SpaceX Heavy rocket launch - Tuesday Feb. 6 at 1:30pm ET

uafan4life · Feb 6, 2018

Looks like it was successful, just waiting on word of the core landing safely - or not - on the drone ship.

crimsonaudio · Feb 6, 2018

Went off without a hitch - that was amazing!

chanson78 · Feb 6, 2018

crimsonaudio said:
Went off without a hitch - that was amazing!

Musk is so baller. He just launched a sweet ride from his car company, on top of a rocket from his other company. There just isn't much that can compete. The only thing that would have made it more kick ... is if he had mounted his flamethrowers to the hood and went into space all death race 2000 style.

crimsonaudio · Feb 6, 2018

crimsonaudio · Feb 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/abc/status/960988527159795712

Tidewater · Feb 6, 2018

crimsonaudio said:

That is so SciFi.

Jon · Feb 6, 2018

here is the video of the whole thing

CaliforniaTide · Feb 6, 2018

Bazza said:
And on the subject of that Saturn V rocket - they have one on display at the rocket and space museum at Cape Canaveral, in case you are in the area - worth checking out - very impressive!

That looks eerily like Huntsville's Space and Rocket Center...

TIDE-HSV · Feb 6, 2018

CaliforniaTide said:
That looks eerily like Huntsville's Space and Rocket Center...

Wonder why...

Bazza · Feb 6, 2018

Due to the postponed launch time, I got stuck at a job site located about 15 miles further north when she went up. Still got to see it and take a few pics.....

crimsonaudio · Feb 6, 2018

Using Musk's twitter numbers, the final burn should be happening any time now.

Also, just read that the middle booster was lost during landing: The middle booster of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket failed to land on its drone ship

Bazza · Feb 6, 2018

crimsonaudio said:
Using Musk's twitter numbers, the final burn should be happening any time now.

Also, just read that the middle booster was lost during landing: The middle booster of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket failed to land on its drone ship

Thanks for the update - that sucks about the center booster but they will get that resolved.
Man this is GOOD STUFF!!!!

crimsonaudio · Feb 6, 2018

Third burn successful!

https://twitter.com/abc/status/961083704230674438

Jon · Feb 7, 2018

from the "I never thought I'd see that" file

the earth reflected on the side of a car

crimsonaudio · Feb 7, 2018

This is a good read: https://blogs.scientificamerican.co..._content=link&utm_term=2018-02-07_top-stories

Jon · Feb 7, 2018

this shot is cool too

http://imgur.com/1jUVfPt

CrimsonNagus · Feb 7, 2018

I don't get it, every one is having fun or joking but, if the goal was to orbit Mars and now you have missed, isn't that a failed mission? If this was a manned mission they'd be in deep doodoo. I don't ever remember NASA sending a probe to Mars and completely missing the planet. They all may have not survived the landing but they all hit the planet.

Bamaro · Feb 7, 2018

I liked the Hitchhiker's Guide reference here:

Jon · Feb 7, 2018

Bamaro said:
I liked the Hitchhiker's Guide reference here:

I like that too

Jon · Feb 7, 2018

CrimsonNagus said:
I don't get it, every one is having fun or joking but, if the goal was to orbit Mars and now you have missed, isn't that a failed mission? If this was a manned mission they'd be in deep doodoo. I don't ever remember NASA sending a probe to Mars and completely missing the planet. They all may have not survived the landing but they all hit the planet.

the overall goal was to get to deep space and they did that well. This is why you do tests.

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