Falcon 1 Flight 3 Launch Thread

[Andy44]

Ignition enabled.

 

[n122vu]

T minus 3 minutes. Ignition enabled (was that Bill Clinton?)

 

[Andy44]

We should really do these in a chat room so I don't have to keep refreshing lol

Good idea. Next launch remember that.


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90 seconds. Feel the adrenaline!

 

[Zatnikitelman]

60 seconds!!!

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Ignition!

 

[to be]

Phooey

 

[Andy44]

Abort!

 

[Arrowstar]

Aww!

Perhaps The Probe does not smile upon this day... :/

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Abort! Strongback re-raising.

 

[synonys]

This SUCKS!

 

[Andy44]

The engine ignited, right? They can't restart it on the pad, can they?

 

[Quick_Nick]

Weird. Anyone want to go to the chat instead of this thread?

 

[Chupacabra]

Well that scared the bejeezuz out of me!

I'd hate for anything to go amiss. That abort seemed sudden. (I think the audio is ahead of the video feed on the webcast.)

 

[to be]

Note to self: never launch anything, or host any webcasts with SpaceX. (and I second the Bill Clinton comment)

 

[Andy44]

I could hear people screaming and yelling at least 30 seconds before T0.

 

[Chupacabra]

That's quick. They just announced that the vehicle and pad are still good. But a launch tonight. Maybe pushing lady luck a little hard.

@Andy44: Those are the engineers and their families in the same building as the hosts on the webcast.

 

[Andy44]

Aborting to chat room for now...

 

[synonys]

t-11minutes...

This is like watch an show on commercial tv. 1 second before launch and they interrupt the thing for a commercial break.

I'm getting blue balls here!!!

 

[zerofay32]

I'm getting blue balls here!!!

I didn't need to know that.:dry:

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Strongback has been retracted, clocks have been recicled, back in the terminal count down. Here goes lucky number 3!