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SpaceX unveils Falcon Heavy at Cape Canaveral
December 20, 2017, 10:13 PM
bubbatimeSpaceX unveils Falcon Heavy at Cape Canaveral
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Originally posted by trapper189:
For spring break we're camping at Jetty Park Campground. I hope there's a launch scheduled while we are there.
Here you go. All the known launches scheduled, world wide.
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
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December 20, 2017, 10:58 PM
TommydoggMy Cousin's husband is the CO of the 45th Launch group, I'll hopefully get close!
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December 21, 2017, 08:12 AM
trapper189quote:
Originally posted by bubbatime:
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
For spring break we're camping at Jetty Park Campground. I hope there's a launch scheduled while we are there.
Here you go. All the known launches scheduled, world wide.
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Cool, thanks. Looks like a 3/13 launch of a Falcon 9. Lots of TBD for early 2018 and March 2018.
December 21, 2017, 11:57 AM
jaaron11Did anybody notice the payload for the first launch?
Elon Musk Will Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars on SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket
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Rak Chazak Amats December 21, 2017, 12:53 PM
mrwquote:
Somewhere there are a bunch of slide rule rocket engineers from the 60s with big fat smiles on their face. "Mans going to shoot a red sportster coupe into orbit around Mars just for fuck's sake."
December 21, 2017, 01:45 PM
rduckworThese guys are REALLY good!
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December 21, 2017, 01:46 PM
HuskySigJust more space junk to be floating around for thousands of years...
December 21, 2017, 02:55 PM
mbinkyquote:
Originally posted by mrw:
Somewhere there are a bunch of slide rule rocket engineers from the 60s with big fat smiles on their face. "Mans going to shoot a red sportster coupe into orbit around Mars just for fuck's sake."
Lol I can picture some older gents, button up shirts, pocket protectors full, thick black rimmed glasses and greying crew cuts high fiving each other over morning coffee at their favorite diner.
December 21, 2017, 05:23 PM
nhtagmembernow thats a BFR
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December 21, 2017, 05:27 PM
XinTXThat would be nice to light off on the 4th of July.
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December 21, 2017, 08:03 PM
ulstermanThey do it often. They do it successfully. They do it a hell of a lot cheaper than NASA.
December 21, 2017, 08:11 PM
Orgussquote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
now thats a BFR
Just not
the BFR...
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nhtagmember^^^
yep, but still...thats gonna be fun to watch
and I think SpaceX has a launch tomorrow if memory serves me right
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December 21, 2017, 09:17 PM
RHINOWSOYup, Falcon 9 • Iridium Next 31-40 from Vandy / 8:27:23 p.m. EST; 5:27:23 p.m. PST.
They could recover the 1st stage but it looks like they aren't going to try - it has already been reused once from the second Iridium launch and since it's an earlier Block 3 first stage, likely not worth the effort to recover.
Block 5 FT models are shooting for 10 flights per first stage.
December 21, 2017, 09:18 PM
nhtagmemberI think this will be the only non-recovery this year
not too shabby
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December 21, 2017, 09:25 PM
RHINOWSOThere were 3 other expendable / no 1st stage recovery flights this year - but by design, as the payloads required all the fuel to boost into orbit, leaving none / not enough for a recovery attempt. But all the attempted recoveries were successful this year.
The early Falcon rockets are more of a testbed to figure out how to make them more easily reusable, with the desire to launch, recover the stage, and then be able to launch it again with only inspections and not extensive refurbishment - basically instead of having to always built new rockets, they'd have a stable of rockets and spacecraft, then reuse them as needed.
December 22, 2017, 08:19 AM
OrgussIf it's the first one reused twice they should recover it, retire it, and put it on display somewhere. Like maybe the Blue Falcon operations parking lot.
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sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Yup, Falcon 9 • Iridium Next 31-40 from Vandy / 8:27:23 p.m. EST; 5:27:23 p.m. PST.
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http://www.spacex.com/webcast
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bubbatimequote:
Thats fuck you money right there.
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December 23, 2017, 10:52 AM
nhtagmembergreat launch last night
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