This is science fiction stuff.... watching the Telsa sports car with the dummy spaceman making oribs around the earth on it's way to Mars. Watching it on my big screen TV on Youtube live feed....just awesome!!!! Check it out if you can!
Watching the Space X "Rocket Man" Live feed!!
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I saw a video, not live though. It is amazing. I told a guy I know the Tesla Roadster onboard is pretty funny. He disagreed for reasons I disagree with. But whatever, it is funny, and great advertising. So yes, it is pure science fiction brought to life. Also Amazing a private company could do something our gov't could not.
Conservative
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So, this is simply advertising or what...?
The plan I read is this was first test of this large rocket which may be used to get man to Mars in years to come. You can find the live feed of the Rocket Man as it is leaving Earth orbit.
I think it is just fantastic that this guy and his company Space X can pull it off so smoothly!!
I think it is just fantastic that this guy and his company Space X can pull it off so smoothly!!
caryc
Hawkeye
Conservative said:
Sure, it's the most expensive advertising in the world. It's also a test of the largest rocket ever launched and a test of how heavy a payload it's capable of delivering.
exavid
Hunter
The most amazing part is the rockets landing on their tails. Just like all the rocket ships I read about as a kid. To bad Heinlein didn't live long enough to see it. Most amazing besides the safe landing was how they did in in near unison. Beautiful! Sure beats tossing them in the sea. It will be very interesting to see how long it takes to refurbish them for additional flights.
It's also an amazing accomplishment for a man whose Tesla cars have yet to make a dime of profit.
It's also an amazing accomplishment for a man whose Tesla cars have yet to make a dime of profit.
yooper1
Single-Sixer
Supposedly in the Tesla, they have the song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie) playing in an endless loop.
That oughta scare aliens away from messing with it.
edited to change the song to match the artist. It was not Rocket Man which was by Elton John, but it was Space Oddity by David Bowie...my error
That oughta scare aliens away from messing with it.
edited to change the song to match the artist. It was not Rocket Man which was by Elton John, but it was Space Oddity by David Bowie...my error
I watched the launch from my brother's driveway. St.Cloud is quite a ways from Kennedy Space center, but still saw the bright rocket exhaust and vapor trail. We went back in the house to see the balance of the launch and rocket recovery. Very interesting......
Dave
Dave
5of7
Hunter
I saw the recovery of 2 of the rockets, but what about the 3rd one? It was supposed to land on a drone ship out in the ocean. Did it land, or was it lost. 8)
Captain America
Hunter
Elon Musk is a genius, he gets to play with rockets, build cars that no one wants. and hang out with supermodels...all on the taxpayers dime. Genius!
Captain America said:
Well, SpaceX is actually putting thing in orbit these days. NASA, not so much.
SpaceX did actually figure out a way to land a rocket and reuse it. NASA, not so much.
SpaceX actually landed a number of rockets on barges. Yea, only two of the three made it. NASA, well they've never landed one on anything.
Tesla may make cars you think no one wants, but why is it they sell all they make and have orders for years in the future.
Sounds like complaining about Elon Musk is just sour grapes.
I know it isn’t a car thread, but I have seen one of the Tesla Roadsters once in a parking garage. What a beautiful car. Not very big either. Almost every day around DFW I see two or three Tesla cars while driving. They are very very nice looking cars.
Captain America
Hunter
Jeepnik said:
I was praising him, he's a genius.
Don Lovel
Hunter
I loved the Corvette scene in the Heavy Metal movie, My hat is off to Elon Musk, that spaceman cruising the roadster to Mars was the freakin coolest thing I have seen and landing the two boosters at the same time, that was fun science.
I love what Burt Ruttan got going and seeing that mankind can in a time as ugly as Islamic terrorism and drone weapons that we can do something besides kill people with our technology and dreams.
I love what Burt Ruttan got going and seeing that mankind can in a time as ugly as Islamic terrorism and drone weapons that we can do something besides kill people with our technology and dreams.
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
Best place to watch a launch from Kennedy Space Center is to take toll road 528 as close to Cocoa each as you can get, pull over to the side and wait & watch. Once watched a space shuttle takeoff from there.
caryc
Hawkeye
The two main booster rockets did land beautifully and at the same time. Unfortunately, the third section did not. It had four retro motors to slow it and guide it to land on the barge. Two of those retros fired ok, but for some reason the other two failed to ignite.
This caused the thing to come down too fast, something like 320 miles per hour and a little off course. Hitting the water that fast caused it to blow up. I'm sure they'll get it perfected yet with no government to interfere with them.
This caused the thing to come down too fast, something like 320 miles per hour and a little off course. Hitting the water that fast caused it to blow up. I'm sure they'll get it perfected yet with no government to interfere with them.
Captain America
Hunter
Like i said before, Musk is a genius...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
Captain America said:
You believe anything the L A Times says?
ProfessorWes
Hawkeye
Musk also reportedly tucked a copy of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" in the Tesla's glovebox.
And I thought the "Don't Panic" message on the dash display was a nice touch. :lol:
And I thought the "Don't Panic" message on the dash display was a nice touch. :lol:
CGDustDevil
Buckeye
Brilliant rocket technology! Fascinating stuff. I honestly don't get the 'car' part. But watching those boosters land was something else!!!
yooper1
Single-Sixer
Snake45 said:
oops, yeah, that is what I hoped you folks would think I said.
I know and listened to both back in the 80's, so I should have not screwed that up.
I must have been thinking again for some reason. That usually gets me in trouble.
Thanks for the correction
I'm wondering when someone is going to point out that they just littered like crazy by throwing a car with a dummy in it into space. More and more junk up there:
They just showed a side view and I realized it must be fake because the front wheel on the driver's side is not turning....
Captain America
Hunter
CGDustDevil said:
Only two of the three rockets landed, the third missed the landing pad and was destroyed when it hit the ocean at 300 MPH. The car is a genius marketing ploy by Musk to keep a positive spin on Tesla because he can't deliver the Model 3 yet. NASA's jet propulsion laboratory is now trying to figure out where the car will be orbiting(Musk has no idea) so they know where it will be during future Mars missions. Hybrid trucks and buses will be common in the future, EV vehicles will only be around as long as taxpayer money is propping them up.
caryc
Hawkeye
blume357 said:
Maybe I'm missing something but why would it be turning?
I would think when they dropped it off it started to spin... nothing to stop its spin... or possibly they set up a spin so that it would have different views as it orbits for a while. I wonder when it will start to head down and if that will be a show in the sky around here? Would be cool if one of the many nuts and bolts we've left floating up there hit the windshield at a couple thousand miles and hour.
caryc
Hawkeye
blume357 said:
You say "there is nothing to stop it's spin". Just the opposite, there is nothing to make it spin. There is however resistance at the wheel bearings packed with grease to eventually stop it and keep it from spinning unless some minute piece of space junk hits it an makes it spin for a while. Just my opinion.
