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Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 02:56
by FlyTexas
Chris Trott wrote: ↑07 Feb 2018, 02:30
DaveG wrote: ↑06 Feb 2018, 21:41
Very impressive. The two booster rockets touched down pretty much simultaneously. Hope the rest of the mission goes as planned.
Noticed the car had a "Don't Panic" sign on the dash.
Unfortunately, the core didn't fare so well. Apparently during the landing burn there was a failure of the outer engines to fire which resulted in the rocket ending up not slowing sufficiently and the trajectory being off, resulting in an impact approx. 100 meters from the barge at a speed in excess of 500 km/h. ...
I was watching the core's landing today. It must have made one hell of a 'splash' because it knocked the cameras out of commission on the barge.
Brian
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 04:19
by FlyTexas
One last pic...I promise.
If you squint you can see an itty bitty half Moon behind the Tesla.
Brian
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 05:11
by Airspeed
......on the subject of "DON'T PANIC".......
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 08:32
by Dev One
Wonder if the registration number was 42? or even h2g2?
Keith
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 11:41
by FlyTexas
Eastern Australia...I think. Can you confirm, Mike?
Brian
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 17:05
by Paul K
I think the only thing silly about it is putting the red Tesla on top. It could so easily have been a green Renault - all he had to do was ask.
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 17:25
by FlyTexas
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 17:54
by DaveG
I don't see what the fuss is all about, I mean it's not rocket science. Oh, hang on a minute.....
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 07 Feb 2018, 22:15
by Paul K
Re: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches today!
Posted: 08 Feb 2018, 06:43
by airboatr
Paul K wrote: ↑07 Feb 2018, 17:05
I think the only thing silly about it is putting the red Tesla on top. It could so easily have been a green Renault - all he had to do was ask.
Wait till the aliens find out Musk sent them a 10 years old car!
Batteries not included. !
