# Fly, Falcon, fly!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900 "2010-06-04T09:20:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/1 "2010-06-04T09:20:22Z")

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Here’s looking for a successful launch of the rocket [today](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10209704.stm).

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/2 "2010-06-04T12:56:40Z")

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SpaceX’s [page on the vehicle](http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php) and [launch feed](http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php) (currently a time lapse of the site but will switch to feed @ 10:40am eastern).

Hopefully all will go well.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/3 "2010-06-04T17:50:30Z")

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The engines shut down on launch. So they didn’t fire and it didn’t go anywhere.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/4 "2010-06-04T18:08:50Z")

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Too soon to hear of the next attempt, I presume.

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/5 "2010-06-04T18:36:09Z")

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Trying again at 2:45.

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**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/6 "2010-06-04T18:53:08Z")

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Successful Liftoff/Separation. Being shown on CNN/Fox. Go, baby, go!

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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/7 "2010-06-04T18:57:25Z")

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Oops, I was [thinking of the wrong Falcon](http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/06/balloon-boys-parents-finally-reunited-with-balloon.html).

But go, SpaceX! Awesome news.

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/8 "2010-06-04T18:57:53Z")

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Yay! _claps_

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/9 "2010-06-04T19:47:38Z")

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Great news!

But now I have the OP’s title stuck in my head to the tune of the Silver Convention’s Fly Robin Fly. Good thing I have disco music at home.

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**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-falcon-fly/541900/10 "2010-06-04T21:09:30Z")

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I used to work at that pad (among others)…I’m glad they found a use for it post-Titan.

An exciting day, for a lot of reasons.