So far, so nominal. Stage separation, Dragon separation, solar array unfolding, star sighting capture, internal telemetry checks…. I am collecting the best of the videos, photos and updates here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/7249026708 You gotta hear the 1,800 employees cheering at Mission Control at 1am. Elon on twitter: "Dragon spaceship opens the navigation pod bay door without hesitation. So much nicer than HAL9000 :)" Steve --------------------------------------------------------- Steve Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson Phone: 650-233-9000 Work: http://www.DFJ.com/steve Photoblog: http://www.DFJ.com/J Google Tech Talk: http://www.DFJ.com/GTT --------------------------------------------------------- From: Alan Marcum <amm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:amm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Reply-To: LUNAR General <lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 11:24:37 -0700 To: "lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>, LUNAR General <lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Subject: [LUNAR general:] Re: Falcon 9 I was up late last night, so took a moment from the work stuff I was doing to watch the launch webcast. Was very cool. I especially liked the 8-pointed star pattern of the flame front in the night as the Falcon climbed. - Alan On 22May12, at 9:55 , Paul Pittenger wrote: Looks like they had a good launch, I have not heard details yet about the orbital insertion and the scattering of the ashes in the 2nd stage compartment (including James Doohan / Scotty from Star Trek). Here is the spacex site http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20120522 with links to video and photos. Congrats to all the SpaceX guys and good luck on the orbital and docking maneuvers to make this flight a total success!!! Paul On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:03 AM, <Apjthym5@xxxxxxx<mailto:Apjthym5@xxxxxxx>> wrote: Hello Rocket friends, Falcon 9...................T- 41 min. and counting!!! I am excited!!!! Alan T -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LUNAR General" group. To post to this group, send email to lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lunar-general+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general%2Bunsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lunar-general?hl=en. _______________________________________________ Lunarlunch mailing list Lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Lunarlunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://banjo.employees.org/mailman/listinfo/lunarlunch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LUNAR General" group. To post to this group, send email to lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lunar-general+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lunar-general+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lunar-general?hl=en.