Brotoro Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I love a good booster landing. And this flight will have three! I also love the driver in the car, and the cameras to show him. My only fear is that my screen isn't big enough for Space-X to show me all of this awesomeness going on simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlash27 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Brotoro said: I also love the driver in the car, ... Driver? What, are they doing a Heavy Metal remake, or is Jeb going for a joyride? (Please tell me it's Jeb)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, GoSlash27 said: ... Driver? What, are they doing a Heavy Metal remake, or is Jeb going for a joyride? (Please tell me it's Jeb)... The car has a robot driver named Starman... I kid you not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 18 hours 18 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 23 minutes ago, Brotoro said: I love a good booster landing. And this flight will have three! I also love the driver in the car, and the cameras to show him. My only fear is that my screen isn't big enough for Space-X to show me all of this awesomeness going on simultaneously. Better get a bigger screen shipped by drone from Amazon in 12 hours just to be sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 17 hours 45 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 9 hours ago, tater said: 1:30 PM They set up the webcast on YT for PST, however. This was classy: Bezos forgot he doesn’t own spacex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKraken Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I hope they poll Starman during the checklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman4308 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, RedKraken said: I hope they poll Starman during the checklist. I don't; it'd be awfully hard to explain to my boss. Anyways, I wonder how many Falcon Heavy cores SpaceX will try to stock up on. I'm under the impression they're so heavily modified from the original F9 design that they're effectively non-interchangeable, so they'd need custom cores, for a rocket whose mission (reusable GTO launches) has been partially usurped by the improved Falcon 9, and which they're trying to make obsolete with the BFR. I'm still heavily skeptical about the BFR: even if it technically works, there's still a gulf between "gets to space" and "gets to space so frequently, with so little post-flight turnaround costs, with such high reliability that it obsoletes rockets with 1/10 its payload". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On a non-FH note, does anyone know how many Merlin 1D engines have been manufactured at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 47 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said: On a non-FH note, does anyone know how many Merlin 1D engines have been manufactured at this point? Iiirc they just mentioned this a few weeks ago, so over 400 now. If anyone can get 27 running right at once, it’s SpaceX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Nightside said: Bezos forgot he doesn’t own spacex. He's just wishing them luck. That's perfectly fine. Also, he could probably buy SpaceX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 15 hours 25 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 28 minutes ago, DAL59 said: 15 hours 25 minutes I’m crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 14 hours 30 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, DAL59 said: 14 hours 30 minutes Please wait until it's about launch time to give people a heads up. These countdown posts are getting a little spammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 5 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Plane Change (90deg): 476.00m/s + 1% = 480.76m/s Dat plane change doe. 4 hours ago, sevenperforce said: So...hard...not...to...like...everything If you think today is bad... Tomorrow the whole thread might run out of likes before launch time. So, since I’m saving all my likes, to everyone with an amusing/informational/thought provoking post today, here’s another rocketman in a slick suit with a sweet ride: I’m off work for the next two days for this. Fingers, toes, and joints I didn’t even know I had crossed that next time I clock in there’ll be a car en-route to “Mars-ish.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Am i the only one who has class during the launch and is hoping it gets delayed like govsat 1 was? and on another note, isn't this the first reuse of a GTO core or in this case two? Edited February 6, 2018 by insert_name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, insert_name said: Am i the only one who has class during the launch and is hoping it gets delayed like govsat 1 was Yes. ಠ_ಠ I don't want no scrubs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 48 minutes ago, insert_name said: Am i the only one who has class during the launch and is hoping it gets delayed like govsat 1 was? I'm in a meeting from 10-11:30. 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: So, since I’m saving all my likes, to everyone with an amusing/informational/thought provoking post today, here’s another rocketman in a slick suit with a sweet ride: E-type is the most beautiful car ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Another random thought on a night of random thoughts... That looks like their space suit in the drivers seat... I wonder if it’s just a “dummy” or a functioning test model? Great way to test if it can survive a ruptured cabin all the way to space, after all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Another random thought on a night of random thoughts... That looks like their space suit in the drivers seat... I wonder if it’s just a “dummy” or a functioning test model? Great way to test if it can survive a ruptured cabin all the way to space, after all... More than that... because they are testing the 6 hour delay for restart by launching TMI from eliptical orbit, the suit will be spending hours in the van allen belts. it's going to face radiation worse than interplanetary space, while still in easy comunication with the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I normally get home at 18:00, and have dinner around 19:00. The launch window opens at 19:30 my time. This is literally the best launch window they could have chosen. Even if they don't go right away, I can watch all evening long! Here's to "reaching the Karman line in the preplanned number of pieces", as @KSK so eloquently put it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, Streetwind said: I normally get home at 18:00, and have dinner around 19:00. The launch window opens at 19:30 my time. This is literally the best launch window they could have chosen. Even if they don't go right away, I can watch all evening long! Me too. SpaceX launches are almost always during the perfect time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Wolf56 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Empathis on ‘almost’ ... In Australia the rocket launch is at like 4 am. Also it’s a school day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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