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Falcon Heavy and Starman [video]

99 points by Signez 9y ago

jcims 9y ago
AFAIK the first view of the center core splashdown at 1:13 - https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw?t=1m10s https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw?t=1m10s
- goshx 9y ago
  Good catch. First time I see it as well.
- childintime 9y ago
  And at 14s a view of the miniature replica of the car and its occupant. Great video and also a deserving homage to David Bowie.
- cabaalis 9y ago
  Kudos to SpaceX for including that footage. Could have easily left it out, as I suppose that portion of the whole thing was a very costly failure. But there was so much win in the rest of the whole deal that everybody I've talked to about it didn't even know part of the rocket was lost.
  - mikeash 9y ago
    It wasn’t costly. They weren’t going to reuse that core anyway. They’re just starting to roll out their “block 5” cores designed for long-term reusabity, and they won’t fly the older ones much longer. Landing it was just practice for the future.
    - greglindahl 9y ago
      Landing it is an opportunity to inspect a flown center core for the first time. Even though future center cores are different, there was still a lot that could have been learned.
  - Mithaldu 9y ago
    Would've been nice if they hadn't lied about it during the livestream though, but i guess "everybody didn't even know" was exactly the point of why they did that. Big departure from their earlier modus operandi as well. Wonder if they'll also upload a full video of that crash like with their earlier crashes or whether they've changed that behavior too.
    - greglindahl 9y ago
      SpaceX has often not released droneship crash footage until quite a while later. The recent "How not to land an orbital rocket" crash compilation contained a lot of footage SpaceX had not released before. So there's nothing new about this choice of coverage.
      - Mithaldu 9y ago
        1. It is quite a while later. 2. Them lying live on stream with the evidence of the lie clearly visible is new.
        greglindahl 9y ago
        1. The footage released in the "How not to land an Orbital Rocket" includes previously unseen footage from more than a year before the release of the video. FH's launch was last month. 2. Uh, no. You don't know what they knew, you're guessing, and then calling them liars. I think it's dodgy, but I know I don't know enough to call anyone a liar.
        Mithaldu 9y ago
        Oooh, so you're simply unaware and your bias prompts you to assume i'm making shit up. Here, let me fix that. Watch exactly one minute after this timestamp, pay attention to the screen at the right edge of the video, in the middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c&t=30m33s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c&t=30m33s Drone ship feed static for a while, then smoke on deck clears, no core visible, deck empty. Both go "oh." and after a pause: "we're waiting to hear what happens. [...] we'll let you know as soon as we find out" and "we'll [...] know [...] whether it's standing". It is clear during all of this that they're looking at the same video feed as is in the background, because the timing of their reactions is exactly in synch. They saw it didn't land, they found out immediately and didn't let "us" know. Instead they claimed it might be possible it is standing despite seeing the empty deck. PS: You could've asked instead of engaging in cheer pressure.
sq_ 9y ago
Wow. Amazing video to sum up a breathtaking event. I really liked this bit from Elon's tweet: "Life cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did for you."
bloudermilk 9y ago
Damn good marketing
mjsweet 9y ago
“Made on Earth by humans.” Love that. Says so much to me.
- childintime 9y ago
  What does this mystery circuit board do? Does someone know?
  - mikeash 9y ago
    It’s the fuse board from the Roadster’s Power Electronics Module. Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64909936@N07/24525084280 https://www.flickr.com/photos/64909936@N07/24525084280 Searching for that phrase, it seems that Tesla likes to put it on a bunch of their stuff.
randallsquared 9y ago
It really weirds me out how songs like this are used in ways that imply an overall meaning so at odds with the apparent intended meaning. This seems right up there with politicians' love of Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
sujal99 9y ago
Put another junk in the space!

99 points by Signez 9y ago

AFAIK the first view of the center core splashdown at 1:13 - https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw?t=1m10s https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw?t=1m10s

goshx 9y ago
Good catch. First time I see it as well.
childintime 9y ago
And at 14s a view of the miniature replica of the car and its occupant. Great video and also a deserving homage to David Bowie.
cabaalis 9y ago
Kudos to SpaceX for including that footage. Could have easily left it out, as I suppose that portion of the whole thing was a very costly failure. But there was so much win in the rest of the whole deal that everybody I've talked to about it didn't even know part of the rocket was lost.
- mikeash 9y ago
  It wasn’t costly. They weren’t going to reuse that core anyway. They’re just starting to roll out their “block 5” cores designed for long-term reusabity, and they won’t fly the older ones much longer. Landing it was just practice for the future.
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    Landing it is an opportunity to inspect a flown center core for the first time. Even though future center cores are different, there was still a lot that could have been learned.
- Mithaldu 9y ago
  Would've been nice if they hadn't lied about it during the livestream though, but i guess "everybody didn't even know" was exactly the point of why they did that. Big departure from their earlier modus operandi as well. Wonder if they'll also upload a full video of that crash like with their earlier crashes or whether they've changed that behavior too.
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    SpaceX has often not released droneship crash footage until quite a while later. The recent "How not to land an orbital rocket" crash compilation contained a lot of footage SpaceX had not released before. So there's nothing new about this choice of coverage.
    - Mithaldu 9y ago
      1. It is quite a while later. 2. Them lying live on stream with the evidence of the lie clearly visible is new.
      - greglindahl 9y ago
        1. The footage released in the "How not to land an Orbital Rocket" includes previously unseen footage from more than a year before the release of the video. FH's launch was last month. 2. Uh, no. You don't know what they knew, you're guessing, and then calling them liars. I think it's dodgy, but I know I don't know enough to call anyone a liar.
        Mithaldu 9y ago
        Oooh, so you're simply unaware and your bias prompts you to assume i'm making shit up. Here, let me fix that. Watch exactly one minute after this timestamp, pay attention to the screen at the right edge of the video, in the middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c&t=30m33s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c&t=30m33s Drone ship feed static for a while, then smoke on deck clears, no core visible, deck empty. Both go "oh." and after a pause: "we're waiting to hear what happens. [...] we'll let you know as soon as we find out" and "we'll [...] know [...] whether it's standing". It is clear during all of this that they're looking at the same video feed as is in the background, because the timing of their reactions is exactly in synch. They saw it didn't land, they found out immediately and didn't let "us" know. Instead they claimed it might be possible it is standing despite seeing the empty deck. PS: You could've asked instead of engaging in cheer pressure.

sq_ 9y ago

Wow. Amazing video to sum up a breathtaking event. I really liked this bit from Elon's tweet: "Life cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did for you."

bloudermilk 9y ago

Damn good marketing

mjsweet 9y ago

“Made on Earth by humans.” Love that. Says so much to me.

childintime 9y ago
What does this mystery circuit board do? Does someone know?
- mikeash 9y ago
  It’s the fuse board from the Roadster’s Power Electronics Module. Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64909936@N07/24525084280 https://www.flickr.com/photos/64909936@N07/24525084280 Searching for that phrase, it seems that Tesla likes to put it on a bunch of their stuff.

randallsquared 9y ago

It really weirds me out how songs like this are used in ways that imply an overall meaning so at odds with the apparent intended meaning. This seems right up there with politicians' love of Springsteen's "Born in the USA".

sujal99 9y ago

Put another junk in the space!