Today's Rocket Launch / Elon Musk evil genus?

[funksouljon]

I really hope he is being very flippant and pretending to be indifferent, but Elon is indicating that he thinks his worlds largest rocket launch today has a about 1/2 to 2/3 chance of success. I am going to hope he is just trying to play it cool, but imagine if NASA said the same thing.... I bet the stress he has is HUGE today.

I have also think he is one large slight away from turning into a real world evil genius similar to some of the Bond villians.

 

[osceola74]

Dr. Evil

 

[FreeFlyNole]

He has the accent for it.

I rode my bike down to the beach, big crowd for a Tuesday. Then the launch was pushed back. Its supposed to go now at 3:45, window closes at 4pm. Hopefully I'll get to see it launch.

 

[funksouljon]

He has the accent for it.

I rode my bike down to the beach, big crowd for a Tuesday. Then the launch was pushed back. Its supposed to go now at 3:45, window closes at 4pm. Hopefully I'll get to see it launch.

YES! He does have the vaguely eastern European accent and the look. The tired from late night plotting to take over the world look.

Very cool you will be able to watch. This one may be better than a regular launch. Definitely something to see in person, would love to take my kids in 8 years or so. The couple I say in 5th grade left quiet the impression.

 

[noleclone2]

Yeah...he really does seem like a bond villain. I feel like this SpaceX thing is an underpants gnomes business model. The costs are staggering...

 

[ZZ828]

Damn thing looks like it worked. Impressive.

 

[FSUdawg]

The side boosters just landed. That was impressive.

 

[fsu1jreed]

Just landed them............kind of unbelivable

 

[funksouljon]

Just landed them............kind of unbelivable

Yeah, what a jump forward in landing components vs fetching from the ocean.

 

[BelemNole]

Pretty freaking amazing it all worked so well.

 

[noleclone2]

He is a very stable genius.

 

[funksouljon]

He is a very stable genius.

The most stable?

 

[noleclone2]

It is launching this in orbit with cameras. Car gives gives you scale of payload size!!!

 

[funksouljon]

Ignoring the cost of RnD in the millions to hundreds?, I wonder how much per mission would they save to land and reuse etc. At some point, I wonder if they will create their on factory and launch pad. Heck, if he gets power up and running in PR, that might be where he puts his factory and pad, then slow buys all the property with shadow companies.....


Also wonder if NASA will start leaning on SpaceX for research and information.

 

[ZZ828]

If you go to the SpaceX website, they have a live feed from the Tesla Roadster. Some pretty cool views.

 

[funksouljon]

If you go to the SpaceX website, they have a live feed from the Tesla Roadster. Some pretty cool views.

Darn you, led me to their careers page and I had to look.

But then I looked at housing prices in Hawthorne, CA. No thanks.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

He has the accent for it.

I rode my bike down to the beach, big crowd for a Tuesday. Then the launch was pushed back. Its supposed to go now at 3:45, window closes at 4pm. Hopefully I'll get to see it launch.

Beach was packed, there was even people with American Flags and USA chants. One old, shirtless guy almost dropped his Busch Light when the quadruple sonic booms hit.

 

[DanC78]

So he launched a rocket with cargo onboard into space and then landed it back safely?

Is that the game changer?

 

[BelemNole]

So he launched a rocket with cargo onboard into space and then landed it back safely?

Is that the game changer?

So....you didn't bother clicking any links and want us to explain it to you....

 

[TennNole17]

So....you didn't bother clicking any links and want us to explain it to you....

What links?

 

[DanC78]

So....you didn't bother clicking any links and want us to explain it to you....

Dude...I didn’t see any links.

I watched online as well, I was impressed, but didn’t fully understand the “gravity” of the situation.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Serious business but having a little fun at the same time. This is the kind of thing we need to get excited about!

From Twitter: "It’s 2018 and I’m watching a re-usable triple rocket test launch with an electric car inside with 1.3 million+ other people live on the internet. What a time to be alive."

 

[FSUDoles]

But wait...the earth is flat..Musk part of perpetuating this myth of the world being round. Pffffttt

Paging Carlsbad in 3...2...1...liftoff.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

So he launched a rocket with cargo onboard into space and then landed it back safely?

