Page 1 of 1

Wow

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:54 pm
by Mikey
Just fucking wow.



Launch at about 1:45.

Then skip to about 9:15.
Unreal.

Re: Wow

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:07 pm
by Mikey
Not sure what happened to the center core though. Supposed to have landed on an off-shore barge or something.

Re: Wow

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:38 pm
by Rooster
The dual landing of the boosters looked like that Nork video footage of Kim Jung Un’s multiple ICBM launches in reverse. And while Elon Musk can spend his money in any manner he wants, it seems rather... extravagent to launch a sports car into space. Pretty cool day for space travel though.

Re: Wow

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:51 pm
by Mikey
Rooster wrote:The dual landing of the boosters looked like that Nork video footage of Kim Jung Un’s multiple ICBM launches in reverse. And while Elon Musk can spend his money in any manner he wants, it seems rather... extravagent to launch a sports car into space. Pretty cool day for space travel though.
Maybe extravagant but not really so much.

It was a test launch and they would normally put a dummy payload on top of the piccolo pete, like a big rock or something. In this case Elon wanted some PR so he put a $200,000 roadster (used) on top instead. Expensive wheels but in the overall cost of this launch pretty much chump change, and probably worth a lot more in the aforementioned PR.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:19 am
by smackaholic
If they had a reasonable expectation for success, wouldn't it have made sense to put an actual satellite up, rather than another piece of orbital debris?

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:27 am
by Mikey
smackaholic wrote:If they had a reasonable expectation for success, wouldn't it have made sense to put an actual satellite up, rather than another piece of orbital debris?
No.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:29 am
by Softball Bat
Image

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:59 pm
by Bucmonkey
Musk must be a fan of the movie Heavy Metal.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:01 pm
by Softball Bat
Buttsy wrote:after it got up into space
No rocket was shown going to space.






I am disappoint.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:24 pm
by Left Seater
Why would it have mattered? You wouldn’t believe it and would have had 7 excuses.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:20 pm
by Rooster
Mikey wrote:
Rooster wrote:The dual landing of the boosters looked like that Nork video footage of Kim Jung Un’s multiple ICBM launches in reverse. And while Elon Musk can spend his money in any manner he wants, it seems rather... extravagent to launch a sports car into space. Pretty cool day for space travel though.
Maybe extravagant but not really so much.

It was a test launch and they would normally put a dummy payload on top of the piccolo pete, like a big rock or something. In this case Elon wanted some PR so he put a $200,000 roadster (used) on top instead. Expensive wheels but in the overall cost of this launch pretty much chump change, and probably worth a lot more in the aforementioned PR.
Huh. I did not know that. Thanks for making me just a wee bit smarter this morning, Mikey! Do you suppose for purposes of weight, throw, and mass, that the car was a shell, empty of its’ engine and drivetrain or that this was probably a complete automobile?

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:30 pm
by Goober McTuber
And how are they going to charge the batteries in the car?

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:33 pm
by Mikey
Rooster wrote:
Mikey wrote:
Rooster wrote:The dual landing of the boosters looked like that Nork video footage of Kim Jung Un’s multiple ICBM launches in reverse. And while Elon Musk can spend his money in any manner he wants, it seems rather... extravagent to launch a sports car into space. Pretty cool day for space travel though.
Maybe extravagant but not really so much.

It was a test launch and they would normally put a dummy payload on top of the piccolo pete, like a big rock or something. In this case Elon wanted some PR so he put a $200,000 roadster (used) on top instead. Expensive wheels but in the overall cost of this launch pretty much chump change, and probably worth a lot more in the aforementioned PR.
Huh. I did not know that. Thanks for making me just a wee bit smarter this morning, Mikey! Do you suppose for purposes of weight, throw, and mass, that the car was a shell, empty of its’ engine and drivetrain or that this was probably a complete automobile?

Hard to say, but the payload for the Falcon Heavy is supposed to be 141,000 lb. I don't know if they tested it with a full payload (presumably could google that) but if that's the case then they probably still needed a few cinder blocks to fill it out.

Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:49 pm
by Mikey



Re: Wow

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:15 pm
by smackaholic
Mikey wrote:
smackaholic wrote:If they had a reasonable expectation for success, wouldn't it have made sense to put an actual satellite up, rather than another piece of orbital debris?
No.
I disagree.

Yeah, I understand that satellites are more valuable than used Tesla convertibles, but the simple act of putting anything in orbit is as well. They could have lifted something reasonably cheap like space station vittles which wouldn’t have been a great financial loss if it went boom in the pad.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Re: Wow

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:59 am
by Softball Bat
There are people who actually believe this bullshit?

Pardon me for being insensitive, but...


Are you retarded??


There are SO many reasons why this Space Sex dealie is utter nonsense.
It's fantasy for the mind of a child.


2:45, the earth glitches.
And simultaneously the shadow on the driver's neck glitches.

Nothing else glitches.

Why?




Re: Wow

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:13 am
by Softball Bat
ha!


Well...

I'm not talking about the shape of the earth (or MS's body).

I am commenting on Space Sex nonsense.

Re: Wow

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:21 am
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Why are you obsessed with the exosphere? That's just creepy.

Re: Wow

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:15 am
by LTS TRN 2
Left Seater wrote:Why would it have mattered? You wouldn’t believe it and would have had 7 excuses.
Says the total fraud who has watched the video of WTC 7 dropping in perfect controlled demolition and yet refuses to believe the basic physics right before his eyes? The same toxic punk who pretends to be a "pilot" and insists the pentagon just swallowed a 757? The same tedious impostor who still desperately supports the Trump/Pence malignancy? :oops:

Re: Wow

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:38 am
by Softball Bat
I'm sorry, but if you believe this absurdity, there is really something majorly wrong with you.