05:19 < mdxi> [Ares launch blog]
06:13 < solios> mdxi: so NASA's longterm goal is to make rockets that are... MORE weather succeptible?
06:13 < _Lasar_> haha
06:13 < _Lasar_> The ultimate goal is that they can just toss up a rocket in the air a few feet and it will float up into space onthe windows like a leaf.
06:13 < _Lasar_> FUCKING FUCK
06:14 < _Lasar_> "windows"
06:14 < _Lasar_> I'm damaged.
06:14 < solios> one could hope
06:14 < solios> er?
06:16 < mdxi> i could understand it for this one, because it's an all-telemetry mission, so you basically want perfect conditions
06:16 < mdxi> but in general...yeah...
06:17 < mdxi> THERE IS A CLOUD 15 MILES DOWNRANGE TO EAST. ABORT ABORT ABORT
06:17 < solios> mdxi++
06:20 < mdxi> you guys shouls be glad you just missed the little play in my head about the power struggles between the Kennedy Fluffy Cloud Range Operator and the Flight Operations Was That A Raindrop I Think It Was Supervisor
06:21 < solios> aasdfgdsaaaaahh
06:22 < _Lasar_> hahahaha
06:22 < _Lasar_> mdxi++
06:29 < mdxi> oops. looks like they should have had a Rocket Tarp Removal Compliance Officer as well
06:30 < _Lasar_> hahah
06:35 < _Lasar_> "triboelectric rule"?
06:39 < mdxi> christ almighty a BOAT
06:39 < mdxi> somebody let a boat in
06:41 < _Lasar_> TEST THE ROCKET
06:41 < mdxi> NO IT MIGHT FALL ON THE BOAT. OR SOMETHING.
06:41 < _Lasar_> I meant the boosters.
06:41 < _Lasar_> Torch the fucker out of the water
06:41 < mdxi> ares == cursed
06:41 < mdxi> no one liked it anyway
06:58 < mdxi> check it out i'm nasa: HURRRRRRRRRRRRRR WE ARE GO NO WAIT THERE'S A BOAT NO OKAY 4 MINUTES I MEAN THREE NO MAKE IT 4 AGAIN OH FUCK WEATHER
07:00 < mdxi> T MINUS RIGHT NOW TO HOT COCKS SPURTING ALL OVER ME
07:01 < mdxi> MISSION HOLD: SOME OF IT WENT UP MY NOSE