SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

I didn't get to watch it live as they kept postponing it, but catching up, wow impressive. No good videos yet other than news sources on the actual launch.

They managed to land at least 2 of the boosters, which kind of amazed me. I can't easily find if the 3rd core booster landed in the ocean on the drone ship or not. May have went 3 for 3 on landing the boosters, not sure.


Oh and Elon Musk sent his Tesla Roadster to space, currently orbiting around then apparently its getting a final burn to Mars.



I also recommend checking out the SpaceX and Elon Musk's twitter for some highlights.

It was pretty cool...no word on the core yet

Didn't know the roadster was goin to mars

Really impressive.

I haven't seen anything on the core so I assume it's lost. 2/3 is a lot better than 0/3 though.

I was amazed seeing private space science do this. Rich ****er can't deliver his cars on time but can send one to Mars?

Incredible is the only way to describe it, I watched live and seeing the two boosters land simultaniously was just awesome. I hope the Core made it.

blk02edge said:

Incredible is the only way to describe it, I watched live and seeing the two boosters land simultaniously was just awesome. I hope the Core made it.

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That was my favorite part, damn things looked like a computer simulation it was so smooth.

DaleM said:

I was amazed seeing private space science do this. Rich ****er can't deliver his cars on time but can send one to Mars?

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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's heavily subsidized by taxpayer funds.

capnkirk52 said:

I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure he's heavily subsidized by taxpayer funds.

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He does follow the money. I don't have a problem with that, but without the govt funds, subsidies, and tax breaks, I don't know which of his ventures could survive. As a businessman, I do have a problem with that.

I love living on the space coast. Its something to hear when those rockets land.

It was awesome to watch even through the computer. Yes and to see both boosters landing in tandem was awesome.

Core didn't make it. Apparently only 1 out of 3 landing engines reignited, it landed 100m away, shrapnel took out 2 of the engines on the drone ship. If a video surfaces post it up, I bet that was some carnage.

https://gizmodo.com/spacex-recovered-the-falcon-heavys-two-boosters-but-it-1822788896

DaleM said:

I was amazed seeing private space science do this. Rich ****er can't deliver his cars on time but can send one to Mars?

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Another angle. Just mind blowing.

Sooo a bit off course. A mere ~ 40 million miles. I get this scale still a "close" miss but no great. Still envy the attempt.

That second video of the landing was incredible.

I went to the launch and it was just awesome. I will be going to the next one again.
Is there a video from that angle for the launch? (From pad 37)

It looks so CGI. I want to go to one and experience it. I missed out on the shuttle launches as a kid. These are incredible times when we people can pull off feats like that. Stunning