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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:13 pm
by bystander
Flash was originally a Macromedia product. Adobe acquired it when they bought Macromedia. Steve Jobs is just miffed that Adobe bought out Apple's Quicktime competitor. While Apple may use open standards, Apple software is not open. Try to get OS-X for free (w/o pirating it).
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:16 pm
by Chris Peterson
rstevenson wrote:Chris Peterson wrote:... Flash is ubiquitous; any device or OS worth anything supports it, ...
Thoughts On Flash, by Steve Jobs.
Thank you for making my point.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:18 pm
by Guest
Gumby Guincho wrote:Spiders From Mars ?
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
no, it's the Spider/Wasp/insect/arachnid/BUG TO MARS, that's how we're going to invade.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:55 pm
by Bug 9 to outer space
Ets a Warsp!
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:19 pm
by shnotendagga
It looked like a wasp.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:45 pm
by Mike Ortiz
This was an amazing leap forward this rocket has a recurring cost per launch @ 45 million as opposed to the 1 billion dollar per launch for previous launches...happy b-day ann
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:46 pm
by fidelityrevo
I think this Falcon 9 launch is a gigantic bailout to a private corporation. It is hideous that the US space program us using its facilities for the benefit of a private venture. And on earth an unemployed person struggles to get an unemployment insurance check. Bailouts for the rich only seems to be the rule.
Manned space missions are an utter waste of money and damaging to the environment. They will undoubtedly make space less and less safe for future uses of space because of all the junk they generate. Spacetravel is incredibly polluting because of the rocket fuel. It should be ILLEGAL to do a private launch. We should also get rid of the space station. It has hardly any scientific value. It is just a showboat for politicians. We need robotic missions for true exploration.
Spacex is obviously well connected politically because it can use government facilities for a launch. The Democratic party is a huge disappointment. From BP to Spacex, they are sold out to corporations, From Iraq to Afganistan from Guantanamo to Bagram they are similar to the Republicans. The Democrats care a bit more about appearances.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:51 pm
by Chris Peterson
Mike Ortiz wrote:This was an amazing leap forward this rocket has a recurring cost per launch @ 45 million as opposed to the 1 billion dollar per launch for previous launches...happy b-day ann
This cost per launch isn't radically different from other launches by similar vehicles. Your billion dollar value is about what a shuttle launch costs, and you can hardly compare the two in term of capability.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:53 pm
by Mike Ortiz
fidelityrevo get over it hahaha
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:58 pm
by Mike Ortiz
chris, I see your point and yes the capacities are varying but the advantages of refueling and resupplying as opposed to the prior methods I still believe they are a great step the dragoon will be an interesting addition to the rocket...
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:05 am
by GOLTHAR
geckzilla wrote:bystander wrote:tneuschatz wrote:Apparently insect identification is rocket science. It was an arachnid.
An arachnid with wings? Hmmm, I'm not a rocket scientist, but ...
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Looks to be a member of hymenoptera, to me.
edit: and actually, probably at least one other smaller insect flying around too. They like the camera.
What about the insect crawling around on the "onboard" camera at about 18:45:55:19? looks spidery.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:35 am
by geckzilla
GOLTHAR wrote:
What about the insect crawling around on the "onboard" camera at about 18:45:55:19? looks spidery.
Looks like some kind of debris to me.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:56 am
by Guest
orin stepanek wrote:tneuschatz wrote:Apparently insect identification is rocket science. It was an arachnid.
I thought it was a fly; but I'll take your word for it.
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Stick with rocket science gang; that insect was a wasp of the family sphecidae, most likely a Florida hunting wasp (Palmodes dimidiatus).
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:05 am
by rr_carroll
I stopped the video with the insect showing. It has 6 legs, 2 antennae and long wings. I couldn't see it's mouth well, but it seems consistent with a wasp or dragonfly.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:19 am
by Wonderr
stop the video at the point at which the insect Flies in front of the camera and you can clearly see it's a wasp or mud dobber hard to tell with no color. it was almost as big as the Falcon 9.
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:03 am
by National Iniquiter Magazine
GIANT INSECT ALIEN TRIES TO KIDNAP ROCKET!!!
(It's a Wasp)
![Cool 8-)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:37 pm
by DavidLeodis
Whatever the insect is it scared the daylights out of me. Maybe the waste matter collected from that alone could power a flight!
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:21 pm
by Doum
Insect usualy have a life of a few days. So now show respect to that probably defunt (mean now dead) insect we saw. R.I.P.
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:41 pm
by Funtime
The linked video of the launch is rather bad in the linked video, it seems to be a recording of a stream.
This video is much better quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP2WbMz4 ... re=related
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:43 am
by NowIsForever
the guy wrote:it was a wasp, like a black one...
Yeah, at T - 3 seconds, and it was traveling backwards...
![Image](http://nowisforever.me/pics/Hymenoptera.JPG)
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:00 am
by rstevenson
WASPs get all the best gigs.
Rob