SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb 6, 2018 : Discussion Thread 2

[Moskit]

I think the windshield is already starting to outgas or delaminate.  The top 1/3 looks quite hazy.

I think you are seeing a reflection of the earth.

Reflection of Earth just drifted through in addition to that hazy section.

[allfiredup]

We're getting some really good quality video streams sent back.

I wonder if Zuma was a Spacex comms sat!?

[WindyCity]

Those views from the Roadster with the Earth slowly rotating underneath, reflecting in the car, are undoubtedly the best PR material ever for Elon Musks' combined ventures, SpaceX and Tesla.

Yeah. The copywriters are busy already:  "Tesla is out of this world!" "On the road again…to Mars!" "You too can be Starman!" "Ludicrous Mode and beyond! Own your own car to the stars." Etc. But a PR campaign won't be necessary, actually. Tesla just got about a zillion dollars of publicity today. Musk knew what he was doing when he packed his Roadster aboard the FH.

[Space Ghost 1962]

Suggest the plastic materials of the car's interior are outgassing as they are exposed to solar UV.

[spacetraveler]

So the barge did not sink? I find it hard to believe it would of been off target. I suppose the core then broke up in flight.

I don't think it was off target (certainly not much at least), considering the video got cloudy and the signal cut out which normally happens when the rocket is approaching the drone ship.

[rabe0070]

So the barge did not sink? I find it hard to believe it would of been off target. I suppose the core then broke up in flight.

The barge is massive compared to the empty stage. There have been calculations on here before for previous landings, but I think it's very, very difficult to sink the barge even if the stage hits it.

[sewebster]

Yokohama

[t3kboi]

Sadly, the defroster is not rated for hard vacuum.   Roadster 2.0 will not suffer this issues.  Tesla Service - probably.

[Lar]

Interesting to watch when the earth goes by in the hood looking back camera...

( on the cameras, I agree that the two cameras are slightly different views BUT the pic I posted pretty clearly shows the same landing zone being targeted)

[spacetraveler]

Considering the live star man video, I'm now thinking that launching this was as much an advertisement for Tesla as it was simply a fun novelty like it was portrayed as leading up to the launch.

[jak Kennedy]

I noticed something large, maybe a meter square, fly off near the hold-downs at launch. My internet is slow or I would post a still. Anyone else see it?

[Star One]

I do like the large & friendly Don’t Panic sign on the dashboard. I am sure Mr Adams would approve.

[ugordan]

Think that there wasn't a clean separation on the left booster, which might have damaged a leg on landing, or perhaps something "bent" and the fine guidance couldn't remedy a deviation so it didn't encounter the barge well.

Where are you seeing this? The center core looked pretty stable during sep and the two booster views below showed the same booster by mistake (?) and it's sep looked clean. The tracking camera shot also didn't show an anomalously different pitch rate for boostback for either booster.

[inonepiece]

Wonder if there are sensors inside the suit. And this was another way to test the viability of SpaceX's space suits in real environment.

Is this a 'real' suit?

[Flying Beaver]

( on the cameras, I agree that the two cameras are slightly different views BUT the pic I posted pretty clearly shows the same landing zone being targeted)

It was about a 1/2 second staggered delay. Probs just a technical stream issue. They had the format for the two booster stream, so something was a-miss by how the stream was incorporated in webcast.

[mmonce]

Interesting to watch when the earth goes by in the hood looking back camera...

( on the cameras, I agree that the two cameras are slightly different views BUT the pic I posted pretty clearly shows the same landing zone being targeted)

Interesting? Understatement. Each rotation something just had my jaw dropping. At one point you had a reflection of the Earth on the driver side door, merging with a quasi mirror reflection of the Earth, and they merged.

Sorry to hyperventilate, but I can't get over that these are live images from high (is it really that high?) Earth orbit. I guess maybe military satellites have shown this, but to the public?

[Lee Jay]

Let me know when you get tired of this view.

[Prettz]

Are there any videos up yet showing off the twin sonic booms?

[Kansan52]

Is the 2nd stage yaw becoming faster?

[longboard1210]

cool fuel shot showing zero g fuel in the tank and rcs just fired?