right now one of my best friends launchs a rocket into space

[razgriz19]

How did you do that?

big *** weather balloon, kinda like the one used by Felix Baumgartner to jump from "space"

 

[East or West India Best]

big *** weather balloon, kinda like the one used by Felix Baumgartner to jump from "space"

I want to do this too. Do you have to get air clearance? Also is it costly?

 

[razgriz19]

I want to do this too. Do you have to get air clearance? Also is it costly?

less than $500
And yes, now you do, because we freaked out Transport Canada since we didn't really inform them.
But they're nice enough to grant you permission, I asked them later on for one more flight, and then said sure, just let them know in advance so they can warn the pilots in the surrounding area to keep a look out.

 

[Shamain]

There is*

P.S it didn't actually make it to space, but mid-stratosphere. Nevertheless you can still see the darkness and that was the goal. I'm quite happy that someone remembers it!

The image, Holy awesome!!!

 

[livingdead]

There is*

P.S it didn't actually make it to space, but mid-stratosphere. Nevertheless you can still see the darkness and that was the goal. I'm quite happy that someone remembers it!

I remember it was baloon.. not rocket...

 

[Shamain]

SpaceX attempt at historic booster rocket landing fails again - CNN.com
Markus good, congrats. if they manage reusing that will be too cost effective. I believe its quite an achievement as it still landed on the droneship, was that ur friend's mind behind that. Funny when i was a kid i always used to think why these rocket cant be reused.lolz.Only if i knew.
I was just wondering that the booster rockets that end their lives in orbit and exploded satellites that is failed missions and satellites finishing their useful life, one day we will have how much space debris....??? any Ngos up for taking up this cause.lolz.

 

[East or West India Best]

less than $500
And yes, now you do, because we freaked out Transport Canada since we didn't really inform them.
But they're nice enough to grant you permission, I asked them later on for one more flight, and then said sure, just let them know in advance so they can warn the pilots in the surrounding area to keep a look out.

Thank you, you are soo nice. I imagine you can't do this in the city right? How far away from your release point does it land?

 

[MarkusS]

SpaceX attempt at historic booster rocket landing fails again - CNN.com
Markus good, congrats. if they manage reusing that will be too cost effective. I believe its quite an achievement as it still landed on the droneship, was that ur friend's mind behind that. Funny when i was a kid i always used to think why these rocket cant be reused.lolz.Only if i knew.
I was just wondering that the booster rockets that end their lives in orbit and exploded satellites that is failed missions and satellites finishing their useful life, one day we will have how much space debris....??? any Ngos up for taking up this cause.lolz.

No, he was not in the team responsible for the landing attempt. He just has to get that thing up there and that worked perfectly fine. As for the rocket landing...well it did land and undortunately tipped over at the end. But that will be solved next time. They basicly were sucessful with that too. The landing aspect is very hard. Its amazing they achieved this.

And dont worry, booster rockets dont end in space. They make a suborbital path. After the spaceship detachs they fall down in a paraboloc trajectory, the ship makes a circulatisation burn to stay in orbit. But space debris is a big problem, thats true. Biggest problem are old not functional satellites.

 

[razgriz19]

Thank you, you are soo nice. I imagine you can't do this in the city right? How far away from your release point does it land?

well it landed 120 km away from the launch site
And outside the city is your best bet, less air traffic as well. I did it in New Market, ON and it landed somewhere in Peterborough, ON.
You have to very careful with the wind direction though, it could end up in lake or worse in states where they might treat it as "threat"

I remember it was baloon.. not rocket...

yeah it was a weather balloon

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Landing at 1:00 mark

 

[xenon54 out]

I´m somehow really proud to know this guy.

Thats the Falcon ) that is right now on its way to the ISS

I watched the live stream and made screencaps and he is visible in the control room of space X:

Its the guy with black shirt and red letters on the first line.

So far the Dragon reached correct orbit. Perfect launch. They tried to land stage one so it can be reused. Hope that worked as well.

I just called him, he says he doesnt know a Markus.

 

[MarkusS]

Landing at 1:00 mark

great sucess. Next time it will work for sure.

 

[gau8av]

There is*

P.S it didn't actually make it to space, but mid-stratosphere. Nevertheless you can still see the darkness and that was the goal. I'm quite happy that someone remembers it!

nice

how did did it go ?

 

[MarkusS]

Update:

the spaceship they launched arrived at the ISS today:

This is italian astronaut samantha cristoforetti who was responsible for the docking today:

 

[general_yermolov_stalin]

Lets hope NASA and EU stop begging us for joyrides on Proton and Soyuz rockets.