Astronomy & Space Exploration
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Would it be more likely to build separate parts and fly them to space to then assemble/build more parts to finish the ship/station?
Excellent.If you're doing something as big as the ones robo posted then yeah, but you still need to be able to get massive payloads (100+ tons) up there cheaply (which means it needs to be reusable). The one SpaceX are planning to build next would have that, although most of that mass going up would be taken up by the upper stage/spaceship. If they get it done (I still have my doubts) it'll be a pretty amazing step forward regardless.
Well thats how we built the lego space station. Problem is its a huge pain in the arse
Falcon Heavy debut test flight scheduled for a little over 90 mins from now. If it goes ahead, should be quite a sight - either three attempted landings or some splosions.
Got delayed a bit due to winds, but should launch in 20 minutes (8.45pm UK time), watch here!
This live feed is surreal.
If all 3 land this will be epic. Are they trying to recover the fairings on this launch?
Falcons have landed!
One to go...
One to go...
that was amazing , watching those boosters land was like something out of Thunderbirds or Star Trek.
Is the Tesla going to Mars? Kept hearing something about "headed to Mars" after the rockets returned to land.
That was some impressive shit.
In the direction of Mars, won't be hitting the planet though.
Had no idea the thing was going to land again. Proper wtf moment when watching the live feed
That was great, just caught it in time to see the landings. Phenomenal engineering!
What's the overall mission objective?
Only objective was to test the Falcon heavy. They needed a dummy payload so decided to launch Elon's Tesla to Orbit close to Mars
Succesful rocket launch.
what's the big dealio about falcon heavy?
the size? so it can carry big stuff to the space? (and build spaceships up there?)
the size? so it can carry big stuff to the space? (and build spaceships up there?)
That and the reusability. Basically to bring down the cost of space travel and send humans to Mars.
So wait, is his car just going to be floating in space forever playing Space Oddity?
Caught a glimpse of the Hitchhiker's Guide in the car as well
Caught a glimpse of the Hitchhiker's Guide in the car as well
The comms on the droneship do play up sometimes. Happened before, sowouldn'tt surprise me if it landed. Also, in previous failures as well, they did show all of them.
So wait, is his car just going to be floating in space forever playing Space Oddity?
Caught a glimpse of the Hitchhiker's Guide in the car as well
Yep...it'll be in orbit for years.
Should have gone in the flat earth thread..
Think the droneship landing went boom but 2/3 aint bad!
That was pretty cool to watch live
So there is a livestream of Starman flying the Tesla roadster to Mars, obviously.
Just re watched the footage too, the drone ship feed didn't just cut out, it just went very cloudy all of a sudden as if something exploded nearby, you could still see the railing just infront of the camera.
Its just mindboggling, stuff like this is really inspirational for the kids. That and the tesla is just pure theatre (in a good way)
That simultaneous landing is amazing. The future is here.
Yes, it's now by far the most capable rocket in the world. 60t into space is nothing to sniff at. The reusable aspect is one for the future but it's a bit of a gimmick for now.
Still not even half as powerful as the Saturn V was though
Musk just mentioned that they might have the test version of the Mars ship starting test-hops early next year
If they get that all working it'll be the real game changer.
If they get that all working it'll be the real game changer.
Apparently it ran out of fuel and crashed at 300 mph on landing.
Amazing they can get the boosters to syncro land, and then mess up the fuel calculation for the main rocket.
Amazing they can get the boosters to syncro land, and then mess up the fuel calculation for the main rocket.
I believe this was their first landing for the main rocket type while they have done many landings for the booster rockets.
I think it was the igniter fuel for two of the engines that ran out, not the main fuel. Meant the rocket was trying to land on 1 rather than 3 engines so came in way too fast. If that's the only issue they had it's a pretty big success (and they weren't reusing the stage anyway).