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Falcon Heavy launch tonight

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June 25, 2019, 11:57 AM
RHINOWSO
Falcon Heavy launch tonight
Yes, they supposedly grabbed a fairing before it landed in the water.
June 25, 2019, 02:17 PM
sigmonkey
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June 25, 2019, 02:23 PM
HRK
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
quote:
You don't actually think that this mission was haphazardly fired into space on a whim and the trajectory simply a guess, do you?



Well, yeah. Some guy wakes up, checks the weather on his smartphone and thinks "It'll be fine." The payload module gets up there, the doors open, someone says "Release the satellites!" and fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom, fwashoom a battery of large spud guns launches 8 satellites into orbit. This gets repeated two more times.

I suppose they could use giant slinghots rather than spud guns. Whatever, I'm certain they are not using trebuchets as them don't work well in space.



June 25, 2019, 04:48 PM
r0gue
While it was nice and clear at 11:30, since the launch was delayed until 2:30, I only caught a glimpse between clouds. But yes, at that moment, clearly visible from very-southern NC.