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Falcon Heavy
« on: February 06, 2018, 04:02:13 PM »
As of about 10 minutes ago Elon Musk has heavy lift to orbit capabilities. He's that much closer to being a Bond villain. There's also a Tesla Roadster on it's way to mars orbit (not mars, but it'll pas through Mar's elliptic).

The coolest thing to watch was the simultaneous dual landing back at Canaveral of the boosters.

SpaceX had a pretty good day.
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Space X Falcon Heavy
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2018, 04:05:28 PM »
Just put Elon Musk's Tesla into Orbit. (And I believe I read it was headed to Mars. I didn't actually listen to the launch, I just watched it.)

http://www.spacex.com/webcast

Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c

Landed both boosters simultaneously, as well. (Not sure what happened to the Core, as the cameras got obscured and, they didn't report before the feed was ended.)

Wow. again.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2018, 04:06:03 PM »
Yeah, that was really cool.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2018, 04:07:39 PM »
Dupe topics merged, nerds.
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(It IS cool stuff)
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2018, 04:19:10 PM »
Wow, way to stick the landing.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2018, 04:24:31 PM »
For those who want the highlights, on the youtube video:

Actual launch right at 30:00
Booster separation at 32:30
Main engine cutoff at 33:00
Simultaneous landing of boosters at 38:00
Core landing getting obscured at 38:30

(All the times are approximate. Click a few seconds before and you'll be fine.)
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2018, 05:37:39 PM »
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2018, 06:48:28 PM »
StarMan Live View. Cuts in and out as the vehicle goes from dark to light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M

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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2018, 06:48:47 PM »
They do seem to have misplaced one of the boosters however.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2018, 07:02:03 PM »
Quote from: dogmush on February 06, 2018, 06:48:47 PM
They do seem to have misplaced one of the boosters however.

Huh?  They both landed at the same time on adjacent pads.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2018, 07:21:59 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on February 06, 2018, 07:02:03 PM
Huh?  They both landed at the same time on adjacent pads.

There were three booster cores. The third was supposed to land on a barge in the Atlantic. Cameras cut out right before touchdown, and SpaceX isn't saying what happened.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2018, 08:06:26 PM »
Oops.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/06/spacex-landed-two-of-its-three-falcon-heavy-first-stage-boosters/

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That core booster approached the platform as planned, but it unfortunately hit the water going 300 MPH and was lost, because some of its return engines failed to light.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2018, 08:42:44 PM »
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2018, 09:31:10 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on February 06, 2018, 08:06:26 PM
Oops.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/06/spacex-landed-two-of-its-three-falcon-heavy-first-stage-boosters/


Given that the goal going in was "not explode with the force of a tactical nuclear device while sitting on the launch pad" I'd say they still did pretty well... =)
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2018, 10:01:05 PM »
2 outa 3 ain't bad.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2018, 10:47:46 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on February 06, 2018, 10:01:05 PM
2 outa 3 ain't bad.


Now don't be sad.

Actually watching the video of lift off was just as cool as when I watched the original Columbia mission.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2018, 11:26:28 PM »
I thought it was a joke when I heard someone mention a Tesla car in orbit.  Apparently not.  Pretty cool.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2018, 11:36:23 PM »
Not so much in orbit as in trajectory.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2018, 11:44:02 PM »


This is now in my desktop rotation.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2018, 02:11:41 AM »
Reminds me of the opening to Heavy Metal: The Motion Picture
https://youtu.be/4MyfInT1y0c
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2018, 07:14:55 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on February 06, 2018, 11:44:02 PM


This is now in my desktop rotation.

When I saw that on the youtube video yesterday, I had to chuckle. :)

Quote from: HeroHog on February 07, 2018, 02:11:41 AM
Reminds me of the opening to Heavy Metal: The Motion Picture
https://youtu.be/4MyfInT1y0c
I made that same connection on another forum last night.  I wonder if Musk also made the connection. 

I grew up listening to the soundtrack to Heavy Metal at my grandmother's house.  My aunt apparently bought a copy on vinyl and left it there for whatever reason.  I nearly wore it out playing it on the old console stereo. :D

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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2018, 08:03:15 AM »
Quote from: HeroHog on February 07, 2018, 02:11:41 AM
Reminds me of the opening to Heavy Metal: The Motion Picture
https://youtu.be/4MyfInT1y0c

Ditto.
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2018, 01:54:25 PM »
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Re: Falcon Heavy
« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2018, 01:35:12 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on February 06, 2018, 06:48:28 PM
StarMan Live View. Cuts in and out as the vehicle goes from dark to light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M

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One of the comments on the video said it must be fake, because obviously the tires would explode in space, right? Then somebody replied that, duh, it's not some regular car - it's made for a space environment, dummy. :laugh:
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