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SpaceX |OT| Reusable Rockets - To Mars!
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Elon's Roadster has been fitted to a custom off-centered payload adapter, at an angle so it can fit in the fairing. Shit is actually happening
I mean why not? The rocket launch is purely for testing purposes, why not send a car to space. Great publicity for both companies and for the luls.
I wonder how the mileage calculation will work out for that thing. It's bound for a solar orbit, I believe.
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Today's launch will be at 17:27 Pacific time. That's the early hours of the morning for me, but Americans and European night owls can watch live here:
No 1st stage landing attempt, but it looks like they'll try and catch a fairing half. No idea if there will be any video of that.
No 1st stage landing attempt, but it looks like they'll try and catch a fairing half. No idea if there will be any video of that.
It's great to see the new Iridium NEXT satellites being deployed. One major new upgrade capability of the new generation of these very versatile satellites is the ability to pick up tracking signals from planes. Since the transponders are typically in the belly of the aircraft, designed to be picked up by ground-based air traffic control systems, this is going to be quite a feat.
Iridium NEXT is planned to vastly increase the ability to track aircraft, reducing the incidence of untracked disappearances such as MH370. In particular, the southern hemisphere coverage will turn on like a light bulb in a darkened room.
Any word on when the Falcon Heavy is going up next month at Canaveral? I'm planning my birthday trip around it.
I would hope you have a good two week window for this - there is going to be a LOT of static fire tests of Falcon Heavy before they commit to a launch. Essentially it's a window for all activity with no NET (Not earlier than..) time.
Yup, I have a pretty loose window on the end of the month and just live over in Tampa Bay so it's a 3 hr drive there for me. I just need to get the request in within 4 days to my boss.
I think you'll be ok in that case, but you'll be booking time on very short notice I bet :)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/
Just looked at these images and thought of Space Oddity being played..
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/
Just looked at these images and thought of Space Oddity being played..
5 Minutes until launch
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Great Launch with hilarious results. In Arizona News went wild reporting unidentified event in the sky. Since it was a night launch could see it all the way in Phoenix over 530 miles away
http://www.spacex.com/webcast
Great Launch with hilarious results. In Arizona News went wild reporting unidentified event in the sky. Since it was a night launch could see it all the way in Phoenix over 530 miles away
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Just saw this from my back yard in Peoria AZ, my wife thought the nukes we're finally flying lol. It didn't help that the local news said, "what appears to be a missle in the sky to the west... I've never seen anything like it."
I couldn't believe how fast it was moving.
I couldn't believe how fast it was moving.
lol yeah it was quite the sight to watch. Have to say would like to see more night launches.
Twitter is currently in a panic over it, lol. Half think it's North Korea or aliens, half know it's SpaceX.
Absolutely, I'm upset I didn't catch the whole flight, but it was really something.
This adds a whole new layer of entertainment to the launch, too funny.
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I live close to the launch location so it looked beautiful here. I got my camera out when it was already too late though.
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This basically launched from my backyard. I've actually learned to remove anything hanging on the wall because my house literally shakes. This launch was pretty damn beautiful too! Wish they did more dusk launches.
Me and some friends saw the rocket flying away and thought it was a plane crash. We had no idea this was even happening until we googled it.
So cool though, being able to see this so up close. SD represent!
So cool though, being able to see this so up close. SD represent!
Did something about this launch make the pattern look different than normal? The separate thing spinning around with the puffs of smoke was confusing me.
That's the PS3 XMB without icons on it... you ain't foolin' me bud!I live close to the launch location so it looked beautiful here. I got my camera out when it was already too late though.
Shit I thought there was some kinda aircraft crash in the air over Downtown LA. It turns out it was just Musk.
So many text messages, snapchats, IG posts about this in so cal. I was having dinner when it happened soooooo
REAL LIFE IRONMAN
Yeah, it was pretty hilarious watching Facebook blow up with claims of nukes and U.F.O.'s.
But I guess if caught off guard I can totally understand at least the initial panic. Strange times we live in for sure.
Nah these imbeciles insist it's aliens or secret government stuff on spacex's own gram.
Didn't catch the launch but I am assuming it was a success. Eon Musk real is the real life Tony Stark. If anyone is able to get us back to the moon or Mars it would be this man.
filmed it by accident while I was at work.
I work at caltech, and saw it while I was setting up the holiday buffet.
Please excuse me and my coworkers bafflement, we didnt know what it was till the executive chef told us Elon Musk was launching his own personal rockets.
I work at caltech, and saw it while I was setting up the holiday buffet.
Please excuse me and my coworkers bafflement, we didnt know what it was till the executive chef told us Elon Musk was launching his own personal rockets.
But Elon confirmed it!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/944399853316055040?s=17
That's a wrap on 2017 and a pretty packed schedule for SpaceX. Can you believe 18 landings have occurred this year? That's 18 times an entire 1st stage wasn't scrapped.
On a side note, the DOD audit on SpaceX's quality controls are worrying. Let's hope that they've worked on these things for the block 5 model. Once you have live crew everything changes.
Link to report: https://media.defense.gov/2017/Dec/22/2001860659/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2018-045_REDACTED.PDF
No idea about it and walked outside to see it. No joke, thought it was something crashing down to the ground and it looked so close over my house. Super cool though
What you're seeing there in the wake is the first stage flipping and boosting back.
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It sailed out to the recovery area, but either they didn't try to catch a fairing, or they failed to. This report:
"Took a quick drive around the harbor this morning. Long story short, nothing interesting enough to try and get pictures on a crappy iPhone camera. Mr Steven is back, all four arms appear to be attached and unchanged from previous photos. No evidence of any nets, bouncy castles, or fairing halves visible from public roads."
