That was some of the most epic stuff I've seen. Too bad the center core seems to have failed to land

I'm in central Florida, only about 30 or so miles direct line from launch pads, so I went outside to see it. I saw both the rocket going up as well as the 2 side boosters landing (when they flamed up on the way down). No sonic boom though this time 🙁

vladstamate wrote:

I'm in central Florida, only about 30 or so miles direct line from lunch pads, so I went outside to see it. I saw both the rocket going up as well as the 2 side boosters landing (when they flamed up on the way down). No sonic boom though this time 🙁

You lucky SOB 😉

But I got to watch it live from Australia...hell who am I to complain...what a time to be alive!

vetz wrote:

That was some of the most epic stuff I've seen. Too bad the center core seems to have failed to land

Yep 🙁

They actually said it during the launch vid:
https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m30s

squiggly wrote:

...what a time to be alive!

Couldn't agree more, there's some really exciting things happening at the moment and this launch is totally awesome. I could watch those boosters land all day long and I love that they strapped a car to the rocket 😎

I'm also loving on the story of Tesla's success in South Australia with the 'big battery':

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/f … -cartel-to-heel

<insert certain Maniac Mansion reference here>

vetz wrote:

That was some of the most epic stuff I've seen. Too bad the center core seems to have failed to land

Well it could have been like KPS.

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vetz wrote:

That was some of the most epic stuff I've seen. Too bad the center core seems to have failed to land

Yep 🙁

They actually said it during the launch vid:
https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=38m30s

IF I understood it correctly they talked about loosing camera footage, not the core itself. So what happened to it? Was it supposed to land but never did? Did it make it and was just not shown on camera?

Don't Panic! 😁

Great feat. Musk has achieved great stuff with Tesla and SpaceX, specially the latter, but the guy also has a lot of crazy impractical ideas.

Never saw rockets boosters return to land, nice vid! 😁

Where we're going... we don't need roads... 😵

The car isn't going where it was supposed to, maybe there was a problem with the satnav

Flat tire or the driver talking on his phone maybe?

Elon is my kinda guy, he sold 20,000 flamethrowers 🤣

You know, watching this, the only thing I could think of was the opening scene from Heavy Metal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_KXgFpguE0

And apparently, I'm not the only one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOIgJ8Dcgo

Something tells me this is maybe Elon's idea of a movie tribute somehow? Would have been cool if he played some Van Halen during the launch.
At least you can't accuse the man of lacking flair.

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You know, watching this, the only thing I could think of was the opening scene from Heavy Metal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_KXgFpguE0

And apparently, I'm not the only one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOIgJ8Dcgo

Something tells me this is maybe Elon's idea of a movie tribute somehow? Would have been cool if he played some Van Halen during the launch.
At least you can't accuse the man of lacking flair.

Bizarre, never heard of it. But hard to see how *someone* at SpaceX could not have made the connection, if not Stark himself.

For anyone who's curious, there's an interactive animation of the Tesla Roadster trajectory..
https://www.heavens-above.com/Tesla.aspx