation has ever seen, SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy rocket, launches no earlier than January 2018.
The Falcon Heavy can lift over double the payload, or cargo, as the next closest rocket, as it is designed for potential human spaceflight—perhaps back to the Moon or even Mars in the future.
To put it in perspective, the rocket’s first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores, totaling 27 Merlin engines. Additionally, the second stage’s engine can be restarted many times, making multiple orbits possible.
SpaceX is attempting to land all three first stages of the rocket: two on land at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and one on the droneship, Of Course I Still Love You, in the Atlantic Ocean.
We never did make it off the boat to the mooring ball yesterday. It was just too cold and windy to try and fight it; heck, I'm still recuperating from the last time we tried it! :-)
In fact, we didn't do it today either! The winds picked up again (27 knots) and we just didn't feel like fighting it. So, Bob put the dinghy down and went to the Marina to get some gas. We don't have enough for the rest of the day and it's too cold to go without it.
Needless to say, Bob made it to the fuel pier, however, due to issues with their pumps they have NOTHING is available and the closest gas station is 20 miles away! Luckily there is a 7-11 about 8 blocks away, so Bob is taking two 5-gallon jugs at a time and filling them up. He's not a happy camper I must say, he got drenched going in and now he has to walk back and forth filling the four jugs he has with him. Then! he has to go to the CVS to pickup his meds...so he decided he would just hit the grocery store since he is out.
I'm still going to Walmart tomorrow to try and get a camera. I'm not sure what I did, but neither my phone nor other camera will download any pictures! Randy where are you!!
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