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...to Douglas Adams.
"Well Elon's just this guy, you know? "
https://www.google.es/amp/s/amp.space.com/39602-falcon-heavy-tesla-not-just-space-junk.html
Isn't it 18:30 UK time? Cape Canaveral is EST? Ie 2 mins time!
19:20 UTC according to SpaceX on Twitter but "<span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Time</span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> is an illusion. </span><span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lunchtime doubly so."</span>
Live launch.
Launch count down suggests 19.20 GMT
Now slipped to 20:45
Blimey it’s like STW did the rocket.
Are they sending a Tesla into space in “ludicrous” mode?
Is Musk driving it?
Is he providing the charging point too?
Or is this a Presentation piece about “I need moar funding”??
The man does have flair really. Loving the simulation.
I think it’s a bit windy at altitude which is the reason given for delay. Still think it’s a waste, nasty chemical rockets. Should put his money into something exotic like an Orion, wormholes or a Bergenholm.
****ing awesome. Inspiring.
Fantastic. Way to go Douglas.
Spacex. Welcome to the new cosmic Century.
THAT was brilliant!
that is how you nail a landing. incredible
Bloody hell, that was great! All the family watching that and amazed!
so cool that we are allowed TWO threads - one for each booster 😉
Time for a gargleblaster.
I just hope that Superlifter didn't crash into the GCU Of Course I Still Love You too hard...
Fin Point!
love the “Don’t Panic” on the cars dashboard.
I thought they were just sending a car to space, didn't know they were landing the rockets that's what all the whooping was about. I was watching thinking NASA have been doing this for years.
So they'll try to reuse the rockets? What was landing on the landing station at sea, where the cameras went fuzzy?
Still waiting on confirmation of the Sea pad landing. Apparently the vibes from the rocket upset the camera radio system sometimes
I think Musk just out-cooled Zaphod Beeblebrox.
So they’ll try to reuse the rockets?
Space X have been reusing boosters, and their dragon spacecraft, for a while. I think this is the first time they've tried to land three at once. Watching those two booster land together was pretty amazing.
not only that, the two outer boosters had already been used once eachSo they’ll try to reuse the rockets
That was awesome. Brilliant stuff
...But what about the core? Nothing on Twitter etc yet that i can find. Hope it made it too
That landing video clip looks like something off the gif thread!
How do the booster remain stable when returning to base, did I miss the parachutes? Did only the top of the phyalic rocket enter space and the big booster returned as well? Last question where did Mr Musk get all his money from I thought tesla was not profitable yet and flying rockets certainly isn't, his PayPal business seems to have only made him a billion or so.
Anyway cool project and I like those tesla so especially the one with the lambourghini doors.
Presumably the core landing's gone wrong, i guess the question is whether they own 1 drone ship or 2 now 😛 But if that's all that goes wrong it's a spectacular win.
"How do the booster remain stable when returning to base, did I miss the parachutes?"
They gave up on parachutes early on, the landing's done entirely powered. Though
Well, that was bloody brilliant. The booster landing was like something Gerry Anderson would've dreamt up.
Nit picking: the on-booster footage was surely the same engine? Flight similarities aside, both were headed for the same landing pad until it cut away.
The man does have flair really. Loving the simulation.
Credit where it's due, it wasn't a million miles from reality. If I'd seen that animation before the actual footage I'd have thought, "yeah right."
Fascinating stuff and commercially disruptive, heavy payloads at a fraction of the price of existing systems including Arian
Presumably the core landing’s gone wrong
Looks that way. I've been following musk on twitter and he's been quick to put out anything positive and there's been no mention so far of the core landing.
He has said that the upper stage is all progressing according to plan so the separation must have gone ok.
... although there is a voice saying that the era of big satellites is nearing an end as they all become smaller through miniaturisation.
This is more about his Mars ambitions though.
his PayPal business seems to have only made him a billion or so.
I think that got him enough to get the early rockets going which got NASA money coming in. I think he was pretty close to being 'that guy who made a load of money and blew it all on rockets'.
[url] https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/03/elon-musk-post-series.html [/url]
If you'vve not read it there's some interesting stuff here
If I live to see men/women land on Mars i will be a happy old man.
How they will shield occupants from radiation and provide long term life support are the real interesting developments to come.
Wish the British were even in the race..
Stig In Space.
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">… although there is a voice saying that the era of big satellites is nearing an end as they all become smaller through miniaturisation</span>
and that craft can take 60* tonnes of small satellites up at a time
*not actually if they want the boosters back
Just watching the live feed of the car with the Earth coming round behind it.
Surreal and pretty stunning by any standard.
Well it was a cool image but despite some people being able to send a rocket and a car to mars I can't fathom out the intricacies of the new forum.
Printed on a circuit board in that car is the sentence
* Made on Earth by Humans *
It’s a new era. The payload that thing can lift into space..... forget curiosity rover, you can put a tank on mars now
Core update:
Elon Musk said on a conference call with reporters that the launch "seems to have gone as well as one could have hoped with the exception of center core. The center core obviously didn't land on the drone ship" and he said that "we're looking at the issue." Musk says that the core ran out of propellant, which kept the core from being able to slow down as much as it needed for landing. Because of that, the core apparently hit the water at 300MPH, and it was about 100 meters from the ship. "It was enough to take out two thrusters and shower the deck with shrapnel," Musk said. That should be worth seeing on video: "We have the video," Musk confirmed, "it sounds like some pretty fun footage... if the cameras didn't get blown up as well."
Lifted from engadget
And more rocket porn
Can anyone explain the hate people seem to have for Musk? Is it just simple jealousy that one man has the means to just say "**** it" and do stuff like this?
What 'hate people seem to have for Musk'? Dont know what you been reading/viewing but that has certainly passed me by.
Personally prefer to see a few more folk like Musk.
Oh, it was linked to on the Bloodhound SSC Faceache page and just seemed to attract people pissing on Musk. You would think on there of all places the technical accomplishments would be appreciated but seemingly not. Littering space (don't understand test payload), PR driven **** (don't understand business), concentrate on getting Model 3's built (don't understand business) etc.
Post this on the bloodhound facebook page with the heading "Fastest rocket powered car in the universe". See if that helps them calm down a bit.
I just can't get enough of this. Elon Musk is like a fictional character, a Bond villain with the same looks, back story (being violently bullied as a kid) wealth and ambition. His story is amazing, his ambition is outstanding and ability to get stuff done is world leading.
The world needs people like him in it pushing boundaries and making the impossible possible.
With that sort of influence and technical reach he would be a scary figure if he ever went rogue. lets all hope he doesn't buy an extinct volcano for his HQ......
Still think it’s a waste, nasty chemical rockets.
Except they’re not. The boosters used by NASA for shuttle launches were solid fuel, the Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy/BFR use Merlin rocket motors which use a mixture of highly refined kerosene or avgas and liquid oxygen, called RP-1:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family)
A couple of additional fun details regarding the car, not only has it got the ‘Don’t Panic’ label on the dash, but there’s a copy of ‘Hitchhikers Guide...’ and a towel in the glovebox, and there’s also a Hotwheels model of a red Tesla Roadster with a tiny space suited driver in the car!
The synchronised landing of the boosters was chuffing amazing, just remarkable, the last time I was this excited about a rocket launch was the Saturn 5 Apollo missions and the first shuttle.