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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in two hours time

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6 February 2018 at 16:35 #340032
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Here's a heads up.

In the most expensive scrappage scheme of all time Elon Musk's used Tesla Roadster will be launched into a Mars-Earth orbit at 18:30 UTC/GMT on top of a Falcon Heavy.

Falcon Heavy is the biggest launcher since the Saturn V. It comprises three Falcon launchers tied together with mechanical (not pyrotechnic) links. The outer launchers will (hopefully) land at Cape Carnaveral and the inner one on one of their drone ships.

Live video will be streamed by SpaceX at:

http://www.spacex.com/webcast

Neil
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6 February 2018 at 16:35 #21554
Neil Wyatt
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6 February 2018 at 16:46 #340034
Grindstone Cowboy
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@grindstonecowboy
I guess that counts as space junk!
6 February 2018 at 16:48 #340035
JasonB
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@jasonb
How many charging points on the way to Mars?
6 February 2018 at 16:54 #340037
jimmy b
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@jimmyb
Crazy!
6 February 2018 at 17:23 #340044
Andy Carruthers
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@andycarruthers33275
http://spacenews.com/segment/news/

Worth a look
6 February 2018 at 18:18 #340050
Journeyman
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@journeyman
Launch now at 20:05 GMT, apparently suffering from high altitude wind (don't we all )

John
6 February 2018 at 18:19 #340051
V8Eng
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@v8eng
My imagination ran riot when I read that the three cores had 27 Merlin Engines generating more than 5 million pounds of thrust!

Always knew those Merlins were good uns! 😉🙃

Supersonic Spitfire, anyone?

Edited By V8Eng on 06/02/2018 18:25:08
6 February 2018 at 18:39 #340056
Wout Moerman
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@woutmoerman25063
That's certainly proven heritage in my textbook!
6 February 2018 at 18:54 #340059
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
They have to put a dummy load on it, so why not get the free advertising?

Delayed an hour because of wind shear.

Neil
6 February 2018 at 20:19 #340073
V8Eng
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@v8eng
One has to salute and admire Elon Musk!

Not only making an enormous rocket but putting one of his cars on it!

Edited By V8Eng on 06/02/2018 20:24:29
6 February 2018 at 20:58 #340079
KWIL
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@kwil
Launch and recoveries successful. What a sight.
6 February 2018 at 21:02 #340080
John Olsen
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@johnolsen79199
That all seemed to go like clockwork! They make it look too easy. Those two boosters landing simultaneously was just amazing.

John
6 February 2018 at 21:24 #340085
Ian P
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@ianp
Posted by John Olsen on 06/02/2018 21:02:56:

That all seemed to go like clockwork! They make it look too easy. Those two boosters landing simultaneously was just amazing.

John

Really awesome!

Its one of those things where my instinct would be to land them miles apart as it would be 'safer', but then when you think about it, if you can control one booster landing to within a few metres, you just have to do the same thing twice.

Ian P
6 February 2018 at 21:25 #340086
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
That was just… awesome.

Agreed the boosters landing almost exactly like the simulation was unbelievable!

Don't Panic!

Neil
6 February 2018 at 21:27 #340087
Ian P
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@ianp
I wonder if the driver knew there was no air in his tyres
6 February 2018 at 21:27 #340089
Mike Poole
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@mikepoole82104
That car is going to have an awful lot of miles on it for the next owner.

Mike
6 February 2018 at 21:33 #340091
Andy Carruthers
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@andycarruthers33275
Ah yes, but look at the provenance!
6 February 2018 at 21:34 #340092
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Not holding out hope for the centre core though – the drone ship landings tend to be risky.
10 February 2018 at 23:06 #340904
Michael Gilligan
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@michaelgilligan61133
Arty analysis here: **LINK**

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/10/16997124/elon-musk-spacex-tesla-art-starman-advertising

MichaelG.
20 April 2023 at 16:20 #642005
Ady1
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@ady1
Big Boy SpaceX Starship takes off… eventually

**LINK**
20 April 2023 at 17:59 #642016
V8Eng
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@v8eng
Posted by Ady1 on 20/04/2023 16:20:07:

Big Boy SpaceX Starship takes off… eventually

**LINK**

Didn’t go very far though!

Edited By V8Eng on 20/04/2023 18:06:39
20 April 2023 at 18:36 #642021
JA
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@ja
It will be viewed many times.

Very expensive hype but perhaps there is no such thing as bad press. I am too old to understand these things.

Enough said.

JA
21 April 2023 at 21:04 #642184
old mart
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@oldmart
Another driverless Tesla destroyed in a very high speed crash.
22 April 2023 at 01:25 #642202
Peter Greene
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It's already being hailed "a success".

(Apparently a major part of the test was the first stage separation …. which actually worked).
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