Why, yes, it IS rocket science!
We're slated to fly our maiden Falcon 9 tomorrow, which is just a test flight for the booster, the Dragon capsule onboard is just a dummy payload for engineering purposes.
The 9 engine monstrosity will launch off of LC40 at Cape Canaveral in a window of 11am to 2pm Eastern standard time. You can watch it here:
www.spacex.com
You can watch from the onboard cameras as this big bitch goes.
or for non-SpaceX info:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/001/status.html
They will have an offsite video feed that will be hazy and grainy but pretty cool nonetheless.
I'M THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH!!
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I'll have to fire up the feed. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you.
Woot! :-)
T-15 minute hold as of this posting.\r
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Hop, the feed is gonna lag. We're being watched by the entire world at the moment. We're doing what most 1st world countries can't or haven't been able to do. With the ending of the Ares/Orion program, what would normally have been just an \"Oh cool\" moment for us has become one of supremely intense scrutiny. Some Capitol Hill Douchepoodle is stealing your bandwidth! ;)\r
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Check the spaceflight now link, it's lower res and should be less laggy.
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I've got wood.