Guest Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Land boosters perfect landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Core landing video cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 We are one step closer to the BFR! An amazing sight to behold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ser Scot A Ellison Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Boo ya!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Any word yet on the drone landing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 No word yet. Second stage should have another burn in about a half hour, then I think it coasts for 6 hours into its transfer orbit before a final burn towards its heliocentric orbit and towards Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 That’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever watched. Like, I’ll tell my grandchildren about it cool. The view of the roadster in space is so beautiful it makes me sad that David Bowie and Douglas Adams aren’t around to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Forgive my ignorance as a young millennial, but what is the connection of Bowie and Adams to SpaceX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Holy shite. That was amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Sounds like they lost the centre core though: Next launch of Falcon Heavy this year in 3-6 months was going to use a new Block 5 version of the centre core, so it wasn't necessary to recover it, just a nice procedural proof. Definitely prefer this over any other possible glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 27 minutes ago, Ghjhero said: Forgive my ignorance as a young millennial, but what is the connection of Bowie and Adams to SpaceX? David Bowie wrote the song Space Oddity and Douglas adams wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio serial and books. And shame on you as a young millennial for not listening to your elders and knowing more about both as they are classics of modern geek culture. As Spockydog said, just an amazing video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 18 minutes ago, Ghjhero said: Forgive my ignorance as a young millennial, but what is the connection of Bowie and Adams to SpaceX? Space Oddity was playing in the Tesla I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 16 minutes ago, Ghjhero said: Forgive my ignorance as a young millennial, but what is the connection of Bowie and Adams to SpaceX? Don’t worry, it’s great to have some young people in here too. Bowie made the song that they played during the fairing separation. It was supposed to be Space Oddity, but the song that they actually played was Life on Mars. Adams wrote the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, from which the message DON’T PANIC on the roadster’s dashboard was quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, maarsen said: David Bowie wrote the song Space Oddity and Douglas adams wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio serial and books. And shame on you as a young millennial for not listening to your elders and knowing more about both as they are classics of modern geek culture. Can't say my elders were ever into either of those icons unfortunately. I have heard of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; one of my friends is reading it and offered to lend it to me once he is done with it, but I didn't realize Douglas was the author. 2 minutes ago, Erik of Hazelfield said: Don’t worry, it’s great to have some young people in here too. Bowie made the song that they played during the fairing separation. It was supposed to be Space Oddity, but the song that they actually played was Life on Mars. Adams wrote the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, from which the message DON’T PANIC on the roadster’s dashboard was quoted. Very cool, I will have to look up those songs and their lyrics. My dad is an engineer and he first got me into all the space stuff, but not the cultural aspect so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, SpaceChampion said: Sounds like they lost the centre core though: Next launch of Falcon Heavy this year in 3-6 months was going to use a new Block 5 version of the centre core, so it wasn't necessary to recover it, just a nice procedural proof. Definitely prefer this over any other possible glitch. So we should know around what, like 9-10 pm EST whether it survived the Van Allen belt and made the 3rd burn for the Mars-ish orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, maarsen said: David Bowie wrote the song Space Oddity and Douglas adams wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio serial and books. And shame on you as a young millennial for not listening to your elders and knowing more about both as they are classics of modern geek culture. Also the drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You, is named after Culture spacecraft from Iain M. Banks' series of Culture books. (also the first drone ship, Just Read the Instructions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Great Unwashed said: So we should know around what, like 9-10 pm EST whether it survived the Van Allen belt and made the 3rd burn for the Mars-ish orbit? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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