Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Access

Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by dwd on Sunday November 11, 2018 @09:17AM (#18426445)

I'm still chuckling that they called the rocket "It's Business Time".

I'm guessing partly a hat tip to SpaceX and the naming of their drone ships, but more so named after a song by the Flight of the Conchords.

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by nkurz on Sunday November 11, 2018 @10:19AM (#18426741)

For the those wondering why he chuckles, here's the song in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by allannienhuis on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:03AM (#18426999)

Thank you for that! How have I not come across that gem before? :)

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by tambourine_man on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:17AM (#18427072)

Thanks for that, I had a good laugh.

I’m still amazed there are videos of something you’ve never heard of with 35 million views.

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by discoball on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:18PM (#18427400)

I remember Flight of the Conchords was a huge hit in the Bay area in 2007-2009 amongst the hipster-ish and nerdy crowd. We used to torrent it =) along with HyperDrive (British comedy set in space) and the super popular IT Crowds. All great shows.

I think HBO allows you to watch it for free now: https://www.hbo.com/flight-of-the-conchords

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by jamsch on Sunday November 11, 2018 @01:08PM (#18427656)

Not in New Zealand apparently :(

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by fvdessen on Sunday November 11, 2018 @12:22PM (#18427415)

> I'm still chuckling that they called the rocket "It's Business Time".

A more sensible choice than "The Humans Are Dead"

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by typon on Sunday November 11, 2018 @09:19AM (#18426453)

They should have named it the Conchord

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Re:Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Ac... by dwd on Sunday November 11, 2018 @09:37AM (#18426535)

Hopefully this will be just the first of many, and looking forward to what they come up with next time.

Congrats on the launch!

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