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Ha, they pulled the feed on the first stage landing when its shit got all borked.

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.

 

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

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scrubbed again.  Next week they will try the launch

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stuck the fucking landing again.  

 

awesome. 

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Fuck. Foggy here so I won’t be able to see it.

That’s live.  

Looks like they are prepping for landing.  

Edit: landed well.  

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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. :)

 

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Stuck the reusable booster landing perfectly. Orbital rocket still on its way.

We’ve come a long way baby from the Vanguard & Explorer!

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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 

Looks like Scotty will get beamed up tonight.

Center booster go boom.

Everyone on r/spacex hitting F to pay respects

Cameras came back on just in time for UT's ARMADILLO sat.

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.

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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.

13 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Center booster go boom.

Space X lacks the ability to land it?

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Crappy writing

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. 

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Some phenomenal photos from my NASA photographer buddy:

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_1.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_2.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_3.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_4.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_5.jpg

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.

 

8 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

Some phenomenal photos from my NASA photographer buddy:

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_1.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_2.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_3.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_4.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_5.jpg

Can't see burt

47 minutes ago, OrangEngr said:

Can't see burt

You're not trying hard enough.

9 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

Some phenomenal photos from my NASA photographer buddy:

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_1.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_2.jpg

FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_3.jpg

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FalconHeavy_nightlaunch_5.jpg

SPACE FLIGHT !!!!  Fuckin' A right Bubba !!!!

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).

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...

Who said that's a bad thing?

(Still stand by the Elon comment, tho...)

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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.

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

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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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