https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/space-oddity-elon-musk-spacex-car-mars-falcon-heavy
Mike
Irony, or the future?
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/space-oddity-elon-musk-spacex-car-mars-falcon-heavy
Mike
Impresive.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
Shame the main section mist the drone ship. 2 outa 3 ain't bad. 
buzyg said:Impresive.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
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I don’t think it is real, I think Musk is lying to all of us. Why is it that the boosters are pure white when they take off but clearly have black on the top and the bottom when they land. Why is it that when they land we are just shown one angle, right at the very end of landing? Why not show us them falling from the sky? I think Musk basically lets them go in to orbit, they’ll be space junk. It’s a well produced hoax in my opinion. He’s nowhere near doing what he says he can do, and all he wants is investment that these hoax videos will produce.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
Zeld4 said:I don’t think it is real, I think Musk is lying to all of us. Why is it that the boosters are pure white when they take off but clearly have black on the top and the bottom when they land. Why is it that when they land we are just shown one angle, right at the very end of landing? Why not show us them falling from the sky? I think Musk basically lets them go in to orbit, they’ll be space junk. It’s a well produced hoax in my opinion. He’s nowhere near doing what he says he can do, and all he wants is investment that these hoax videos will produce.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
Is that Willard White I see at the wheel
Probably filmed at pinewood, along with the moon landings. :wink:The onboard cameras show the boosters re entering the atmosphere and touch down. I doubt they would be pristine after the conditions theyd just been through. I'm surprised it's taken this long considering it was all done 49 years ago with less technology.
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
https://youtu.be/otfBviE1G3k
Tim.
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
https://youtu.be/otfBviE1G3k
Tim.
buzyg said:Impresive.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
Apparently it was a deliberate miss. They wanted to see how damaged it would be re-entering using only 3 of its 10 thrusters. Amazingly it didn't get smashed to smithereens. They tried to tow it back to shore but the tug had engine issues. The US airforce then destroyed it as it was dangerous to leave in shipping lanes.
Roundozo said:buzyg said:Impresive.Vonlipvig said:Ha, forgot about that
Did you see the two booster rockets landing within seconds of each other? I didn't think it was real at first. Is from around 1.20 below
https://youtu.be/l5I8jaMsHYk
Apparently it was a deliberate miss. They wanted to see how damaged it would be re-entering using only 3 of its 10 thrusters. Amazingly it didn't get smashed to smithereens. They tried to tow it back to shore but the tug had engine issues. The US airforce then destroyed it as it was dangerous to leave in shipping lanes.
Not sure I buy that.. :? But who knows? Great achievement either way.
I heard the real reason he did this was...
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