Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/05/2018 05:30 pmQuoteUploaded on 5 Feb 2018 When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.Falcon Heavy's first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Following liftoff, the two side boosters separate from the center core and return to landing sites for future reuse. The center core, traveling further and faster than the side boosters, also returns for reuse, but lands on a drone ship located in the Atlantic Ocean.At max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.There are so many things wrong in that video...* No FSS? * One engine boostback burns? * Flip, boostback and landing happen at the same time for both boosters?* Roadster separates from the second stage? * Close flyby of Mars?just to name a few...
QuoteUploaded on 5 Feb 2018 When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.Falcon Heavy's first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Following liftoff, the two side boosters separate from the center core and return to landing sites for future reuse. The center core, traveling further and faster than the side boosters, also returns for reuse, but lands on a drone ship located in the Atlantic Ocean.At max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.
Uploaded on 5 Feb 2018 When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.Falcon Heavy's first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Following liftoff, the two side boosters separate from the center core and return to landing sites for future reuse. The center core, traveling further and faster than the side boosters, also returns for reuse, but lands on a drone ship located in the Atlantic Ocean.At max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.
There are so many things wrong in that video...* No FSS?
It's art.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/05/2018 05:51 pmElon to hold a media event at 3:30 p.m. EST - per an e-mail from SpaceX.Is there a link to where we can watch or listen to this media event?
Elon to hold a media event at 3:30 p.m. EST - per an e-mail from SpaceX.
Quote from: andylander on 02/05/2018 06:20 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 02/05/2018 05:51 pmElon to hold a media event at 3:30 p.m. EST - per an e-mail from SpaceX.Is there a link to where we can watch or listen to this media event?Probably not. It'll be for media onsite at KSC. NSF's Chris Gebhardt is there so we'll hear about any new news right way, right here. And all those reporters will then immediately file stories, so you'll read about it within an hour or two. Don't know if reporters are allowed to stream live from the media event.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/05/2018 05:30 pm>QuoteAt max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.Isn't 400m km just shy of Ceres orbit?
>QuoteAt max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.
At max velocity the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.
In short: * All liked it up to the point that the Roadster appeared. * Those who were long term space advocates, didn't like the gimmick * Those who were professional advertising, gave ton's of detailed criticism as an ad, being conflicted in what it was selling * Those who were in the music industry didn't think the Bowie number worked * Those in the financial services industry thought it trivialized the advantages of the booster reuse * Those in planetary science got irked when Mars came into view ("it's going to hit MAVEN?", "take out MRO", "planetary protection") * Those in aerospace wanted to see a real payload that made that mission worthwhile. (Missed the FSS too.) * Those with Tesla's really loved (and only focussed on) the car driving to Mars. * Those uncolleged youth also loved it for the thought of driving to Mars. * Those younger Gen X going in to venture to pitch this morning, thought it was fantastic, wanted to work it into their pitch. * Those in the robotics field ignored the car, focused on the four robotic vehicles as a transport system, loved it as well. * Those mathematicians/data scientists ... liked it but were irked by it conveying the math of such a mission all wrong. * Those into astronomy noted that the moon is last quarter now, not first quarter, wrong portion of sky. * Those who knew about orbital dynamics complained about the impossibility of the trajectory and lack of coast/second burn.Everyone had an opinion. Most summed it up as an appeal to use commercial space to reach to the moon and Mars to those who voted for the current majority in office.
They should use the flight to test the fairing, and with the same mindset that put the first wheel of cheese in space, under that fairing should be a Tesla roadster. The first car in space and with a reignition of the second stage, the first car in solar orbit or on an escape trajectory out of the solar system. Inside the car, cameras and a telemetry system, powered by the car's lithium ion cells, which should last while a while if low powered enough or indefinitely with solar panels on the hood, roof and rear deck lid. Imagine the marketing and PR buzz.
Quote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 02/05/2018 07:00 pmIn short: * All liked it up to the point that the Roadster appeared. * Those who were long term space advocates, didn't like the gimmick * Those who were professional advertising, gave ton's of detailed criticism as an ad, being conflicted in what it was selling * Those who were in the music industry didn't think the Bowie number worked * Those in the financial services industry thought it trivialized the advantages of the booster reuse * Those in planetary science got irked when Mars came into view ("it's going to hit MAVEN?", "take out MRO", "planetary protection") * Those in aerospace wanted to see a real payload that made that mission worthwhile. (Missed the FSS too.) * Those with Tesla's really loved (and only focussed on) the car driving to Mars. * Those uncolleged youth also loved it for the thought of driving to Mars. * Those younger Gen X going in to venture to pitch this morning, thought it was fantastic, wanted to work it into their pitch. * Those in the robotics field ignored the car, focused on the four robotic vehicles as a transport system, loved it as well. * Those mathematicians/data scientists ... liked it but were irked by it conveying the math of such a mission all wrong. * Those into astronomy noted that the moon is last quarter now, not first quarter, wrong portion of sky. * Those who knew about orbital dynamics complained about the impossibility of the trajectory and lack of coast/second burn.Everyone had an opinion. Most summed it up as an appeal to use commercial space to reach to the moon and Mars to those who voted for the current majority in office.And one of us 5 years ago thought this was exactly what SpaceX should do with the first Falcon Heavy, because its awesome. Quote from: Helodriver on 09/06/2012 05:21 amThey should use the flight to test the fairing, and with the same mindset that put the first wheel of cheese in space, under that fairing should be a Tesla roadster. The first car in space and with a reignition of the second stage, the first car in solar orbit or on an escape trajectory out of the solar system. Inside the car, cameras and a telemetry system, powered by the car's lithium ion cells, which should last while a while if low powered enough or indefinitely with solar panels on the hood, roof and rear deck lid. Imagine the marketing and PR buzz.
....400 million km is about the distance that Mars is from Earth, at opposition.
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 02/05/2018 07:01 pm....400 million km is about the distance that Mars is from Earth, at opposition.Opposition is when Mars is closest to the Earth. Varies roughly between 56 and 101 million kilometers depending on where Mars is in its orbit.
Think of this video as a Docudrama, not a Documentary. But seriously, who cares. Everything about this event is wonderfully epic.
Thumbnail of mission patch (from someone who put pic of their press pass on social media, which I understand is rather frowned on by security so I won’t link).
