They didn't do it with the giant net ship though. They just changed their mind and decided the brief stint in salt water would not be as bad as they thought.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch
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They didn't do it with the giant net ship though. They just changed their mind and decided the brief stint in salt water would not be as bad as they thought.
GalaxyBoy
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Oh, right. Bummer. I'd have liked to have seen Mr. Steven catch one this time.
Engineer catches the sonic booms as the B1052 and B1053 side boosters of Falcon Heavy simultaneously return to earth and land
My very clever pilot buddy managed to get 41,000 feet up over the launch site to get his "selfie" with it.
My very clever pilot buddy managed to get 41,000 feet up over the launch site to get his "selfie" with it.
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Imagine being a random fisherman..and hearing that sonic boom. DO you $hit yourself? On a side-note, did Mr Musk just win the modern day space race?
It has to be so fricken strange to be Musk, congratulations sir on accomplishing what no other rocket man has done...meanwhile at the Tesla Shareholder's meeting...then stay tuned later that night for a Rogan Experience like no other.
GO TIGER.
GO TIGER.
Musk is a strange duck indeed. Clearly smart. Clearly able to motivate. Clearly highly imaginative. Probably idealistic and not all that savvy about how his antics (Rogan episode, taunting the SEC, "Elon time", etc.) affect others, as well as his own interests.
Already with SpaceX and Tesla, he has massively disrupted two very complex and entrenched industries. He's dabbling in a few more. Maybe this is the end. Maybe this is where reality starts to set in. Or maybe he just keeps on advancing.
It'll be interesting to watch, no matter what.
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Musk disrupted the payment industry too with PayPal. And became FI. Don't think he care much about the RE part of FIRE though.
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DH and I got to watch the launch from the air. Our DCA-bound flight from MIA was held in place until the rocket took off. What a bonus on our way back to Maine from Belize.
audreyh1
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Actually the middle booster didn’t make it. The ship hit huge swells near land and the booster toppled. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...ered-core-booster-damaged-rough-seas-62431751
Bumping this thread rather than creating a new one. I’d love to be able to see one of these launches in person. Especially a night one.
https://news.yahoo.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-why-everyone-170118021.html
https://news.yahoo.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-why-everyone-170118021.html
Blueskies123
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Catch a flight to Orlando or Ft Lauderdale and drive up. We saw one a year or two ago. You can make a mini vaca out of it. Of course right now it is very very hot.
bjorn2bwild
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I am following the Starlink project with some interest, as we spend considerable time out in the boondocks and other low-speed internet zones.
This link will not let me quote (sorry) - gives an update on a proposed launch of 60 tabletop sized satellites from Cape Canaveral "in about a week".
https://alien-ufo-sightings.com/201...-internet-satellites-heres-how-it-might-work/
This link will not let me quote (sorry) - gives an update on a proposed launch of 60 tabletop sized satellites from Cape Canaveral "in about a week".
https://alien-ufo-sightings.com/201...-internet-satellites-heres-how-it-might-work/
REWahoo
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You mean the launch that took place a month ago?
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites on Thrice-Flown Rocket, Sticks Landing
bjorn2bwild
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Sorry about that, the article gives today's date.
The rest is worth a read if interested.
