SpaceX Launch

Smallpaul · Post by **Smallpaul** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:46 pm

The worlds most powerful rocket is set to launch this evening (Weather permitting) at 20:45 UK time

This is the rocket that can land it's self. the payload being sent into space is a Tesla car.

Here's how it's supposed to go down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... k338VXcb24" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Link for live launch http://www.spacex.com/webcast" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

although you can search youtube for other links.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:48 pm

He's had a bit of stick for this, but personally I think it's pretty cool.

He even called the dummy in the car Starman.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:54 pm

I bloody love this kind of stuff.

As a kid we were promised hoverboards and the rest by now, Musk seems to be determined to deliver

biggles · Post by **biggles** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:55 pm

Here's how it's supposed to go down... i may be wrong but i thought the idea was that it went up!!!

[fingers crossed, though]

Smallpaul · Post by **Smallpaul** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:11 pm

Some of the manoeuvres the rockets are going to perform really are out of the comics/tv/movies.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:28 pm

Looking good so far...

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:45 pm

20 secs too launch

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:47 pm

Wonderful stuff

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:49 pm

Amazing.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:50 pm

Must be fake, the Earth doesn't look flat.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:50 pm

that, is cool as ****

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:52 pm

what comes next is what makes it imho

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:54 pm

Phookin unbelievable stuff..

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:58 pm

Well welly well. That was cool.
The way those side boosters landed was like a ballet!

Smallpaul · Post by **Smallpaul** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:58 pm

How awesome was that!

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:59 pm

hope they are just waiting on confirmation of the main rocket landing

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:11 pm

Also....

Thanks for posting this. I wasn’t aware of it and ended up seeing something amazing. This message board is a great source of information sometimes.

whiffa · Post by **whiffa** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:20 pm

Was watching this anyway and came to the messageboard after to see if anyone else had watched - absolutely incredible. The way the two boosters landed! :O I was clapping and cheering in my seat. Not remotely ashamed to admit it.... incredible!

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:33 pm

Two out of three ain't bad..don't know what happened to the third one yet

IAmAClaret · Post by **IAmAClaret** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:48 pm

Latest image from spaceX control centre:

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Amazing

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960992715579125760

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:04 pm

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Smallpaul · Post by **Smallpaul** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:08 pm

"Roads? where were going we don't need roads" Doc Brown

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:31 pm

All this technology going on and they still can't provide an Internet connection to certain places in Britain.. The mind boggles ..lol

atlantalad · Post by **atlantalad** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:39 pm

Blimey... that electric saloon car goes faster than a Bugatti Veyron.

From Veyron write up " With even closer interaction between tyres and the four-wheel drive system, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport generates lateral forces of up to 1.4G, and unmatched acceleration in any conditions. " Now that ain't true - mis-selling.

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:04 pm

Space junk?

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:09 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Two out of three ain't bad..don't know what happened to the third one yet

The third one landed on a floating landing pad, smack in the centre.

That could be another Kennedy moment.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:18 pm

Fantastic. While our country whines and whinges about everything, the likes of Elon Musk just get on with making the world an amazing place. He may make 10 mistakes for every success but that’s what you need. We need to teach kids in our schools to have that kind of entrepreneurial zeal. We’ve lost it and need it back. The Yanks are great at times.

4:20 · Post by **4:20** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:57 am

Funkydrummer wrote:The third one landed on a floating landing pad, smack in the centre.

That could be another Kennedy moment.

The central booster unfortunately landed in the sea about 300 ft from the floating pad, travelling at 300mph. The booster only ignited one of the 3 engines required for landing.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:31 pm

Anyone else see the "Alien" image in the windscreen of the Tesla...?

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UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:48 pm

CrosspoolClarets wrote:Fantastic. While our country whines and whinges about everything, the likes of Elon Musk just get on with making the world an amazing place. He may make 10 mistakes for every success but that’s what you need. We need to teach kids in our schools to have that kind of entrepreneurial zeal. We’ve lost it and need it back. The Yanks are great at times.

Elon Musk is South African/Canadian, he's not a Yank.

