@ErinAnne I know you didn't mean to ping me. In rare situations like this I like to offer gentle encouragement. You could add an additional comment asking if the answer accepted is the best answer or not, or you could open a dialog about what's concerning you in a meta question.

I think the overall situation is benign and self-contained, and anyone else reading these answers should be able to quickly tell that it's a "work in progress" and would not be likely to receive wrong information.

I mean... offer gentle encouragement to the person writing the answers you asked about. The first sentence looks strange now that I re-read it.

I thought about the meta question but had difficulty expressing what I didn't like. It reminds me of a Code Review question in that it just has...a distressing number of things to comment on.

and I understood who you meant, but I also accept encouragement when it's offered :)

@uhoh i emailed Paddy Neumann about your question on how it will point and its thrust. i'd say there is a good chance he will answer himself.

@kimholder oh that's great! Thank you ;-)

Anyone remember what Elon called the 'button' that starts the fuel load process, which either ends with a launch or an abort? He had a scary ish name for it.

Holy mouse click, or something like that.

The XKCD is pretty funny.

And here we go again. T-12 ot so.

@PearsonArtPhoto Thanks. There is a more "button click of death" or somesuch that I was thinking of, but this is pretty close.

Hadn't heard that one, but...

The constant chamber pressure in earlier Merlins and variable now is interesting...

Merlin has been an amazing engine. 75K thrust for 1A to 190K now. Almsot 2.5 times the performance. And well over 550 engine runs on the way to orbit already.

T-1:00

Got past it.

Passed the stopping poing.

I like the clapping that it did not abort.

People cheering, of course.

10 or so launches more, and Merlin will have more flights on the way to orbit than the SSME and SRB's combind.

Launch!

Drone footage was excellent here.

Plume expannsion looks a little different

No fairing deployment on the timeline.

Odd oversighht

Video is off. Guess that was the plume?

Looked like it.

Confirmed as well.

Did they start the second stage earlier than usual on this one, maybe?

He mentioned fairing deplot.

There's the fairing.

3 seconds after separation.

The timeline is a bit different...

Canera shake on First stage is new? Trying to come in hotter, maybe?

That is Zuma.

The video is always poor...

Well we know the new Merlin rev can restart now. :)

I don't think they want to risk not nailing this one, but... Hard to say.

(Not that I was worried).

This timeline.

It seems the time between MECO and second stage start is the same, but the separation occurred a bit earlier.

Anyone ever get tired of hearing them say "Of Course I still Love You"

Not yet, but I imagine it will.

Makes me laugh everytime they say it so seriously. :)

Landed!

They got video this time. Even a little.

Hmm soouoth and east of the X. MY bingo call was west and north. Oh well.

LOL

25 recovered boosters. Amazing. And two more attempts thismonth if all goes well. Though both are reflights of B4's so unlikely to recover (Iridium 5 on Iridium 3 booster, and Telesat VI on Zuma booster (I Think))>

6 more launches of Block 5 to go for man rating, or so we hope.

How many cores do you think it will take to get to 7 launches? I am guessing 3.

One for LC-40, one for LC-39A, one for SLC-4W, then a set of three for Heavy.

Will a Heavy launch count as 1 or 3?

A Heavy wouldn't count as any.