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Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission [pdf]
- garciagomezluis 9y agohttp://www.spacex.com/webcast http://www.spacex.com/webcast
- owlninja 9y agoDid it get delayed? YouTube channel now says going live in another 2 hours
- ph0rque 9y ago"The first test flight of Falcon Heavy is now targeted for Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 3:05 PM ET from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams are watching upper level wind shear and will continue to update as information becomes available."
- Shelnutt2 9y agoYes, it is delayed due to upper level winds. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/960920426485399552 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/960920426485399552
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- scrumbledober 9y agoIt's currently delayed until about an hour before the launch window closes, and they are hoping for the winds to die down. looks unlikely that they will launch today. EDIT: nevermind fuel is being loaded and the "holy mouse click" has happened.
- alkonaut 9y agoWhen is the next window?
- djaychela 9y agoTomorrow, same times (13:30-16:00 EST, I believe, I'm in the UK, so it's 18:30-21:00, that I do know!)
- eric_h 9y agoThey're filling it with rocket fuel, so I think there's a pretty good chance of a launch. https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/960956373994438656 https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/960956373994438656
- kejaed 9y agohttps://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow seems to have more up to date status
- dylan604 9y agoI saw the video animation of the Tesla separating from the second stage. At that point, the car no longer has thrust, so I'm assuming they've calculated the thrust to be just enough to reach Mars and to be able to fall into orbit. To quote the movie Apollo 13, "we've just put Isaac Newton in the driver's seat". I dearly hope that Musk and team have been referring to the "dummy" in the driver's seat of the Tesla as Isaac.
- dzdt 9y agoThey aren't aiming for Mars orbit. As far as I can tell, they aren't even aiming to come close to Mars. Instead (as far as I can tell) they are aiming to come close to the orbit of Mars, i.e. where Mars will be in 4 or 5 months.
- api 9y agoSo basically they're just throwing a car into space.
- Axsuul 9y agoThis will be a historic flight. It will be interesting regardless the outcome XD 27 engines! "When Falcon Heavy lifts off in 2018, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two"
- scrumbledober 9y agothe most powerful operational rocket, but not the most powerful ever. I believe the Saturn V was more powerful.
- kozziollek 9y agoYes, they say in the same PDF: > Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit.
- Axsuul 9y agoYep, in the "current" world though is what the quote was alluding to.
- SteveGregory 9y agoHere’s a to-scale graph of the path each core/stage takes: https://imgur.com/a/XvPXG https://imgur.com/a/XvPXG
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- mstank 9y agoJust got word from a friend that all SpaceX employee names are etched on the Tesla roadster. So either they will orbit indefinitely around the sun or blow up spectacularly.
- unixhero 9y agoWhat a time to be alive
- grecy 9y agoThey have just started fueling the rocket. It seems the launch may happen today... https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF