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Space X launch today

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If you haven't gone to bed, the launch window is scheduled for 10.35pm (GMT) tonight. https://www.spacex.com/webcast or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfHHls50-w
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That’s 9-35 (2135) local. Should still be awake. :)
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Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:06 pm That’s 9-35 (2135) local. Should still be awake. :)
I thought that would be 23.35?
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It is - launch window opened at 10.35GMT - looks like all systems go for launch at 11.35pm (GMT).
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Wow! Just like watching "Thunderbirds" as the boosters came back down.
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glencairn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm
Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:06 pm That’s 9-35 (2135) local. Should still be awake. :)
I thought that would be 23.35?
Sorry don’t know why I said that, must have put my head on backwards. ;)
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bulleidboy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:48 pm Wow! Just like watching "Thunderbirds" as the boosters came back down.
Have to agree. In fact I found that the most amazing part.
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Especially the one that landed on the deck of the ship, WOW
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Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:58 am
glencairn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm
Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:06 pm That’s 9-35 (2135) local. Should still be awake. :)
I thought that would be 23.35?
Sorry don’t know why I said that, must have put my head on backwards. ;)
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Doesn’t seem to make any difference which way round it is. :arrow:
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