Author Topic: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates (Read 630093 times)

Hog · « **Reply #520 on:** 02/06/2018 08:35 pm »

Mission Elapsed Time(MET) T+50 minutes

longboard1210 · « **Reply #521 on:** 02/06/2018 08:35 pm »

Congrats guys so now to wait for bfr!!!

CraigLieb · « **Reply #522 on:** 02/06/2018 08:35 pm »

Congrats

EspenU · « **Reply #523 on:** 02/06/2018 08:36 pm »

Lost for words.. That was just fantastic. The challenge now will be to go to slepp while my heart is still racing..
Congratulations SpaceX!

sunbingfa · « **Reply #524 on:** 02/06/2018 08:36 pm »

Congratulations on SpaceX! Unbelievably exciting launch today! Way to go, Falcon Heavy (I really mean it)!

triddirt · « **Reply #525 on:** 02/06/2018 08:37 pm »

Congratulations to all. The side by side landing of the side cores was absolutely breathtaking. Go Elon, Go SpaceX. Go Starman

haywoodfloyd · « **Reply #526 on:** 02/06/2018 08:37 pm »

Incredible!
Would have been even more incredible if I was home to watch it.
Put off grocery shopping as long as I could.
Damn but WOW!
Congratulations to all involved.

Kang54 · « **Reply #527 on:** 02/06/2018 08:37 pm »

Congratulations to everybody at SpaceX!

Seeing the boosters land simultaneous was by far the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed. I had to remind myself that it wasn't the simulation, it is uncanny how much it looked like it.

abaddon · « **Reply #528 on:** 02/06/2018 08:37 pm »

Was going to wait for the final burn... but... what the hell.

Amazing job SpaceX. Way to inspire us all! The (presumed) loss of the center core reminds us that space is hard. Hoping the ASDS didn't pay the price.

The boosters landing synchronized on land was mind-blowing. It's not supposed to look that perfect!

Amazing launch all around. Hope all of the pre-launch chatter about "if this works it will be a game changer" gets followed up on. Let's do something with this beast!

cartman · « **Reply #529 on:** 02/06/2018 08:37 pm »

Congratulations to SpaceX! This test flight was all about not killing Pad 39A, anything over that is just icing on the cake!

WH2OPaddler · « **Reply #530 on:** 02/06/2018 08:38 pm »

A paradigm shift in heavy lift. Whatever happened to the center core, SpaceX will fix it... as well as getting video from both side boosters.

Hope the CEOs of the world's other rocket boosters didn't all have heart attacks. I almost did, I'm just a space junkie who's just had one of the best fixes ever. Congratulations SpaceX... you guys RULE!!

Bender · « **Reply #531 on:** 02/06/2018 08:38 pm »

Congrats to Spacex and thank you for making the 21st century actually start to look like the 21st century

IanThePineapple · « **Reply #532 on:** 02/06/2018 08:38 pm »

WOAH, side cores did a 1-3-1-ENGINE LANDING

Jeramiah Johnson · « **Reply #533 on:** 02/06/2018 08:39 pm »

What I saw in the "simultaneous" landing of the side boosters was an affirmation that the Software and Hardware engineers have very good control of this aspect of Recovering Boosters .... which to me, means they can safely proceed to both a SSTO/LAND AND the 2nd stage landing of the BFR. GRATS TO THE TEAMS.

Jimmy_C · « **Reply #534 on:** 02/06/2018 08:39 pm »

That was one of the most amazing things! The future is now! Awesome and congrats!!!!

MostlyHarmless · « **Reply #535 on:** 02/06/2018 08:39 pm »

In addition to the SpaceX congrats (I'm still in awe), my sincere appreciation to NSF for the great updates. Thank you!

envy887 · « **Reply #536 on:** 02/06/2018 08:40 pm »

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712

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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.

msat · « **Reply #537 on:** 02/06/2018 08:40 pm »

Amazing performance, Team SpaceX! It was all a great show, but oh man was that RTLS dual landing really something else.....

Still, I can't help but to think that of all the incredible things SpaceX just pulled off today, there's something even more-so than that, and it only kind of has anything to do with the company; Tesla just made the fastest production car by a HUGE margin. It'll be a record that's hard to beat.

mlindner · « **Reply #538 on:** 02/06/2018 08:40 pm »

Peak simultaneous viewers on Youtube of the live stream: 2.7 Million

Source: The son of someone who's father who works at YouTube.

cro-magnon gramps · « **Reply #539 on:** 02/06/2018 08:40 pm »

Congratulations to the folks at SpaceX, thanks to the FAA and the Air Force for backing up the flight... This has been awesome... wonderful.... well worth the wait.... the landing of the two boosters was epic..... and we got to see John standing; Live long, Be Strong John....

WOW!!! what a historic day... Thank you SpaceX...
Thank you Chris, Stephen and all the team that make this site possible...
It's been a fantastic time... with many more mile stones like this in your future...

Cheers
Gramps...