SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in two hours time

[Neil WyattModerator @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

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

I guess that counts as space junk!

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

How many charging points on the way to Mars?

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Crazy!

[Andy CarruthersParticipant @andycarruthers33275]

http://spacenews.com/segment/news/

Worth a look

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Launch now at 20:05 GMT, apparently suffering from high altitude wind (don't we all )

John

[V8EngParticipant @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

[Wout MoermanParticipant @woutmoerman25063]

That's certainly proven heritage in my textbook!

[Neil WyattModerator @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

[V8EngParticipant @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

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Launch and recoveries successful. What a sight.

[John OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

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

John

[Ian PParticipant @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

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

That was just… awesome.

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

Don't Panic!

Neil

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

I wonder if the driver knew there was no air in his tyres

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

That car is going to have an awful lot of miles on it for the next owner.

Mike

[Andy CarruthersParticipant @andycarruthers33275]

Ah yes, but look at the provenance!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Not holding out hope for the centre core though – the drone ship landings tend to be risky.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Arty analysis here: **LINK**

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

MichaelG.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Big Boy SpaceX Starship takes off… eventually

**LINK**

[V8EngParticipant @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

[JAParticipant @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

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

Another driverless Tesla destroyed in a very high speed crash.

[Anonymous]

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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