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:38 pm

Two rockets landed at the same time was cgi
The man driving the car is a **** take
As for the rocket taking off not got a clue

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:59 pm

Six fingers wrote:Two rockets landed at the same time was cgi
The man driving the car is a **** take
As for the rocket taking off not got a clue

Are you joking?

atlantalad · Post by **atlantalad** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:46 pm

Rick_Muller » Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:31 pm

Anyone else see the "Alien" image in the windscreen of the Tesla...?

Nah, that's no Alien ... its Mitch the monkey. Nearly see the strings. Showing my age now

SirAlec · Post by **SirAlec** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:49 pm

are there not huge doubts into weather his new rocket is financially viable? The whole point in having a reusable rocket is to make it cheap, but all the extra weight needed for the rockets and fuel to land them cancels it out. He even said the rocket launched the other day had a 50/50 chance of success, it's hardly a ready made replacement for the space shuttle.

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:39 pm

SirAlec wrote:are there not huge doubts into weather his new rocket is financially viable? The whole point in having a reusable rocket is to make it cheap, but all the extra weight needed for the rockets and fuel to land them cancels it out. He even said the rocket launched the other day had a 50/50 chance of success, it's hardly a ready made replacement for the space shuttle.

And nor will it until they can develop the technology to do so... and by NOT doing it they won't. By doing it they will. So hopefully they will.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:09 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Elon Musk is South African/Canadian, he's not a Yank.

I’m amazed UTB (no, sorry, scrap that, I’m not in hindsight) that you’ve attempted to find a negative to my uplifting post desiring for more entrepreneurial spirit in the UK and praising the Yanks for it. It really does say something about lefties, even fairly reasonable eloquent ones like yourself.

Turns out it is also factually wrong as well as daft and hypocritical (after all the debates on here in the last year correctly insisting that permenant migrants are treated as part of the UK).

Musk is an American citizen. He has to be. Rockets are advanced weapons technology, and everyone at SpaceX has to be American.

He chose to go to America. He chose to become a citizen 10 years ago. He did it for a reason. Presumably their entrepreneurial culture appealed to his maverick nature? It reflects well on him, and well on the US. I could never imagine the likes of him choosing to come to Britain, and it saddens me.

SirAlec · Post by **SirAlec** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:08 pm

starting_11 wrote:And nor will it until they can develop the technology to do so... and by NOT doing it they won't. By doing it they will. So hopefully they will.

Just because something is possible doesn't make it a good idea, if it's not economically viable it will fail. SpaceX isn't making money, its rivals are.

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:49 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:Are you joking?

No check out the chat on you tube

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:14 am

Six fingers wrote:No check out the chat on you tube

What an accurate username

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:22 am

ZizkovClaret wrote:What an accurate username

That must be your level of intell

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:34 am

CrosspoolClarets wrote:I’m amazed UTB (no, sorry, scrap that, I’m not in hindsight) that you’ve attempted to find a negative to my uplifting post desiring for more entrepreneurial spirit in the UK and praising the Yanks for it. It really does say something about lefties, even fairly reasonable eloquent ones like yourself.

Turns out it is also factually wrong as well as daft and hypocritical (after all the debates on here in the last year correctly insisting that permenant migrants are treated as part of the UK).

Musk is an American citizen. He has to be. Rockets are advanced weapons technology, and everyone at SpaceX has to be American.

He chose to go to America. He chose to become a citizen 10 years ago. He did it for a reason. Presumably their entrepreneurial culture appealed to his maverick nature? It reflects well on him, and well on the US. I could never imagine the likes of him choosing to come to Britain, and it saddens me.

Tesla announced they'd lost $675.4m in the quarter to 31 December.

They can't build the cars on order.

They're a shambles of a company, but his distraction caught your eye didn't it.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:56 am

Six fingers wrote:That must be your level of intell

You're a flat earther as well aren't you? I don't think there is much point debating with you

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:36 am

ZizkovClaret wrote:You're a flat earther as well aren't you? I don't think there is much point debating with you

The you tube live stream of a car in space
With the stig from top gear lol
Is real fake

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:58 am

Six fingers wrote:The you tube live stream of a car in space
With the stig from top gear lol
Is real fake

Just been to the YouTube video and I cant find what you're referring to...

I bet you're the type of chap who thinks the internet isn't real either because you cant taste it when you lick your windows

Six fingers · Post by **Six fingers** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:52 am

https://youtu.be/xW5j3nyapVM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here's the link which one you went on I don't no
You can taste it give It a go