Comments on: High Roller

By: Doug Little

Doug Little — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:35 +0000

That was awesome, maybe the Top Gear guys need to redo the reliant rocket project using one of Spacex’s Engines! For those of you that aren’t familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIwXtRQQQZc

By: Gordan

Gordan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:31:53 +0000

Paul M Says:
“From about the 3:05 mark there is an arc protruding above the horizon – any ideas what that is?”

Crud in the glass cover on the camera – either water droplets or some other debris, scattering light off the bright limb of Earth. You’ll notice it stays fixed w/respect the frame, but not w/respect to Earth which moves a bit in the frame.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:19:57 +0000

That was made of pure awesome…. one question though:
From about the 3:05 mark there is an arc protruding above the horizon – any ideas what that is?

By: BethK

BethK — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:10:10 +0000

I thought it was cool, but my kids (13yo and 15yo both into space and astronomy) were ho-hum even when I explained that it was real and private enterprise rather than NASA. The music did nothing for any of us.

They did get excited that the Kp is high and that someone may be able to see aurora tonight. Probably not us, but with clear skies, we’ll probably go out star-gazing.

By: Paul A.

Paul A. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:57:58 +0000

A few years ago I emailed NASA and asked them to put little cameras on everything and share the show with us. We were all raised on Star Wars level special effects and believe we respond well to seeing the real thing. I think there should be a camera pointing down at the earth on the ISS with a live webcam link on the Internet, a “What Is the Space Station Looking At” webpage.

By: Flight of the Falcon 1 : Stochastic Scribbles

Flight of the Falcon 1 : Stochastic Scribbles — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:21:49 +0000

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By: Oded

Oded — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:07:20 +0000

Thanks Remek!

I guess that’s a good reason, though it is still solvable… This still doesn’t rule out using a memory stick and bringing it back… But maybe that’s overkill.

I just really wish there was once a really high quality video of this