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Hang On, Dems
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• Story
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Experts Ain’t What They Used to Be
(What? Nah, no story, just an offhand rant)
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Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Falcon9 OneWeb)
Routine
Return to Launch Site (RTLS) Stg-1 landing and pretty Earth views, so great video
Things to watch for:
• After Stg-1&2 separate, Stg-1 flips and ignites to return to the Cape
• Fairing half being left behind illustrates Stg-2 acceleration
• Landing-burn startup transient (green flame of starting chemicals, TEA-TEB + LOx) @T+7:23
• Satellite deployment vid @T+1:29:45 to 1:35:30
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• Cultural ref
______Any Progress?
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Updating the 2021 Version
Veeshir comment
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• Previously
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G-Men, Lumberjacks, and Judeans
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• Historical ref (Hoover)
• Cultural ref-1 (Monty Python, Lumberjack sketch)
• Cultural ref-2 (Monty Python’s Life of Brian, I-want-to-be-a-woman scene)
• Reminder: Refs added for young whippersnappers who “ain’t got no culture” yet
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Japan’s H3 Maiden Launch)
Second stage failed to ignite
• Story
• Pretty video of boost phase and gut-wrenching deathwatch as data shows speed dropping after booster shutdown until word that the destruct command was sent
(What? Submitted as another example of why “space is hard to do”)
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