Launch News SpaceX Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (1330-1630 EST 6th Feb. 2018)

[perseus]

Three rockets together returning to Earth, a sports car plowing through space, with a driver similar to a robot.
What crappy movie of science fiction is?


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I'm Amazed :thumbup:

 

[Longjap]

Wanted to share this surreal viewpoint of the two boosters landing with the dual sonic booms. What an amazing day peeps.

[ame="https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/960983292731445255"]abdul on Twitter: "Live footage of the #FalconHeavy landing from a friend at SpaceX… "[/ame]

 

[GLS]

It looks to be reorienting for a posigrade burn and it seems to be getting to +/- the correct place for a burn to Mars...

 

[Urwumpe]

It looks to be reorienting for a posigrade burn and it seems to be getting to +/- the correct place for a burn to Mars...

A bit early for this. They should at least do one orbit...

 

[GLS]

A bit early for this. They should at least do one orbit...

Yeah, nothing is happening and IMO if it was to go now it would be burning. Another trip around the world for the car.

 

[BrianJ]

Totally epic!

It looks to be reorienting for a posigrade burn and it seems to be getting to +/- the correct place for a burn to Mars...

Is there a live feed somewhere? EDIT: OK, found it!

 

[Andy44]

Of course I had to be at work and miss this live :beathead:

But watching the replay...I'd have to say that this may go down as one of the coolest moments in space history so far. The double rocket landing was epic, and the live stream of the car in space, well, now they're just showing off!

I do believe that even if Musk used lots of Armor All, that dashboard is bound to suffer severe sun damage...

 

[statickid]

I was wondering how the tires will look in 5 years :lol:

 

[ADSWNJ]

Anybody know what happened to the core stage?

RUD.
Landed at 500km/h around 100m from the drone ship. Apparently either did not have enough fuel, or they could not light more than one engine (needed 3 for this landing). But ... they got a ton of data, so it's all good for a test flight!

 

[Aeadar]

Adjectives fail me...

 

[dman]

I was wondering how the tires will look in 5 years :lol:

They are only rated for 25,000 miles .....

 

[Keatah]

Adjectives fail me...

Best automotive advertising. Not the circus-like antics other car companies do.

 

[Andy44]

Best automotive advertising. Not the circus-like antics other car companies do.

Are you sure it's not really a Tide commercial? That space suit is awful clean...

 

[Unstung]

This is so incredible. Here are some screenshots from the stream:

Greatest car ad ever.

 

[dbeachy1]

When is the next (and final?) burn scheduled? Anyone have a live feed link?

 

[Unstung]

There was a live stream here:

It ended a few minutes ago after airing for 2 hours (the stream is limited to the last two hours, it aired for more like 4 hours). I think there will be 6 hours between entering the parking orbit and the Mars burn.

[ame="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712"]Elon Musk on Twitter: "Upper stage restart nominal, apogee raised to 7000 km. Will spend 5 hours getting zapped in Van Allen belts & then attempt final burn for Mars."[/ame]

 

[Zatnikitelman]

This is so incredible. Here are some screenshots from the stream:

Greatest car ad ever.

Clearly those are just screenshots of Elon Musk playing Orbiter with brianj's Tesla from OrbitHangar. [/sarcasm]

 

[DonT155]

Don'T

I love the "DON'T PANIC!" sign on the dash...


:thumbup::lol:

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Just catching up...WOW!

 

[Unstung]

Countries that have been to Mars:
Russia
USA
EU
Japan
India
SpaceX

Please Elon.