Is that the game changer?

Spacex's boosters have been returning for awhile now. This was a double booster return on the biggest rocket since the Saturn/Apollo missions and this rocket is capable of sending up humans. Not to be confused with NASAs near future SLS, which will be even bigger than the Saturn and launch astronauts in the "new" Orion capsule.

 

[DanC78]

Spacex's boosters have been returning for awhile now. This was a double booster return on the biggest rocket since the Saturn/Apollo missions and this rocket is capable of sending up humans. Not to be confused with NASAs near future SLS, which will be even bigger than the Saturn and launch astronauts in the "new" Orion capsule.

I need to do my homework on this, I haven’t heard of the Oreo capsule. But I do think it’s super cool that we are making these kinds of significant advances in the private sector. That in and of itself is ground breaking imo.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I need to do my homework on this, I haven’t heard of the Oreo capsule. But I do think it’s suoer cool that we are making these kinds of significant advances in the private sector. That in and if itself is ground breaking imo.

The new capsules taste good too. Especially when you pull them apart and lick the insides.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

It's all about the private sector. The whole idea of re-usable spacecraft is because if they are spending your money pfffffttt let it crash in the ocean, if a company is using theirs, they have a profit motive to make stuff re-usable.

Soon there will be Air-Greyhound to the moon. $59 each way.

 

[BelemNole]

Dude...I didn’t see any links.

I watched online as well, I was impressed, but didn’t fully understand the “gravity” of the situation.

My bad, have hrot open in another tab and the threads there have multiple links.

 

[funksouljon]

Beach was packed, there was even people with American Flags and USA chants. One old, shirtless guy almost dropped his Busch Light when the quadruple sonic booms hit.

Ha, to cheer for a business built by a South African immigrant.

It's all about the private sector. The whole idea of re-usable spacecraft is because if they are spending your money pfffffttt let it crash in the ocean, if a company is using theirs, they have a profit motive to make stuff re-usable.

Soon there will be Air-Greyhound to the moon. $59 each way.

Exactly! First step into moving to a for profit industry, lead by a private business that can do it cheaper than the US govt. To date, only a handful were the only ones who could reliably launch items. Info on capacity vs price if you have something you want to launch.
Step 1 to space tourism and private access to space.
It is double the power of previous rockets and largest since Apollo. It also means we can start moving more weight beyond gravity.
First step towards being able to make multi stops of a trip. push a bunch of weight to the Moon, then it allows a waypoint to longer distance trips to other farther locations. And then return as well.

I wonder where private industry fits within the Moon Treaty / Outer Space Treaty.

 

[seminole97]

I wonder where private industry fits within the Moon Treaty / Outer Space Treaty.

Alongside the newest Chinese islands.
"What are you gonna do about it?"
Fiery Cross Crater has a ring to it...

 

[RTM58]

 

[RTM58]

It's all about the private sector. The whole idea of re-usable spacecraft is because if they are spending your money pfffffttt let it crash in the ocean, if a company is using theirs, they have a profit motive to make stuff re-usable.

Soon there will be Air-Greyhound to the moon. $59 each way.

 

[HulaNole]

SpaceX Double Booster Landing from Falcon Heavy Test Flight.

 

[funksouljon]

SpaceX Double Booster Landing from Falcon Heavy Test Flight.

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Love how they came down in unison. So freaking cool. 2 of the 3 aint half bad.....

 

[HulaNole]

Double Stuf booster landing!

 

[seminole97]

SpaceX Double Booster Landing from Falcon Heavy Test Flight.

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Reminds me of watching Rocketship XM on MST3K when they ran V2 footage backward to simulate the landing.

 

[HulaNole]

Reminds me of watching Rocketship XM on MST3K when they ran V2 footage backward to simulate the landing.

 

[RTM58]

SpaceX Double Booster Landing from Falcon Heavy Test Flight.

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Not as cool as this, but we're getting there....

 

[seminole97]

 

[PoopandBoogers]

How long is it going to take the roadster to get to its closest point to Mars?

And if the green line is the projected orbit, why does it stop 2/3 of the way back to earth? Is the the end of the green line past our computations?