Comments on: SpaceX readies for launch this Saturday, May 19, 2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: HahTse http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1429203 HahTse Mon, 21 May 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1429203  Which timezone?  Which timezone?

]]> By: Crystal Coleman http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1429023 Crystal Coleman Mon, 21 May 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1429023 The next launch attempt is schedule for Tuesday, May 22nd at 3:44am with a second attempt available May 23rd. The next launch attempt is schedule for Tuesday, May 22nd at 3:44am with a second attempt available May 23rd.

]]> By: HahTse http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428302 HahTse Sat, 19 May 2012 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428302 Is there a date for the next try yet? Is there a date for the next try yet?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428259 penguinchris Sat, 19 May 2012 08:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428259 And, wow... intense & suspenseful couple seconds when ignition failed. Oh well. I'm up all night anyway. And, wow… intense & suspenseful couple seconds when ignition failed. Oh well. I’m up all night anyway.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428257 penguinchris Sat, 19 May 2012 08:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428257 There's a real Ron Burgundy vibe from the people hosting the feed right now. edit: Ha, Elon Musk made the same comment on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/elonmusk/status/203763928063410176 There’s a real Ron Burgundy vibe from the people hosting the feed right now.

edit: Ha, Elon Musk made the same comment on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/elonmusk/status/203763928063410176

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428115 Culturedropout Sat, 19 May 2012 03:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428115 Right there with ya' man.  I just wish I could afford to stay up that long past my bedtime to watch it live.  How dare they schedule this at a time when any self-respecting geek will just have gone to bed? Elon, buddy - best of luck in the world on this.  I've wanted to see this moment since I was a child reading Robert Heinlein novels in the 70's.  Kick some ass! Right there with ya’ man.  I just wish I could afford to stay up that long past my bedtime to watch it live.  How dare they schedule this at a time when any self-respecting geek will just have gone to bed?

Elon, buddy – best of luck in the world on this.  I’ve wanted to see this moment since I was a child reading Robert Heinlein novels in the 70′s.  Kick some ass!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428056 niktemadur Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428056 The only way I'm able to interpret that, is in a Gil Scott-Heron, "Whitey On The Moon" kind of way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlcHUxlOpc The only way I’m able to interpret that, is in a Gil Scott-Heron, “Whitey On The Moon” kind of way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlcHUxlOpc

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1428052 niktemadur Sat, 19 May 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1428052 Hell yeah, if there are no setbacks, this is a HUGE step forward and genuine cause for celebration, pretty pleeeeeze! Hell yeah, if there are no setbacks, this is a HUGE step forward and genuine cause for celebration, pretty pleeeeeze!

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1427964 Noctilucent Studios Fri, 18 May 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1427964 Can't freaking wait!!!!!!! Can’t freaking wait!!!!!!!

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1427802 Petzl Fri, 18 May 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1427802 Do sunny days also depress you? Do sunny days also depress you?

]]> By: Gideon Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1427743 Gideon Jones Fri, 18 May 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1427743 That was oddly depressing.  I was expecting the opposite. That was oddly depressing.  I was expecting the opposite.

]]> By: Gideon Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1427744 Gideon Jones Fri, 18 May 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1427744 That was oddly depressing.  I was expecting the opposite. That was oddly depressing.  I was expecting the opposite.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/18/spacex-readies-for-launch-this.html#comment-1427722 Stefan Jones Fri, 18 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161695#comment-1427722 I'm trying not to get emotionally invested in this launch, to avoid disappointment if something goes wrong and because, well, it's not exactly new territory technologically. But still, <I>SQUEEEE!</I>, private space launch!  I’m trying not to get emotionally invested in this launch, to avoid disappointment if something goes wrong and because, well, it’s not exactly new territory technologically.

But still, SQUEEEE!, private space launch! 

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