Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch (Read 1029 times)

Sun2Retire · « **on:** February 06, 2018, 02:58:00 PM »

Wow wow wow.

Watching the two boosters land side-by-side was straight out of Jules Verne.

SeilerBird · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2018, 03:01:38 PM »

Just launching a rocket ship is straight out of Jules Verne.

SeilerBird · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2018, 03:03:54 PM »

From my front yard:

Sun2Retire · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2018, 03:06:44 PM »

Quote from: SeilerBird on February 06, 2018, 03:01:38 PM

Just launching a rocket ship is straight out of Jules Verne.

True. Here's a replay

John Beard · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2018, 03:14:38 PM »

That was very exciting, and then the landing of the boosters...WOW!!!

John From Detroit · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2018, 05:12:58 PM »

Vern fired a Cannon in case you forgot, I read the books long time ago.

Though his astronuts would NOT have survived due to the tremendous acceleration in the gun barrel he did the best he could to cushion the shock .. Rocket technology works, in part, due to the researce Vern did He covered nearly every thing that NASA had to do .

Bill N · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2018, 07:21:51 AM »

Quote from: Sun2Retire on February 06, 2018, 02:58:00 PM

Wow wow wow.

Watching the two boosters land side-by-side was straight out of Jules Verne.

Did they ever announce if the 3rd one landed on the barge?

John Beard · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2018, 07:37:01 AM »

Quote from: Bill N on February 07, 2018, 07:21:51 AM

Did they ever announce if the 3rd one landed on the barge?

At 300 mph... it crashed.

Sun2Retire · « **Reply #8 on:** February 07, 2018, 07:40:51 AM »

Quote from: Bill N on February 07, 2018, 07:21:51 AM

Did they ever announce if the 3rd one landed on the barge?

It didn't. The core ran out of the chemical used to light the engines, and although some did several did not light - it impacted the water at 300mph immediately adjacent to the drone ship, taking out 2 of the drone ship engines in the process.

Musk said if they can get any video of the impact, it "should be fun to watch and we'll put out a blooper reel." I love this guy

Edit:

Quote from: John Beard on February 07, 2018, 07:37:01 AM

At 300 mph... it crashed.

I thought I heard him say it hit the water but mighta mis-heard

jackiemac · « **Reply #9 on:** February 07, 2018, 12:24:14 PM »

Very impressive- great to see us still making big progress.

Arch Hoagland · « **Reply #10 on:** February 07, 2018, 12:29:15 PM »

Who said a Tesla can't go more than two hundred miles!

spencerpj · « **Reply #11 on:** February 07, 2018, 12:38:00 PM »

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Now that's how it's done Rocketman !

John From Detroit · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2018, 02:30:30 PM »

WOW!!!! FINALLY got the bandwidth to watch the video. The sight of those two Booster's coming in for a landing. ... I do not believe they have ever had a "Return to earth" of an unmanned device, only the space shuttle and the Scaled ship have done that.

And they all land in "Glider" mode. not a powered tail first landing as in a Science Fiction movie. Only as of that flight. that kind of earth landing. NO LONGER FICTION.

Rick95682 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 07, 2018, 02:34:06 PM »

Absolutely spectacular launch and side booster recovery!!! I guess "technically" the main booster DID "hit" the drone ship - at least parts of it apparently ...

Arch - My Model X gets about 250 miles of range and our incoming Model 3 (arriving next week) will get just over 300 miles. My understanding is the Roadster Elon put into orbit (the new version) has a range of just over 600 miles!

NY_Dutch · « **Reply #14 on:** February 07, 2018, 06:37:18 PM »

Quote from: John From Detroit on February 07, 2018, 02:30:30 PM

WOW!!!! FINALLY got the bandwidth to watch the video. The sight of those two Booster's coming in for a landing. ... I do not believe they have ever had a "Return to earth" of an unmanned device, only the space shuttle and the Scaled ship have done that.

And they all land in "Glider" mode. not a powered tail first landing as in a Science Fiction movie. Only as of that flight. that kind of earth landing. NO LONGER FICTION.

John, SpaceX has been successfully landing Falcon 9 first stage boosters for reuse after nearly all launches since their first successful landing December 22, 2015. The amazing thing about this landing was the simultaneous dual landing, not the landing itself.

SeilerBird · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2018, 02:00:03 AM »

Yep, SpaceX has landed about 20 rockets so far. It has become routine now.

John Beard · « **Reply #16 on:** February 08, 2018, 07:02:56 AM »

Quote from: SeilerBird on February 08, 2018, 02:00:03 AM

Yep, SpaceX has landed about 20 rockets so far. It has become routine now.

I would never like to see the breadth of Elon Musk's SpaceX program as routine. This stuff is absolutely cutting edge, and Elon Musk is absolutely a brilliant risk taker. Kudos to Musk and his entire team, and thanks to him for an inspiring demonstration of entrepreneurship at its finest.

Routine... I think not.

SeilerBird · « **Reply #17 on:** February 08, 2018, 07:13:58 AM »

For the safety of future astronauts I hope it becomes routine.

Bill N · « **Reply #18 on:** February 08, 2018, 07:31:34 AM »

Quote from: spencerpj on February 07, 2018, 12:38:00 PM

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Now that's how it's done Rocketman !

Sure made this old missileman's heart skip a beat or two.

Bill

Stephen S. · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2018, 11:16:36 PM »

Yeah... of the three cores only one malfunctioned. This was with a predicted 50% chance of complete mission failure!

The cores have 9 engines each, and land using 3 of them. The center core came down with only one engine firing, and splashed in at 300 mph close to the drone ship.

This is why they use unmanned drone ships for the landings. Would have been really tragic if there had been crew on the ship.

With odds like that they usually use concrete or something dull as ballast for the launch. Elon wanted to do something "different and whimsical".
So there is a Tesla, with a dummy in a space suit in the drivers seat, with a model Tesla and driver glued to the dash, headed out into the Solar system.
David Bowie playing soundlessly on the stereo, "Don't Panic" displayed on the dash screen, "Made on Earth by Humans" printed on a circuit board, and a lot more little jokes and homage to science fiction greats.

Lou Schneider · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2018, 05:13:51 AM »

Quote from: Sun2Retire on February 07, 2018, 07:40:51 AM

Musk said if they can get any video of the impact, it "should be fun to watch and we'll put out a blooper reel." I love this guy

Actually, he said if they got any useable video he'd add it to the Blooper Reel:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ

blw2 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2018, 08:56:47 AM »

yeah, those landing are cool. I'd like to see more footage of how they get back to the area of the landing pads. from separation to the time that the decent rockets fire again to slow it down.... remarkable really.

NY_Dutch · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2018, 09:36:35 AM »

Quote from: blw2 on February 09, 2018, 08:56:47 AM

yeah, those landing are cool. I'd like to see more footage of how they get back to the area of the landing pads. from separation to the time that the decent rockets fire again to slow it down.... remarkable really.

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Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch (Read 1029 times)