Total Members Voted: 513
Voting closed: 01/28/2018 10:13 pm
I don't see an option for Falcon Heavy curing cancer and Alzheimer's, and inventing perpetual motion.
Quote from: Rhyshaelkan on 01/01/2018 03:51 pmI don't see an option for Falcon Heavy curing cancer and Alzheimer's, and inventing perpetual motion.They've deferred that to BFR.
and inventing perpetual motion.
Successful LEOSuccessful BEOMake it so!
Quote from: Rhyshaelkan on 01/01/2018 03:51 pmand inventing perpetual motion.Launching the Roadster into that orbit comes pretty close, though...Seems we're landing at just over a fifth thinking the mission will fail and four fifths believing it will go well. Sign of realism or optimism? - You be the judge...
OK, I'll start things off optimistically. There may be a post-ignition pad abort or three, but once they actually release the hold-downs, I'm feeling pretty good about the flight.
I have my doubts about stage separation. Just hoping that SpaceX have crunched the numbers right on POGO and this thing doesn't do an N-1.
conventional wisdom says a staggered boostback or slightly different trajectories will keep the two boosters separated (distance while in flight, and staggered arrival times at the LZ)
Voted for success to orbit, but I'm including the caveat that they will fail to recover one of the 3 boosters. This can come from any cause, separation failure, landing error, etc.