Well you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't you? heh heh
Seriously, though - I'm interested in some of those same things. I'm guessing the folks at SpaceX are as well.
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Well you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't you? heh heh
Seriously, though - I'm interested in some of those same things. I'm guessing the folks at SpaceX are as well.
Love this company. The costs of launch are ridiculously cheaper than any other outfit but still some congress members don't want to back them.
The main booster missed the drone ship and is now swimming in the ocean
That Elon Musk is incredible, landed 2 boosters and invented another that can swim.
All of this crazy stuff being done via private equity and we can’t even get a viable high speed rail network going in this country. I want to go from DSM to Denver in 2 1/2 hours.
Per Meatloaf, two outta three ain't bad...
If high speed rail could be profitable, private equity would fund it. Apparently no one believes there is enough demand at a profitable price.
And you can get from DSM to Denver in 2.5 hours. Airplanes.
But then you wouldn't see Nebras....oh never mind. I see where you're going with this.
In a way it meets their predictions almost to perfection; they predicted a 50-70% success rate...
You could tell in the live feed from the broadcasters that something was wrong with the main booster. They started talking about it as if it was a successful landing and then abruptly stopped before letting out a series of confused mumblings. Never revisited it.
Not only did the main booster miss the ship... it missed the ship by 20 to 30 feet, crashing into the ocean at 300 mph. That's a pretty big oops and setback in my opinion.
Evidently, it ran out of propellant based on the reports I've seen.
Not only did the main booster miss the ship... it missed the ship by 20 to 30 feet, crashing into the ocean at 300 mph. That's a pretty big oops and setback in my opinion.
Evidently, it ran out of propellant based on the reports I've seen.
Well by missing the landing pad at least that's probably reusable, crashing into a 300mph probably wouldn't have much salvage left.
Missing by 20-30' vs boosters that had to hit the water on purpose is not a set back IMO. Landing 2 of 3 boosters is remarkable, especially given the fact that the capsule was successfully put into space.
Simply remarkable. The cost of launch - simply remarkable. The speed that they test and develop - simply remarkable. This is America's pioneer spirit on full friggin' display.
I'll try and find a link, but was a great piece comparing a typical US launch vehicle contract with how Musk did it. It's such a no-brainer and you engineers would geek out on the nimbleness.
I'm so confused. Is the Tesla on top of something heading to Mars? Is the Tesla floating all by itself? Is anything going to Mars?