TSNBDSC Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 https://www.space.com/39612-spacex-starman-tesla-roadster-live-views.html Music_to_watch_to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DC Tom Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Starperson. And the booster recovery was the most awesome thing I've seen in years. That was like watching a living Heinlein novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I'm so old I thought this was some obscure reference to an old Jeff Bridges scifi movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dr. Who said: I'm so old I thought this was some obscure reference to an old Jeff Bridges scifi movie. I'm so old I thought this was some obscure reference to an old David Bowie song. EDIT: oops, I should've clicked the second link before posting Edited February 8, 2018 by SinceThe70s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 hours ago, Dr. Who said: I'm so old I thought this was some obscure reference to an old Jeff Bridges scifi movie. As did I. 10 hours ago, SinceThe70s said: I'm so old I thought this was some obscure reference to an old David Bowie song. EDIT: oops, I should've clicked the second link before posting Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum so ...... he's lip syncing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 hours ago, DC Tom said: Starperson. And the booster recovery was the most awesome thing I've seen in years. That was like watching a living Heinlein novel. I was a big Elon Musk critic/skeptic until I saw Space-X's first booster recovery a couple years ago. Now if I could just that full self-driving me promised me for my Tesla... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 18 hours ago, DC Tom said: Starperson. And the booster recovery was the most awesome thing I've seen in years. That was like watching a living Heinlein novel. Right? As I mentioned once in PPP, whether you love him or hate him...Elon Musk is easily the most compelling businessman of the last 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, joesixpack said: Right? As I mentioned once in PPP, whether you love him or hate him...Elon Musk is easily the most compelling businessman of the last 50 years. I want to see him build an Ironman Flying suit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 53 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: I want to see him build an Ironman Flying suit Nah, more likely to build a suit for someone who can shoot fire. He's already got his own line of flame throwers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 America. !@#$ YEAH! I just watched that launch, now I know what it must have felt like back in the days of Gemini and Apollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, joesixpack said: America. !@#$ YEAH! I just watched that launch, now I know what it must have felt like back in the days of Gemini and Apollo yup and people are saying it is all fake too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 How does nobody recognize that the inspiration for this was the opening scene from Heavy Metal? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: yup and people are saying it is all fake too As Musk pointed out, CGI's so good these days that, had they faked it, it would have looked more realistic. The brilliance of launching the car into orbit is obvious now: we're still talking about the launch? Would we be if they launched a service bus with dead weight for the test? Brilliant marketing. Edited February 8, 2018 by DC Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, DC Tom said: As Musk pointed out, CGI's so good these days that, had they faked it, it would have looked more realistic. The brilliance of launching the car into orbit is obvious now: we're still talking about the launch? Would we be if they launched a service bus with dead weight for the test? Brilliant marketing. By far. 2 hours ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: How does nobody recognize that the inspiration for this was the opening scene from Heavy Metal? Seems like he might owe some royalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 18 hours ago, DC Tom said: As Musk pointed out, CGI's so good these days that, had they faked it, it would have looked more realistic. The brilliance of launching the car into orbit is obvious now: we're still talking about the launch? Would we be if they launched a service bus with dead weight for the test? Brilliant marketing. http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/372994-spacex-could-save-nasa-and-the-future-of-space-exploration Apparently, NASA and USAF were offered a free ride on this test flight. It's a good thing they passed on that invitation, or this might not have gotten as much attention. A lot of (ahem...) Twitter users were blasting this as "an out of touch rich white guy who just wanted to shoot his car into space." The dude just sparked the next saga in space exploration, and they're mad about how he is going about it. Edited February 9, 2018 by sodbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 27 minutes ago, sodbuster said: http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/372994-spacex-could-save-nasa-and-the-future-of-space-exploration Apparently, NASA and USAF were offered a free ride on this test flight. It's a good thing they passed on that invitation, or this might not have gotten as much attention. Not surprising. On a first launch, they wouldn't want to risk any functional hardware, and have no need to launch dead weight. 28 minutes ago, sodbuster said: A lot of (ahem...) Twitter users were blasting this as "an out of touch rich white guy who just wanted to shoot his car into space." The dude just sparked the next saga in space exploration, and they're mad about how he is going about it. Morons. He dumped billions into building a rocket that slashed cost to LEO by about a factor of 10. What, they think they could do better taxing him and giving the money to NASA? (Hint: SpaceX announced their new rocket last year - the BFR - will launch 125 tons to LEO, be fully reusable, and will still beat NASA's SLS to orbit.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 43 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Not surprising. On a first launch, they wouldn't want to risk any functional hardware, and have no need to launch dead weight. Morons. He dumped billions into building a rocket that slashed cost to LEO by about a factor of 10. What, they think they could do better taxing him and giving the money to NASA? (Hint: SpaceX announced their new rocket last year - the BFR - will launch 125 tons to LEO, be fully reusable, and will still beat NASA's SLS to orbit.) I have no doubt SLS will beat BFR off the pad, but it's being built using tech thats already obsolete. Government spaceflight at it's finest. The Falcon 9, on the other hand, was improved on the fly, and its current iteration is as powerful as the Falcon Heavy was first intended to be. It's the exact opposite of what's going on over at NASA/ULA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 1:19 PM, DC Tom said: Not surprising. On a first launch, they wouldn't want to risk any functional hardware, and have no need to launch dead weight. Morons. He dumped billions into building a rocket that slashed cost to LEO by about a factor of 10. What, they think they could do better taxing him and giving the money to NASA? (Hint: SpaceX announced their new rocket last year - the BFR - will launch 125 tons to LEO, be fully reusable, and will still beat NASA's SLS to orbit.) Well, they screwed up the billion dollar launch pad meant for the SLS. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/sls-ml-leaning-not-corrective-work/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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