December 5, 20187 yr https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.htm Edited January 19, 20223 yr by Gil Bang
December 5, 20187 yr Ha, they pulled the feed on the first stage landing when its shit got all borked.
December 5, 20187 yr Yup, and then came back a bit later and mentioned the "water landing." Anyway, that was really cool, loved the multiple views and telemetry readouts. So cool. Thanks for the reminder, GB.
December 5, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, davidg said: Ha, they pulled the feed on the first stage landing when its shit got all borked. I wish they had let the feed go but I think they were worried about a hard land landing.... They lost a little cred with me when they pulled away and just started talking about phase 2
June 12, 20196 yr Yup it's foggy. Anyway, for those that want to follow: https://www.spacex.com/webcast
June 12, 20196 yr That’s live. Looks like they are prepping for landing. Edit: landed well. Edited June 12, 20196 yr by atomheartbevo
June 12, 20196 yr Yup, first stage made a proper landing at its landing zone. I think that's my favorite part, watching that first stage come down and automatically set itself down. That's getting close to the super-futuristic stuff we were promised decades ago. Edited June 12, 20196 yr by utee94
June 12, 20196 yr Stuck the reusable booster landing perfectly. Orbital rocket still on its way. We’ve come a long way baby from the Vanguard & Explorer! Edited June 12, 20196 yr by Armybrat
June 12, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, Armybrat said: Stuck the reusable booster landing perfectly. Orbital rocket still on its way. We’ve come a long way baby from the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria! Fify
June 24, 20196 yr 10:30 pm CST https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-poised-for-dramatic-night-launch-tonight-2019-06-24/
June 24, 20196 yr Author 5 minutes ago, LongestHorn said: 10:30 pm CST https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-poised-for-dramatic-night-launch-tonight-2019-06-24/ You are correct. Title edited.
June 25, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, LongestHorn said: 10:30 pm CST https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-poised-for-dramatic-night-launch-tonight-2019-06-24/ CDT
June 25, 20196 yr John Kraus @johnkrausphotos 9h9 hours ago Wow, wow, wow! SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched the STP-2 mission at 2:30am this morning. The two side cores, flying their second mission, returned to land successfully at Cape Canaveral. Edited June 25, 20196 yr by retread
June 25, 20196 yr What if it isn’t a drone ship? It could be helmed by a sea captain so grizzled and salty that his skin is made of blast resistant asbestos.
June 25, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, Rimbo said: Center booster go boom. Space X lacks the ability to land it? Edited June 25, 20196 yr by clapclapclap Crappy writing
June 25, 20196 yr 12 minutes ago, clapclapclap said: Space X lacks the ability to land it? We don't know yet why the rocket aborted its landing, but early speculation is the legs failed to fully deploy, so the booster aborted the landing and bellyflopped into the ocean to save the barge. Also, just found out that UT sent a satellite up on FH which is pretty neat
June 25, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Captainant said: We don't know yet why the rocket aborted its landing, but early speculation is the legs failed to fully deploy, so the booster aborted the landing and bellyflopped into the ocean to save the barge. Also, just found out that UT sent a satellite up on FH which is pretty neat It was always a 50% to land this booster. It was coming in way hot due to the particular mission. They certainly have the capability of landing the center core of FH and have done so before.
June 26, 20196 yr 10 hours ago, HornsOverIthaca said: What if it isn’t a drone ship? It could be helmed by a sea captain so grizzled and salty that his skin is made of blast resistant asbestos.
June 26, 20196 yr 8 hours ago, RamjetFDO said: Some phenomenal photos from my NASA photographer buddy: Can't see burt
June 26, 20196 yr 9 hours ago, RamjetFDO said: Some phenomenal photos from my NASA photographer buddy: SPACE FLIGHT !!!! Fuckin' A right Bubba !!!!
June 26, 20196 yr Looks like a grain silo mounted on a Christmas tree stand. But good deal. (Better deal if it took Elon up with it on a one-way).
June 26, 20196 yr 16 minutes ago, phdhorn said: Looks like a grain silo mounted on a Christmas tree stand. But good deal. (Better deal if it took Elon up with it on a one-way). Man, aren't you the Debbie downer with the imagery thing there...
June 26, 20196 yr Who said that's a bad thing? (Still stand by the Elon comment, tho...) Edited June 26, 20196 yr by phdhorn
June 26, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, phdhorn said: Who said that's a bad thing? (Still stand by the Elon comment, tho...) Well, mostly I was referring the imagery thingy.
June 29, 20196 yr 1,000 passengers seems a little high but interesting nonetheless. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musks-space-mountain-rocket-ride-anywhere-on-earth-in-under-20-mins-2019-06-27?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo Quote Elon Musk, no stranger to outlandish pledges, just teased around-the-world flights aboard one of his rockets. The chief executive of Tesla Inc. TSLA, +0.28% and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was tweeting about SpaceX’s latest mission when he veered toward the stuff of sci-fi. Earth-to-earth rocket flights could carry about 1,000 people. Alas, all seats would be coach, and there would be no toilets, but on the plus side most trips would take only 15 to 20 minutes, Musk tweeted. It would be “unwise” to let passengers move about during the flights, likening the experience to Disney’s DIS, +0.24% famed Space Mountain roller-coaster ride:
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