Author Topic: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread (Read 354526 times)

groknull · « **Reply #1420 on:** 12/28/2017 04:04 AM »

Quote from: TripD on 12/28/2017 02:27 AM

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I wonder what the electronic posts of several billion years old disembodied super-intelligences are like?

Got me thinking. We need a Grok button!

I don't know about that.

Johnnyhinbos · « **Reply #1421 on:** 12/28/2017 02:26 PM »

Is it just me...?

envy887 · « **Reply #1422 on:** 12/28/2017 02:56 PM »

There's a Heavy vertical on the pad!

Lar · « **Reply #1423 on:** 12/28/2017 03:20 PM »

Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 12/28/2017 02:26 PM

Is it just me...?

Apparently a lot of people are going vertical about this... (that's what they said...)

abaddon · « **Reply #1424 on:** 12/28/2017 03:29 PM »

It's like Delta IV Heavy went on a crash diet and lost the spray-on tan.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1425 on:** 12/28/2017 03:36 PM »

Quote from: Lar on 12/28/2017 03:20 PM

Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 12/28/2017 02:26 PM
Is it just me...?

Apparently a lot of people are going vertical about this... (that's what they said...)

Everybody but Jeff Bezos, or so I imagine..

dodo · « **Reply #1426 on:** 12/28/2017 04:06 PM »

And then the white structure on the left lifted up, leaving everyone baffled.

CJ · « **Reply #1427 on:** 12/28/2017 06:32 PM »

For a long time, some people have been dismissing FH is a paper rocket, a power-point rocket, etc. In other words, claiming it doesn't really exist, while (just to name an oft cited example) SLS does.

I wonder if seeing on the pad will sway any of them? Or will they keep saying the same thing even after we see it fly?

So, exit question; will Elon's roadster not only be the first interplanetary street-legal car, but also the first payload launched into space by a rocket that does not actually exist?

CraigLieb · « **Reply #1428 on:** 12/28/2017 06:45 PM »

Quote from: Lar on 12/28/2017 03:20 PM

Quote from: Johnnyhinbos on 12/28/2017 02:26 PM
Is it just me...?

Apparently a lot of people are going vertical about this... (that's what they said...)

Drumbeat starts for Falcon Heavy Demo Party Thread naming...

Launch my Car (to Mars) FH Demo pt
Red Planet Tesla FH Demo Pt
Have towel, will travel FH Demo pt
‘Somewhat Harmless’ FH Demo pt

mheney · « **Reply #1429 on:** 12/28/2017 06:45 PM »

"Mars Needs Teslas"

Johnnyhinbos · « **Reply #1430 on:** 12/28/2017 06:53 PM »

"Mars Attracts! (Teslas)" ?

CraigLieb · « **Reply #1431 on:** 12/28/2017 07:09 PM »

“Car”pe Diem

yokem55 · « **Reply #1432 on:** 12/28/2017 07:24 PM »

"We like Big Boosters and We Cannot Lie"

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #1433 on:** 12/28/2017 07:44 PM »

I've posted a couple of times declaring that I would become one of the faithful beyond return if the FH ever flew. Made a purchase today...

ClayJar · « **Reply #1434 on:** 12/28/2017 07:45 PM »

"The Flying Cars and Landing Rockets Party Thread"

(Only two characters longer than the Manifest thread title, so it should be a cromulent length.)

mattstep · « **Reply #1435 on:** 12/28/2017 07:54 PM »

"The Falcon Heavy: Beyond Plaid Party Thread"

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1436 on:** 12/28/2017 08:38 PM »

Quote from: Elvis in Space on 12/28/2017 07:44 PM

I've posted a couple of times declaring that I would become one of the faithful beyond return if the FH ever flew. Made a purchase today...

Do not drink until booster recovery...

abaddon · « **Reply #1437 on:** 12/28/2017 08:50 PM »

FH, god and Elon willing, will in fact Launch, Land, and... well, probably not Relaunch (at least this one). But I think the current party thread has been upgraded and refurbished enough to be suitable for this mission, no?

ClayJar · « **Reply #1438 on:** 12/28/2017 09:00 PM »

Quote from: Rocket Science on 12/28/2017 08:38 PM

Quote from: Elvis in Space on 12/28/2017 07:44 PM
I've posted a couple of times declaring that I would become one of the faithful beyond return if the FH ever flew. Made a purchase today...
Do not drink until booster recovery...

"Flew" does not necessarily require successful recovery, eh? Regardless, Kool-Aid does have a long shelf life, just in case.

Quote from: abaddon on 12/28/2017 08:50 PM

FH, god and Elon willing, will in fact Launch, Land, and... well, probably not Relaunch (at least this one). But I think the current party thread has been upgraded and refurbished enough to be suitable for this mission, no?

Well, "Re²Launch, Land³, and Relaunch^{3^*} Party Thread" would be a mouthful.

sfxtd · « **Reply #1439 on:** 12/28/2017 09:23 PM »

"Cars to Mars"

It just really hit me... they are actually going to do this silly thing.