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Post by Axeface » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 01:03

If you go to the livestream here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKA ... e=youtu.be and go to about -1 hour 10 minutes you'll see it
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Post by Tamina » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 01:08

They certainly know how to put up a good show. Inspirational music, the camera scenes and Elon Musk has made himself immortal know - which I guess was the whole point of this?

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Post by Axeface » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 01:10

Tamina wrote:They certainly know how to put up a good show. Inspirational music, the camera scenes and Elon Musk has made himself immortal know - which I guess was the whole point of this?
2 reusable boosters landed back to earth, can carry a lot more than falcon 9 too, these are big advancements.

And heres a pic of the thing im talking about https://s9.postimg.org/x33ouy927/Untitled.jpg
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Post by red assassin » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 02:18

It's not sourced, but this TechCrunch article states that there was an engine failure on the centre core and it hit water. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/06/space ... -boosters/
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Post by theeclownbroze » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 07:31

Well there are these sources: https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16980 ... ed-landing

And this video with audio "We lost the center core":https://twitter.com/King_Drew16/status/ ... 6103267328

Probably still sketchy, can't find a more reliable source or the original conference which confirmed the verge's article premise.

UPDATE: Here's a video of a post launch QA by Elon himself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjnz5h6L1s

According to what he says, the center core did in fact crash at 300 Mph, and the cause was not enough ignition material to start enough rockets to slow down, so it seems it didn't run out of main fuel.
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Post by red assassin » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 11:36

Interplanetary transfer burn was successful too. https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/sta ... 4230674438
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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 16:28

Still not as powerful as a Saturn V - just a bit cheaper ;)
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Post by pjknibbs » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 16:38

Redvers Ganderpoke wrote:Still not as powerful as a Saturn V - just a bit cheaper ;)
68 tonnes to LEO is still way higher than the Shuttle could manage, though, and if they can iron out the remaining kinks and consistently return the boosters for refurbishment and re-use, arguably more re-usable too (since the external fuel tank of the Shuttle got chucked away with every launch).
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Post by theeclownbroze » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 16:44

SpaceX uses 500 million +USD to develop the falcon heavy. And now they are slated to cost 90 million USD per launch.

From a purely economical standpoint, it can be reuseable and launch 50 tons to LEO (double than the biggest competing heavy launch, delta IV) and only cost 90 million USD is a lot cheaper than any of the heavy lift rockets sent into space since rockets were invented.
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Post by clakclak » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 17:22

Redvers Ganderpoke wrote:Still not as powerful as a Saturn V - just a bit cheaper ;)
If it really only costs $90 million to launch than that is a lot cheaper than the $560+ million ($185 million adjusted for inflation) a Saturn V launch cost.
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Post by BugMeister » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 17:48

- totally amazing how those boosters landed..!! :D :thumb_up:
- the whole universe is running in BETA mode - we're working on it.. beep..!! :D :thumb_up:
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Post by Ketraar » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 17:55

Anyone else got a real KSP vibe while waiting for the launch? I was looking at the screen and wondering if the staging was set right and worrying since they lacked a "revert to assembly" button.

The landing of the 2 boosters was just epic and made feel all excited like I witnessed the invention of the wheel.

Still I think they missed an opportunity to include a Space Core "Spaaaace" VO between Song loops, that would have made this the ultimate trolling of aliens that possibly one day find the Tesla. :D

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Post by UniTrader » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 18:00

Ketraar wrote:Still I think they missed an opportunity to include a Space Core "Spaaaace" VO between Song loops, that would have made this the ultimate trolling of aliens that possibly one day find the Tesla. :D
yeah, spaceman should have gotten a space core as company on his infinite journey.. now he drifts anlone in space....
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Post by red assassin » Wed, 7. Feb 18, 19:04

Ketraar wrote:Anyone else got a real KSP vibe while waiting for the launch? I was looking at the screen and wondering if the staging was set right and worrying since they lacked a "revert to assembly" button.
I think it's fascinating that KSP's influential enough that real space missions have started to remind us of KSP, rather than vice versa. (It happens to me too!)
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Post by mrbadger » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 10:31

I thought it was a joke. He really did launch a car into space?

How very eccentric, wonderful.
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Post by pjknibbs » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 10:46

mrbadger wrote:I thought it was a joke. He really did launch a car into space?

How very eccentric, wonderful.
Maybe it was cheaper than getting all the batteries replaced? :P
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Post by Tamina » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 11:13

pjknibbs wrote:
mrbadger wrote:I thought it was a joke. He really did launch a car into space?

How very eccentric, wonderful.
Maybe it was cheaper than getting all the batteries replaced? :P
Recycling batteries is an intensive and ecological damaging process after all. :Do Maybe we can shoot other stuff into space as well, what happens to nuclear waste right now? :D

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Post by Ketraar » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 15:01

Tamina wrote:Maybe we can shoot other stuff into space as well, what happens to nuclear waste right now? :D
I'm pretty sure we have "sent" quite a bit of junk into space already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOwv1j-fUbo

As for why sending a car, well they had to fill the thing with something, might as well be something funny. :-D

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Post by theeclownbroze » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 15:17

Tamina wrote:
pjknibbs wrote:
mrbadger wrote:I thought it was a joke. He really did launch a car into space?

How very eccentric, wonderful.
Maybe it was cheaper than getting all the batteries replaced? :P
what happens to nuclear waste right now? :D
Certainly NOT launched into space, that would be such a waste of money...
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Post by Nanook » Thu, 8. Feb 18, 21:12

Not to mention extremely dangerous. One little rocket failure and it could irradiate a massive area for a very long time. Not a very good idea at the present time.
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